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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Out of boredom, I took on the project of photographing and uploading the photos of my Pre-Decimal type set to the CCF Gallery. :) I don't know too many people interested in such things, in reality, so I thought I'd share them with the forum here. I'm still missing seven pieces to it, so it isn't complete. It may never get completed, as the Melbourne Commemorative Florin is expensive.  Anyway, here it is for your persuing enjoyment. http://www.coincommunity.org/galler...hp?album=643 |
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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Elle...
Apart from the Melbourne Centenary, what other coins are you missing from your Pre-Decimal type set?
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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To stick with the original way I numbered the files, so they'd come up in order in the photo album, I am missing these types:
16 1953-1954 threepence Elizabeth II (No Defender of the Faith)
25 1911-1936 Shilling George V
27 1949-1952 Shilling George VI
30 1910 Florin Edward VII
33 1934/35 Melbourne Jubilee
35 1951-1952 Florin George VI
37 1953-1954 Florin Elizabeth II
Edited by ElleKitty
09/18/2007 4:20 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Nice job, Ellekitty. I really like those Shillings with the Ram's head. As you can probably tell by my avatar. Steve  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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G'day, Kitty wrote:
"the Melbourne Commemorative Florin is expensive" - and indeed, it always was. It was an early example of NCLT, and was sold for 3 shillings. Which explains why you never see much evidence of circulation.
Anyway, it's very pretty; it has a unique obverse; it's in all the reference books; but as it's NCLT, you could legitimately leave it out of a "coin" collection.
So, you can now cross the most expensive item off your list of seven.
Peter in Oz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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ScottishMoney, thank you. :) It's always nice when someone appreciates a collection.
Peter, Oooh, that salves my conscience a tiny bit. I don't -have- to have it, but I think I still want it. Ah well, I'll win the lottery some day.
It is a beautiful coin. I was under the impression that the Obverse was the same used for coins from New Zealand, Fiji.. etc? Did you mean completely unique, or just unique to Australian coinage?
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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ElleKitty, I'll have a look through my spare Pre-Decimals & see if I can come up with any from your want list. They might be a bit beat up, but they'll at least fill a gap till something better comes along.
I'll post here what I manage to find for you.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice job, I am still currently woking on this. I am now done with the dec, part of it. I am about half way done with the pre-dec. but nice job.
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Australia
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G'day ElleKitty, that obverse was unique in terms of Australian coinage. I confess that I haven't sought comparisons to other countries.
Ever since I fell in love with the Canadian 1935 silver dollar, I have wondered why Australia didn't put out a commemorative coin for the 25th year of KG5's illustrious reign.
The Melbourne florin is a bit confused: the reverse legend reads "CENTENARY VICTORIA MELBOURNE 1934-35."
Victoria is a state, and Melbourne is its capital city. Melbourne was settled in 1835. Victoria did not take that name until 1851, when it separated from NSW: prior to that it was the Port Phillip District of NSW, and was settled in 1834, at a place 410 km west of Melbourne.
So, one so-called "coin" is attempting to commemorate two events, at different times and places.
The significance of the horse & rider eludes me.
But, it's certainly very pretty.
Peter in Oz
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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ElleKitty, I've got 4 coins for you,
16 1953 Threepence Elizabeth II
27 1952 Shilling George VI
35 1952 Florin George VI
37 1947 Florin George VI
I'll post them this afternoon.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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nancyc, your generousity is boundless. I'm going to have to find some way to make it up to you.
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Rest in Peace
Australia
661 Posts |
Hi Kitty,
Nothing to do with your type set but I finally got a good $5 note for you.
In the mail next day or two.
regards,
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thank you muckeye! I'm still waiting to hear from Gary about whether or not he received the coins from the auction, and the handful or so that I added to it. I'm starting to feel concerned.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Miss Nancy, the coins arrived yesterday, the 17th. :) Thank you so very much for your generosity! Just let me know if there is anything I can do in return for you. I'll be adding the photographs into the Type Set soon. |
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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You're welcome ElleKitty. Some forum members both here on CCF and in Oz have been very generous to me, so this is another way of paying it forward. When I can I just enjoy helping others to get their collections together.
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