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Pillar of the Community
Australia
853 Posts |
The first is the 2006 Subscription coin. This years theme is the Pillar Dollar, a spanish coin which was one of Australia's proclamation coins.
www.newcastlecoins.com.au/1955.html
The next coin is the Duyfken $5 uncirculated coin. The Duyfken was the Dutch ship that founded the Western Australian coast in 1606. This coin is valued at $12.95.
www.newcastlecoins.com.au/1956.html
The last coins on offer is the $5 and 5 Euro silver proof Duyfken set. This issue is ajoint issue with the Dutch Government. Itis limited to 7500 sets. This set retails at $135.00.
www.newcastlecoins.com.au/1957.html
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1541 Posts |
What is a Subscription coin? I like the oldish look on the Pillar Dollar.
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Pillar Of The Community
Turkey
1205 Posts |
All three coins are brilliant.
I like the silver one with the ship the most.
And Bigfella, I've got a question;
In the explanation of the 5$ UNC Duyfken coin it says "... this wonderful Al/Br coin has been produced."
Al/Br meaning aluminium bronze? or the coin is Aluminium Bromine compound?
I guess Br stands for bronze? since Bromine is not even a metal:)
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1529 Posts |
Shatsi.....subcription issues are when the Mint starts off with no preset mintage of that issue. Collectors are required to order the coin(s) from the Mint by a predetermined date. All orders received by that close off date then becomes the mintage of that issue.
RenaL.....you are right in saying Al/Br is Aluminium Bronze.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1091 Posts |
The Royal Australian Mint issues one Subscription Coin a year. They started this in 1996 and the issue price at that time was $45. The issue price now is $88. The highest mintage was 21,791 in 1997. The lowest mintage was 11,845 for 2005.
In 2004 the subscription coin was the 40th Anniversary of the Last Penny. This was a bi-metal coin that had a silver outer ring and a copper inner ring, only the mint put a varnish looking substance into the copper to give it an aged look. This made many collectors cringe.
I mention this as the subscription coins are normally a Proof Silver coin and this one (2006 Pillar Dollar) looks like they have given it the artificially aged look.
Bigfella, can you find out from the RAM if this is indeed the case with this one?
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Pillar of the Community
 Australia
853 Posts |
The information direct from the mint is 99.9% silver with an antique finish. Normally they describe the finish as proof or unc so now we have a new category of coin!!!
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1079 Posts |
Well it will be at least better then UNC. Looks nice, not sure if will be a huge success.
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Valued Member
United States
346 Posts |
i like the pillar dollar the best. And the antique effect looks better on silver than on bronze.
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Valued Member
Australia
99 Posts |
at least this time we know it comes pre tarnished, we were deceived with the penny
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1529 Posts |
This is not the first time the Mints have issued a coin with this sort of a finish....PM's 2003 Evolution of the Alphabet had this "artificial finish".
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Valued Member
Australia
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Will be intersting on this years suscription dollar demand is like.
I expected something better I guess we will wait and see what the mintage figures will be.
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