New To Coin Collecting - What Should I Look For?

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Alistair New Member Australia 4 Posts	Posted 12/20/2008 11:34 pm Hi everybody, I'm new to coin collecting and I'd thought I'd start off with the 5 cent coins. What should I look out for? Alistair Report this Post to the Staff

Eric Valued Member Australia 222 Posts	Posted 12/21/2008 04:27 am Hi Alistair, Buy the latest edition of the Greg McDonald coin catalogue so you can see what dates are tough and what are not. Then concentrate on buying only the coins in mint state condition. The key date is the 1972 five cent, and there is the odd harder date, too. Luckily, all dates are affordable in mint state. Eric Edited by Eric 12/21/2008 04:27 am Report this Post to the Staff
latman100 Pillar of the Community Australia 1040 Posts	Posted 12/21/2008 04:37 am Hi Alistair, welcome to the forum. As Eric said, a good reference book is a great place to start. Gregs book will give you a guide to prices if you are looking to buy, however, a lot of people collect from circulation, so it only costs face value of the coin. Each to there own, I do both. And if you are anything like me, there is no way you will be able to only collect one series at a time. Report this Post to the Staff
Yass Pillar of the Community Australia 652 Posts	Posted 12/22/2008 05:38 am Here's a basic start: 1966 - Canberra 1966 - London 1967 - No SD 1972 - Low Mintage - High and Low Echidna 1981 - Wavy neck hair Canada 1981 - Canberra 1981 - Wales 1984 - Small and Large (Rare) 1985 - Small and Large Echidna (Mint set) 1986 - Small and Large Echidna Mint set) 1987 - Large and Small Echidna (Scarce) 1988 - Thin and Thick Obverse text 1991 - Small SD and Large SD (Rare) 1992 - Large and Small SD (Small) 1993 - Large and Small SD (Small) 1994 - Large and Small SD (Small) 1997 - Large and Small SD 1998 - Large and Small SD 2000 - Large and Small SD 2001 - Small head RB joined 2001 - Large head IRB spaced 2002 onwards - large head, small SD I_ RB joined The 2007 and 2008 have small and large 'SD's Report this Post to the Staff
Figman Valued Member United States 245 Posts	Posted 12/22/2008 09:05 am Collecting coins is such a broad subject, I don't see any "one" right answer, or even paragraph. With any hobby, a lot depends on you're financial resources. My take, collect and study what ever makes you happy and knowledge is you're best resource !! Report this Post to the Staff
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