3 1966 Australian 50c Coins In One Day

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Jimmy-melbpurne3 New Member Australia 40 Posts	Posted 08/02/2022 8:01 pm Would theese be something people are interested in or there is just to many arround still. Jim * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

Allcoinage Pillar of the Community Australia 1510 Posts	Posted 08/02/2022 8:03 pm Nice find 1966 still in circulation. Report this Post to the Staff
OzLeigh Valued Member Australia 215 Posts	Posted 08/02/2022 8:55 pm Wow, an ounce of silver. Very nice. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16805 Posts	Posted 08/02/2022 11:17 pm The round 50 cent piece is made of .800 fine silver, and contains almost exactly one-third of an ounce. So look up the current silver spot price, divide it by three, and that's how much it's worth. Currently, that's about AU$9.60. Unless the coins are extra-high grade (and these coins would not qualify as such), nobody pays above bullion value for these. Still, "bullion value" is a lot higher than face value, so if you got them for face, well done. Most coin dealers would see dozens of them per week, so anybody who wants one can get one quite easily. They are not "rare", in that sense. 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
Kopper Ken Pillar of the Community United States 3402 Posts	Posted 08/03/2022 10:36 am Nice circ. finds. KK Report this Post to the Staff
Basil Pillar of the Community Australia 1039 Posts	Posted 08/03/2022 7:29 pm Yes,great find,hard to buy one under A$15 on ebay Oz at the moment. As Sap posts they are worth $10 in Silver,i could have purchased dozens at A$10 from a dealer earlier this year,he purchased a bucket full at a good price. Its not often a dealer is cheaper than ebay but understandable,hassle to list,then prepare to post,pay ebay fees,etc. Out of interest where did you pick them up?,Jim. Edited by Basil 08/03/2022 7:34 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Princetane Pillar of the Community 4628 Posts	Posted 08/08/2022 06:43 am They are nice, part of the reason they are common was the super high mintage figure of 36 million. That is a phenomenally high mintage for a coin of the time. Even in WW2 mintages of Florins never got that high (Well 1947 had 37 million, but that was for 2 reasons, one being the silver was debased to 50% and they needed as many of them out to weed out the sterling silver ones still in use, and the second reason was no more were minted until 1951). Also there was mass specualtion in 1979/1980 when the silver price shot up to $50 an ounce. But even in 1967 when silver prices rose, these coins were hoarded badly and there were almost none left when the base metal coin arrived in 1969. Because of these reasons, these coins will never be worth over 10 - 25% above bullion unless absolutely SUPERB uncirculated. 99% of them are at least EF and most are AU like yours and even a few low grade UNC. However they will always be worth anywhere between $7 - $12 each depending on the silver price. This does not stop the dreamers on ebay and Trade Me charging up to $25 or $30 each and rapping on about how its silver and rare and precious! Even I have managed to accumulate 8 of the darn things. Report this Post to the Staff
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