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Well I am now officially ready for knighthood because I just received a package from rggoodie with some coins I needed to become a knight. I am not sure where some of them came from but they are here none the less  . I will do some searching online to find the countries they came from later today |
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Bryan
Your always welcome to post pics and ask the forum for info on the coins you need Identified !!
Rick
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Now Bryan....the most important is the "aussie" coins. Hope you have some of them...must keep sending them around. lol...  |
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I got this weird shaped one that has a roo on the back holding a sheild with a peacock on the other side with a 50 under that so I think that is australian since on the front is says "AUSTRALIA" and the date 1971 on it
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Sounds like a 50c Australian piece to me. BTW its an Emu, not a peacock.
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Give him a break Kegan, peacock, ostrich all the same  Bryan, check out the topic in australian section, all the "different" Australian animals are explained there. And don't worry, I thought it was an ostrich at first, and it was Kegan to correct me (thanks mate  ) |
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Originally posted by Bryan1315
I got this weird shaped one that has a roo on the back holding a sheild with a peacock on the other side with a 50 under that so I think that is australian since on the front is says "AUSTRALIA" and the date 1971 on it
by weird shaped do you mean like this  Fifty cent - the Australian coat of arms. This large coin is dodecagonal (twelve-sided) cupro-nickel; it replaced a round silver 50 cent coin which, soon after issue, became far more valuable for its silver content than as a unit of currency. In recent years, 20c and 50c as well as 1 dollar coins have also been issued featuring a variety of commemorative and United Nations "year of" themes. Australian coins are produced by the Royal Australian Mint.  Coat of Arms: Australia's coat of arms was granted in 1912 by King George V. It consists of a shield composed of six parts, each containing one of the state badges. The shield is supported by two Australian animals, the kangaroo and the emu. Not only are these two animals typically Australian, but they are they are unique in another way: they are physically not able to walk backwards, signifying Australia as a forward-moving, forward-thinking nation! The Australian Coat of Arms consists of the Badges of the six States of the Commonwealth arranged on a shield in two rows of three columns: New South Wales - Golden Lion passant (right to left) on a red St George's Cross on a silver background (usually depicted white), with an 8-pointed star on each extremity of the cross. Victoria - White Southern Cross (one star of 8 points, 2 of 7 points one of 6 points and one of 5 points), beneath an Imperial Crown, on a blue background. Queensland - light blue Maltese Cross with an Imperial Crown at its Centre, on a white background. South Australia - the White-Backed Magpie (or Piping Shrike), erect, wings outstretched, on a yellow background. Western Australia - Black Swan swimming, left to right, on a yellow background. rggoodie
aka Richard
"catch em doing something right"
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Thats IT! hey man I want to thank you for the coins, now if I can just get a nomination for Knighthood I will be set Oh Yeah! how much is one of them naked men on a horse slayin a dragon coins like you have on your website worth? if they arent to expensive I may have to get me one of them Edited by Bryan1315
03/27/2006 6:38 pm
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The coin you refer to is the soverign or the half soverign
the reverse is from a famous painting by Benedetto Pistrucci of St. George slaying the dragon
The legend goes that the courageous St. George rescued a princess by slaying the vicious dragon, and on the spot where the dragon's blood spilled a rose grew as a symbol of love and friendship.
St. George is not naked
and the price of a half soverigh or soverign will run you from
$135.00 to $600,000.00
rggoodie
aka Richard
"catch em doing something right"
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Originally posted by Bryan1315
Thats IT! hey man I want to thank you for the coins, now if I can just get a nomination for Knighthood I will be set
Oh Yeah! how much is one of them naked men on a horse slayin a dragon coins like you have on your website worth? if they arent to expensive I may have to get me one of them
I will proposed that Bryan1315 be admitted to the hallowed halls of the Knights and sit with us at the Coin Table...  The "naked man" is Saint George slaying a dragon...[:p] |
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Yiks.....story of my life....sniped again, this time by RG....  |
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this bar resturant I go to once in a while, has people from all over stop in frequently mostly from austraila, england, and germany. they usually bring me a lot of coins. I am trying to get them interested in collecting a couple of them do but they just throw them in a jar. they are the crew on the different blimps that tarvel around the world and have access to so many. alot of the guys are form Austraila
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Pillar of the Community
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rggodie I have a few of those I would love to see one colorized, do you know if any one has ever seen one
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Originally posted by scoutjim99
rggodie I have a few of those I would love to see one colorized, do you know if any one has ever seen one
From the 2001 ETY Proof set and the 2001 20 coins set....  |
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United States
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YIKES!!!! maybe I dont need one as bad as I thought I did But as far as the Knights things goes I will be happy to join as soon as they decide I am worthy to become one Edited by Bryan1315
03/27/2006 8:48 pm
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