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Valued Member
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Last Sat/Sunday Nov 6/7 Anda had its final event for the year
Did anyone attend,Royal Australian Mint was there with their portable press and 5000 was the limit
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New Member
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I flew in to Canberra from Melbourne especially for the show (you've got to love those frequent flyer points!). The day opened with a champagne breakfast provided by the Royal Australian Mint to launch their 2011 products. There were prize draws and a massive Mob of Roos dollar cake. They also had a showbag, which included a 5% discount at the Mint's shop and 50% off the price of entry to the ANDA show.
Once in through the doors I managed to pick up four of the counterstamped 100 Years of Australian coinage dollars from the mobile press. As there was an initial limit of 2 coins per customer at the mobile press this meant two trips around the ever increasing queue, which was enough for me as I wanted to see what some of the dealers had brought along. The mobile press was certainly the main draw of the show. I also completed my set of silver 100 Years of Australia coinage dollars with the Master Mint Mark show special. I then added a couple of additions to my collection of British commonwealth silver before heading to the mint itself.
As it was my first trip to the mint I was amazed how well catered for visitors the place is and lost myself in the displays for over an hour before minting a couple of dollars at the gallery press to complete the set. The final visit of the day was also coin related in a way as I popped in to the old parliament building on the way to the airport, which of course graces the reverse of the 1927 Florin which commemorates its opening.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I went along too and was lucky enough to go along and meet a few people including Splock, which was a pleasure indeed. We posted up our activities at the show on our blog (link below) if anyone is interested in reading it. I wont post a direct link in case it upsets the OP.
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11/15/2010 06:18 am
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Valued Member
 Australia
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Same blog as the PPH site that is repeated on all coin forums by same people using avatars
The mobile press coins were $10 and on Sunday there were no lineups whatsoever,anyone could have bought hundreds if they wanted.They never sold out by the public thank god a real gentleman businessman bought the remainder
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I see I didnt even need to post a link to upset the op. You asked a question, I happened to attend and have written about it. If you don't want an answer don't ask the question.
Edited by markn
11/25/2010 3:36 pm
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Valued Member
Australia
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Touched a nerve here from ^ who is same person as splock
Keep this forum clean markd I only posted a topic yet you jump in and try and be hero.
Its not the free ACBO forum you invaded,this forum is run professionally and moderators not self appointed
Reality check mate
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Administrator
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Touched a nerve here from ^ who is same person as splock
Keep this forum clean markd I only posted a topic yet you jump in and try and be hero.
Its not the free ACBO forum you invaded,this forum is run professionally and moderators not self appointed
Reality check mate I certainly see nothing derogatory or unclean in this topic. Problems on another forum are exactly that, problems on another forum. They have nothing to do with here and certainly should not be brought up here. |
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Valued Member
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Admin keep up the professional work here
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New Member
Australia
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For the record I am a completely different person to Markn, I know I've met him and he looks nothing like me!
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Thank goodness for that, with me and the voices in my head I don't think there's room for yet another alter ego.
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Posted 11/15/2010 06:18 am
