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Paulll New Member Australia 1 Posts	Posted 01/28/2008 06:05 am Hello everyone I have a few old Australian coins and have no way of evaluating them so I thought you guys (and gals) may be able to help. I have the following: Australian One Half Penny 1936. Australian One Penny 1866. Australian One Penny 1884. Australian One Penny 1931. Australian One Penny 1943. Australian One Penny 1947. Australian One Penny 1951. Thankyou in advance. <<<Moved to correct forum by tights24>>> Report this Post to the Staff

tights24 Pillar of the Community United States 2254 Posts	Posted 01/28/2008 07:10 am Welcome to the forum Paulll. I can't help much with your question, but I can give you some general help. For a full valuation, pictures of both obverse and reverse are a must. Please check out the uploading images tutorial. Unless one of these listed is a freak rarity that holds a lot of value just being "alive", the condition of the coin is usually directly proportional to it's value. Regarldess of that, someone should be along soon to at least give you a broad range of value for these. Report this Post to the Staff
rggoodie Moderator United States 23491 Posts	Posted 01/28/2008 07:58 am To maintain the value of any of your coins Do Not clean them!! Australian One Half Penny 1936. range from 50 cents in very good condition to $30,000 in proof state Australian One Penny 1866. - Not Australian issued Australian One Penny 1884. - Not Australian issued Australian One Penny 1931.range from $4 in very good condition to $35,000 in proof state Australian One Penny 1943. range from 50 cents in very good condition to $23,000 in proof state Australian One Penny 1947.range from 50 cents in very good condition to $26,000 in proof state Australian One Penny 1951. range from 50 cents in very good condition to $18,500 in proof state so as you can see you may just have pocket change in your hand or you may have some value. You need to learn about grading and values to determine the exact value of these coins You can get a copy of The Pocket Guide to Australian coins and banknotes at your library which will help or you can look up a local coin club or shop for further information. Good luck rggoodie aka Richard "catch em doing something right" Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16810 Posts	Posted 01/28/2008 09:03 am Without pics, we have to assume your coins are "average circulated", and towards the bottom end of the price range RG quoted above. If they're badly scratched, dinted or corroded, they might only be worth scrap copper value. The ones from the 1800's will be British (or perhaps the 1866 is a trade token), because Australia didn't issue copper coins of it's own before 1911. CV for a British 1866 penny is $6 in Fine (the lowest grade in the catalogue); old British pennies found here in Oz are often worn nearly flat, so are worth even less than this. For 1884, CV is $2.50 in Fine. You should also be aware that there are mintmark varieties for some of your coins (the 1943 has three, the 1947 has two, and the 1951 has three). Which mintmark they have can affect the value. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
dkerry_nogi New Member United States 23 Posts	Posted 01/10/2014 8:51 pm How about the one on the left? Report this Post to the Staff
dkerry_nogi New Member United States 23 Posts	Posted 01/10/2014 8:52 pm Whoops I meant right Report this Post to the Staff
Tim Bowden Valued Member Australia 112 Posts	Posted 03/04/2014 10:45 am I realise this is an old thread, but since it has recently been reopened, I thought the following information may be useful to someone interested in trying to assess or evaluate their own early Australian coins, and in identifying coins that were minted by and for Australia during the 'pre-decimal' period. My resource website, (TDK APDC - TDK Australian Pre-Decimal Coins), contains guides on the basics of grading early Australian coins, other considerations to valuation, (such as detractors, etc.), and information and images for identifying dates / varieties, amongst other guides. It is aimed towards beginners to intermediates, with the thought that it may provide a starting point from which people can build upon and develop their own knowledge. As stressed in several places, grading and valuation are subjective. I would suggest to anyone that they develop their own position on both, based on research from a variety of sources. Any information provided should be considered opinion, and considered alongside information from other sources. Anyway, my resource website is linked below, for anyone interested. http://www.tdkapdc.com.au/ I hope you find it useful. Regards, Tim Bowden TDK APDC Report this Post to the Staff
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