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New Member
Australia
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Hi everyone, I'm relatively new to coin collecting, and like to go to my local bank to get bags of Australian coins to noodle through. I have gone through around $4500 this year so far, and have found several foreign coins masquerading as Australian coins within bank bags, bulk bags and coin rolls. This made me wonder how often other fellow noodlers unintentionally come across foreign coins? For instance, so far I have found these coins in place of 5c coins. In the first image from top left to bottom right they are: Singapore 5 cent (x3), UK 5 pence (x2), US dime, and NZ 5 cents of various years (x6). In the second image from top left to bottom right are: Croatian 50 lipa, a dirty Canadian 10 cent, Malaysian 10 sen (x2), Thai 1 baht (x2), Singapore 10 cent (x2), German 50 pfennig (dubious quality - suspected fake?!), and Singapore 20 cent (x3).   I find it a little odd how these coins came to me in place of Australian 5 cent coins considering the variability in size, and especially colour in the case of the Singapore 5c! In place of the Australian 10c coin I have so far received (from top left to bottom right): US quarter, a rather natty 'South Dakota' US quarter from 2013 depicting Mount Rushmore, Canadian 25 cents, NZ 10 cent, Indonesian 1000 rupiah, NZ 20 cent, and Singapore 50 cents (x2).  Instead of Australian 20 cent coins I have been given the following: UK 10 pence from 1967 and NZ 20 cent.  I really like the thought that one day I might discover a 1966 round 50c coin in circulation. So imagine my initial excitement when I saw the lovely round edge of this coin in the middle of an Armaguard roll. Alas I soon realised it was in fact a round NZ 50c coin from 1967. I quite like the design though!  Lastly, I have found a few coins that have slipped through the net as Australian $1 coins (despite shape, size and composition differences!) These are the Malaysian 50 sen, and a couple of different types of Singapore dollars, including the newer bimetallic style.  I'd love to hear about what other people have discovered. Cheers! Edited by baker_boy0
05/31/2015 05:25 am
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I am the culprit !  Went to my local coin shop and had a look through the 20c junk box. For 20 cents each, I bought $5 worth of: Great Britain two shillings (three types) Great Britain 10p (two types) New Zealand two shillings (three types) New Zealand Twenty Cents (two types) Isle Of Man 10p Ireland 10p Papua New Guinea 20 toea. ALL of these coins are of exactly the same physical specifications as the Australian 20c coin. Except for to 20 toea of PNG, none of the above coins are currently in circulation in their country of origin. Their weight, diameter and thickness was changed to something smaller. I re circulated them all at no cost to myself, just for fun ! 
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06/01/2015 01:12 am
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Valued Member
Australia
354 Posts |
G'Day Sel, If you are the Culprit for our Money Pollution Problems, do I come to see you for Compensation  jpl... |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
Just re circulate them yourself and have fun, or
let them cost you 20 cents each, when one of them may come your way, and include it in your collection.
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Valued Member
Australia
354 Posts |
I aways do Sel  , but two rolls of $2 coins this year contained an Aussie 2 Cent & the other a 5 Cent of all things! So I'm down say $4. But that's Armaguards fault  . Wouldn't have minded if they were Refugees  Jpl... Edited by jpl
06/01/2015 2:26 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
2180 Posts |
I'm surprised when I don't find a foreign coin when getting bulk change from the bank, though it has happened at least once.
I like the foreign stuff though - sometimes it's the most interesting thing you find.
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New Member
Australia
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I like the foreign stuff though - sometimes it's the most interesting thing you find. I agree. Hey, I used to live in Tropical North Queensland, Cairns. The population there is like 200,000 but they get about 2,000,000 foreigners every year. You should see how many different foreign coins are in circulation around there! I mean heaps! Edited by smn
06/18/2015 07:50 am
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Valued Member
United States
108 Posts |
Thought I'd jump in here. I recently got interested in Australian coins, even ordered a few. Does it really cost $35 to ship a few coins to the States? Seems like highway robbery. Anyway, the reason I came: I'd like to find a cheaper source of common Aussie coins, and I'm quite willing to scare up some US coinage in return, if anyone is interested. |
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Valued Member
Australia
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Ive posted to the US a couple of times, only if the buyer came accross trustworthy and the value of the coin wasnt too rare $2.75 is the cheapest option as standard airmail, but our next option jumps dramatically to $24, then by the time we get tracking / insurance hitting $35 is not uncommon. I try to avoid international postage mostly, but thats due to a fear of loosing my coin / sale in transit
hope this helps
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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Does it really cost $35 to ship a few coins to the States? Straight out Air Mail only costs are: up to 50g $2.75 50-250g $7.40 250-500 $16.50 No insurance, no tracking, just very basic Air Mail. life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Valued Member
United States
108 Posts |
I believe "Blimey!" is the correct expression. Anybody interested in a trade? I don't think tracking and insurance are necessary for common circulated change. I've got a bunch of 25c 10c 5c and 1c from various dates and mints, mostly Denver (west coast). State Quarters, ATB's etc. Current year issues. Nothing terribly exciting from my perspective, YMMV. An example  I can also try for requests.  All I have now is a 1955 penny with a big jumping rat on it. And a couple of special issues and a koala, I think. Edited by MoeTate
08/20/2015 1:22 pm
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Valued Member
Australia
121 Posts |
Hi MoeTate
I am happy to post you few Aussie coins with the basic Air Mail post, should be safe enough for ordinary coins. Let me know what you want? I can send you assortment of predecimals and decimals.
I've tried to email you, but your settings are restricting anyone to send you email.
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Pillar of the Community
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Well now I know where my Australian coins came from, seems every country has people that visit there and leave something behind while taking some souvenirs.
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Valued Member
United States
108 Posts |
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I've tried to email you, but your settings are restricting anyone to send you email. Yeah, gotta have 50 posts before they trust you with the keys to the mail. They must have had spammer problems, I reckon. Bookmarked your profile, for later.  Edited by MoeTate
08/21/2015 10:45 pm
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Valued Member
United States
108 Posts |
Figured I'd leave #50 here, because why not? Let's go see if the email works now, hmmm? |
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Valued Member
United States
108 Posts |
Zic: you need to enable email in your profile settings. Hit the Home button, top of page.
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