Australian Penny Varieties

My apologies, just found the proper forum. Had I read on I would not have made this mistake. I will post to the variety forum, I have had a long day.


Later,

G'day, it's a sad and sorry story.
We start, just putting aside commemoratives: that's what they're for - aren't they - for us to participate, ever so humbly, in the commemoration.
Then we see a shiny non-commemorative ... I mean, really shiny: so that goes into the jar too.
About this time, we might be distracted by non-circulating legal tender, which is where our wealth breaks down quicker than our health. Proofs, uncirculated sets, PNCs - they're just more ways to feed the monster. Bimetallic, colorized, and frosted cameos: get 'em all !
Then we want all the types. That was a small, painless step, but now we'collecting because ... well, because we're collectors. We no longer have a choice.
From types, we quickly realise that we need all of the years. We are not content with an album: now we start to collect albums.
From year sets, we move to varieties. We're not content with mintmarks: we start trying to discover varieties that nobody else has noticed, and we're no better than botanists and astronomers by this point.
The final degradation, when we are viewed with pity and sorrow, after commemoratives, shiny ones, NCLT, types, years, albums, and varieties can no longer satisfy us: dare I speak its name ...
errors.
Once you're into errors, there's no returning. You learn a new language: Cuds, die cracks, die rotations, doubling, bitten planchets, off-centres, and, at the end, there are mules. You are now taking delight in the mistakes of others: how sad is that ?
Did I say "end" ? Oh, no: it can't be that easy ... there are ... multiple errors.

So, Daveyn: you're on a precipice.
Can you stop yourself from falling in ?
... It's really quite nice down here ...

Peter in Oz (looking for a 1921s shilling)

You are so right Peter, I just keep delving deeper and deeper. If I can ever upgrade the only example I have, you can have this 21 star. Has certainly seen better days but better than none. I feel you may be waiting a while though, hard little blighter to find in better grades.
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