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Hi guys,
I've been removing my storage junkbox, and found at least 40 "One penny" and "Half Penny" coins, all ranging from 1918 - 1960. The quality looks a bit rusty though, as they are not taken care of.
Do you think there's, if any, value to them?
I've never heard of these australian pre-decimal coins before.
No pics at the moment... Edited by rggoodie
12/26/2005 8:42 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Welcome to the Community....  Every coin has a value, eg 1925 EF Penny is worth around the $1K mark, but it is hard to provide you with an answer without at least looking at a scan of your coins.Hoist it up when you can and we will try to assist. |
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Hey lim118 I had to check out this post to make sure you didn't post any pictures!!! I wouldn't mind having a 1925 Australian penny but would rather find it in a junk box somewhere and then PROUDLY add it to my collection.
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12/07/2005 11:03 pm
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Lim
You were suposed to tell him they are all worthless and to send them to you for verification.
or I could look at them for him
Hee hee
rggoodie
aka Richard
"catch em doing something right"
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Thats exactly what I was going to tell lim118. Its all a hoax so send that one over to me! If you have misplaced my address I would be more than glad to send it again!!! Sure is a pretty little penny you have there!!!
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New Member
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OH GOD! How can you be so lucky? Quite honestly I am thrilled to death if you do! I seen, just this week, a contractor found an extremely rare coin raking dirt in the northeastern U.S. I keep thinking my turn is coming for that one big break but I am still waiting!
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Forum Dad
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Cleaned and brightened it up and enlarged a tad...  |
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Please post obverse scan of the 1925 penny....I will then be able to give you an approximation of it's grade and value.
In the meantime, please donot clean any of them.
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Forum Mom
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Don't panic. Bobby just "cleaned" up the photo and enlarged it. No coin cleaning has gone on here!!  |
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I don't have any 1925s but I will send an Australian Penny to the first 25 who ask for one- No cost ono guarantee on grade or year, just a circ Aussie Penny?
Any Takers?
just post in this thread.
rggoodie
aka Richard
"catch em doing something right"
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Thailand
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Wow...i must admit I'm feeling lucky for not ignoring the potential value of these coins Here's a higher DPI scanned photo with the observe ~ 300KB http://www.donyadesigns.com/1925.jpg |
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I wud say the one you have is in the very good/fine grade.Current value is around the AUD$160.00
The 1925 penny is the second only to the 1930 Penny. Only 117,000 were minted. Trying to obtain one in the mid to high grades is difficult and also expensive.You might find the following price rang mind boggling.
VG (100.00)Fine (160.00)Very Fine (275.00) Extra Fine (1000.00)aUnc (5,000.00)Unc ($11,000.00)Choice Unc (18,000.00)Gem Unc (32,000.00)Proof (115,000.00)
I will have a closer look at your other pennys and half pennys over the weekend.
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Hmm....not much for 160$, would be good for safe keeping though :)
Thanks lim118.!
Just knowing that you found something of great value even in the junk box makes it already worthwhile
I'm gonna keep on scrambling the storage room...just in case :p
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