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Pillar of the Community
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Here's a selection of coins found in local shops. While these coins may be uneventful for Australians, Although these all are pretty common, found it takes quite a bit of work to find decent older coins here--most are simply worn away to below G. I'm particularly fond of the Emu/Roo reverse. I found these from $0.75-$2 apiece, so I guess careful searching pays off?  In various grades, not the best photo but I have a cold today and I'm lazy!  Edited by KurtS
05/30/2008 6:00 pm
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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KurtS, Very nice pick ups. Some values for your info. 3d......VG.......F.......VF.......EF 1918...5.00...12.00...32.00....90.00 1936....1.00....2.50....6.00....35.00 1943.... .75....1.00....2.50.....5.00 6d 1925....5.00...25.00...68.00...210.00 1954....1.00....1.50....2.00.....4.00 1955....1.00....1.50....2.00.....7.00 2/- 1916m.12.00...35.00...90.00...460.00 1926....8.00....22.00...85.00...560.00 I bet you're wearing a BIG grin now. life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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05/30/2008 6:19 pm
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Thanks Nancy, that's so helpful of you! I'll get a Macca's soon...very good for me to have the source here. And yes--I'm quite happy now, and I think I'll return to that shop soon!  Still searching for those elusive 1915 coins!  |
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Kurt, you certainly are picking up some good items.
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Thanks...I'm going back again to look for more coins in the teens. Wish me luck! |
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I love those old Florins, The ones that say Two Shillings, the earlier ones. They are my favourite pre-decs.
I bought one from the coin dealer in town, the cheapest year of them. Wish mine were that old!
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Here's a few more I found yesterday. Pretty worn, but I only paid silver value. I've cleaned this shop out--time to find another!  Edited by KurtS
06/04/2008 9:04 pm
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G'day, anything with "1910" is worth picking up. You can hold it until you find a better one. If you're only paying melt value, that's very cheap collecting ... and probably very good investing, too.
Peter
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Formerly nancyc
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You've done very well at that shop Kurt. I hope you find another one that is as good for Aussie coins. As Peter said with the 1910, any for that year are worth picking up & all 3 coins are 92.5% silver.
1921 6d ..VG $6...F $18..VF $45...EF $165
1910 1/-.........$12....$24........$55........$140
1926 1/-.........$5......$13........$36........$155
life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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i have a 1910 shilling too! in about the same condition as that, my only 1910
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Nancy, thanks for the info! I guess I'm pretty lucky to find these old coins in California. |
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