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Ignoring the years when there were no coins in general circulation - what are the rare (low mint) years?
Five cents - 1972 (I have 30)
Ten cents - 1985 (I have 3) and 2011 (I have 4)
Any other's in any denominations? Edited by karloning
05/22/2020 10:02 am
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You have to be very lucky to find a 1985 10 Cents.
I know someone who has been looking (not noodling) for over 30 years, and not found an example from circulation.
About the only way you will get one, will be from a broken 1985 Mint set.
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05/22/2020 6:30 pm
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2016 changeover both 5 and 10
2018 for 10
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Yeah 1985 depends on area but I do have a few
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Ignoring the years when there were no coins in general circulation - what are the rare (low mint) years?
Five cents - 1972
Ten cents - 1985 an 2011
Any other's in any denominations? Just check here if that's what I think that you're asking about? https://www.ramint.gov.au/circulating-coins |
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I also have
4 of the ACT centenary 20 cent
1 of Unknown Soldier 20 cent
2 x 2015 Anzac dollar
4 x 2016 Anzac dollar
2 x 2018 Anzac dollar
Missing the 2017 (Anyone seen one?)
All of the above hard to find in circulation
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2017 anzac uncommon 2015 is the lowest mintage of the Anzac 20 cent unknown solider only high grade worth keeping 20 ACT worth keeping for a set of federation 20cents As coaster has point out if you want to know, side joke no there isn't any 1992 Mob of Roos coins. :)  Edited by ryurazu
05/22/2020 10:23 am
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The 1992 Barcelona Olympics (not issued for circulation) is a bit scarce.
Interesting coin for me.
I was at the Royal Australian Mint on the 2nd January 1992, as a visitor. That was the first day of issue to collectors for this coin, and the first day that the Mint had a press that was operated by the public on demand.
This press was coin operated with a $2 coin, and it was set up to produce the Barcelona $1 coin.
About three months later, I went to the Sydney ANDA coin Show. The Royal Australian Mint was represented by their employees. Ont that day, they were selling the silver proof continuous milling $1 Barcelona coin in the long box. I was early on the queue to buy an example for for $30. Figuring it may be an opportunity, I went to the end of the queue again and waited for about an hour, and bought a 2nd examle for $30.
2,500 examples of the continuous milling were made, I gave one each to both of my kids, both of whom still collect coins.
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4 of the ACT centenary 20 cent They were scarce for some reason,at least in NSW/Qld,when they were released in 2001.I had to buy a couple of rolls to make up sets,one was scam(got a refund seller claimed not to know),ACT at both ends and the rest various 20c,and one was genuine. NI 20c were also scarce back then. |
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I meant the 2013 Centenary of the ACT - not the 2001 Federation. I have plenty of the 2001 for all States but only 5 of the 2013 ACT
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I think I found some 1985 and 1993 50 cents a while back - 3 each? Have to check. Oddly I am struggling to find the more recent coins.
My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseriesMy numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htmRegularly updated at least once a month. |
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Oddly I am struggling to find the more recent coins. . If toilet paper and tissues can disappear from supermarket shelves I can imagine some lower mintage coins will too. Just a thought.  |
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2018 extremely difficult for me to find in 50c, and also 10c pieces have dried up. 2019 is also hard to find expect for the 20c.
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I reckon completing the 2019 alphabet coins could be a challenge! Haven't seen any colored $2 coins for a while.
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Edited by ryurazu
05/29/2020 7:46 pm
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As a rule of thumb I think anything with a mintage of 5,000,000 or less at https://www.ramint.gov.au/circulating-coins is difficult to find. Only things in those lists that I haven't found in change are 20c pieces 1983-1988 but I suspect none ended up in circulation anyway. |
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