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1966 The Bahamas. 50 Cents- Elizabeth II.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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1966 Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Un Peso.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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1966 Netherlands. 2 1/2 Gulden-- Juliana.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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1966 New Hebrides (Vanuatu) 100 Francs -Essai.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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1966 Repubblica Italiana. L.500   |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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1966 Ireland. 10 Scilling -Easter Rising Anniversary.   Edited by Dorado
10/15/2022 01:37 am
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Australia, 1966 50 cents  Canada, 1966 25 cents  |
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1966 what a year, I have a lot for this year and Dorado has already shown half of it  First of all New Zealand - absolutely nothing, 1966 was downtime between the last predecimal coins and the decimal ones of the next year. Well the last sets came out, but they had 1965 dated coins, so you will just have to wait until tomorrow. Australia on the other hand said hello to decimal currency on February 14th 1966. The highlight was a silver 50 cent piece, previous to this time, their biggest coin was the Florin (Tane's Florin funtimes begins in 1963  ) worth 20 new cents, so they issued a silver piece and left the 20 cent as a muck metal coin.  36 million of the 80% silver coins were minted so by mid 1967 with rising silver prices, they had all been hoarded and became a bullion coin of choice for decades. They are NOT rare and even I have ended up with 8 of the darn things.  The 1c, 2c, 5c and 20c of 1966 I have all but the last in AU condition. A rare variety I don't have is a 1966 "wavy" 20 cent coin, David Graham has been trying to get one out of change for yonks - we wish him every success  )   Most of the new coins were minted at the new national mint in Canberra but help from the UK (Tower and Llantrisant) was needed and the 10 cent coins above show how you can pick the English coins from Australian ones. Previous to 1966, Australian coins had been minted mostly in Melbourne and Perth with the occasional ones from Sydney, London and in 1917 - Bombay for bronze! To this date you can find coins from 1966 still in your Australian coinage, except the 1c, 2c and silver 50c obviously (The last has a melt value of around $10). |
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UK 3 pence  Bahamas 15 cents  Guernsey 10 shillings  Jersey 1/4 shilling  Portugal 50 centavos  Uganda 1 shilling  Germany 2 mark  |
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Nice coins everyone! 1966 was the last year all British pre-decimal coins were minted from the halfpenny to the halfcrown, including the last English amd Scottish shillings issued for circulation. Separate English and Scottish shillings had been minted since 1937, but both versions were legal tender across the whole of the UK!  France issued a new coin in 1966 - the aluminium-bronze 5 centimes. Worth around 1 US cent, it would remain in circulation up until the introduction of the Euro in 2002:  The new 5c coin was required as France had introduced the nickel half-franc the previous year, and it was the same size and color as the previous 5c piece - these two were among my left-over change when the Euro took over:  Portuguese 20 escudos commemorating the opening of the new suspension bridge across the Tagus in Lisbon, originally the Salazar Bridge but renamed the 25th of April Bridge after the change of regime in 1974:  One Drachma from Greece:  50 ore from Norway:  Irish halfpenny and halfcrown:   Romania 25 bani and 3 Lei:   Germany 1 Mark (Munich mint}:   Edited by NumisRob
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Guys I take your German 1 and 2 mark coins and raise you!   West Germany 5 Mark silver circulation coin   Numisrob showed the new 5 cent coin of France it replaced an old stainless steel 5c like this, the lowly 1 cent coin, whose days were numbered. Even in 1966 you may have brought half a bonbon with this teensy thing.  Greece - 10 Lepta Aluminium coin  Greek group featuring 50 lepta and 2 Drachme coins |
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Guys I take your German 1 and 2 mark coins and raise you! Nice coin too. I'll match your J with an F.  |
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 . I snoozed on 67.  . "We are poor little lambs...who have lost our way...Baa...Baa...Baa"
In memory of those members who left us too soon...
In memory of Tootallious March 31, 1964 - April 15, 2020
In memory of crazyb0 July 27 2020. RIP.
In memory of T-BOP Oct. 12, 1949 - Jan. 19, 2024
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