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Rest in Peace
 United States
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With help from Nancyc I've been putting together a set of circulation Aussie dollars. Picked up a Australian dollar Dansco album at a good price ($15 U. S. w/ shipping) so it looks like I'm going to try for the NIFC dollars too. So now for my question, this album is only labeled up to the 2003 Volunteers, Vietnam Vets and Korea dollars. I need a listing of the 2004 to 2010 holes. Krause is only moderately helpful here. Also, when there are coins with multiple mints, where do you guys hide the mint marks?
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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jgf..., The mint marks are usually on the reverse, and there are a few different types now, but some of the older ones are: C - Canberra S - Sydney M - Melbourne B - Brisbane A - Adelaide E - Eureka G - Gallipoli Just recently it was announced there would also be: H - Hobart P - Perth D - Darwin For several prior years there can be up to 5 or 6 mint marks, and just lately as many as 8 per year. I'll send you some scans of older coins with mint marks, but I don't have any of the new ones as I don't really collect them. I have splashed out a few times and got some with low mintages, but there are just too many variants to keep up with, and some are not exactly cheap. The RAM used to take a 'Portable Press' to different Cities in Australia and people could go along and push a button and a Pre Minted coin would then acquire a local 'Mint Mark', but the RAM ceased taking it around the country a couple years ago, so all the different Mint Marks are now stamped on the coins in Canberra, which to me is a bit off putting. It just seems a little deceitful somehow. There are only 2 Mints currently operating in Australia, RAM in Canberra and the Perth Mint. Some people collect the coins from Perth, but a lot don't, as although they are Legal Tender, they're often too expensive to buy. We do have collectors who just have to have every single $1 coin from both mints. life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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The output of the Royal Australian Mint in dollar coins for types metals and mintmarks is prodigious. I can't keep up with it. Some of them have a high catalogue value, eg. the 1992 Barcelona continuous milling silver proof, and the Victoria Cross commemorative. I was lucky to be given both.
These days, I just take uncirculated coins from circulation. This results In an incomplete set, because many types are NCLT, sold by the Mint to collectors at a large premium.
If you are interested in this series, just collect what you can, and what interests you. If you were able to collect all of them, you would have over a hundred coins, and you would be considered a fanatic for the series.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Edited by Yass
12/30/2010 05:01 am
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Like I said, "I can't keep up with it".
Don't despair. There is a huge variety of material to choose from within the series. To make sure that you are not paying too much for an issue you may be interested in, you really need a market guide. Values can range from $1 for a common circulation issue, up to $200 or so for a very scarce NCLT issue.
This series reminds me of Roman coinage, where every coin you come across has a different reverse type. In a sense, coinage was the Roman Empire's newspaper, because it kept the populace informed as to who was the current Emperor, and you had an idea of what was currently being commemorated, or what needed to be politically emphasised.
Like Yass has indicated, the above link IS very informative.
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Rest in Peace
 United States
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Mint marks aren't really for separate mints? Ok. I guess I'll try for one of each design, ignoring mint mark differences. I'll use blank pages or erase the labels on the existing pages and relabel or leave blank. Does this make for a workable collection? I'm talking only the 25 mm aluminum-bronze dollars.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Ok, so tell me if this list is correct for a set of 25 mm dollars.
1984 KANGAROOS XX CIRC
1985 KANGAROOS XX CIRC
1986 PEACE XX CIRC
1987 KANGAROOS NIFC
1988 ABO ART XX CIRC
1989 KANGAROOS NIFC
1990 KANGAROOS NIFC
1991 KANGAROOS NIFC
1992 OLYMPICS NIFC
1993 LANDCARE XX CIRC
1994 KANGAROOS XX CIRC
1994 10TH ANNIVERSITY NIFC
1995 KANGAROOS XX CIRC
1995 WALTZING MATILDA NIFC
1996 HENRY PARKES XX CIRC
1997 AIRPLANE I NIFC
1997 AIRPLANE II XX CIRC
1998 KANGAROOS XX CIRC
1998 HOWARD FLOREY NIFC
1999 SENIORS XX CIRC
1999 ANZAC NIFC
2000 KANGAROOS XX CIRC
2000 HMAS SYDNEY II NIFC
2000 OLYMPHILEX NIFC
2000 VICTORIA CROSS NIFC
2001 FEDERATION XX CIRC
2001 VOLUNTEERS CIRC
2001 ARMY NIFC
2001 AIR FORCE NIFC
2001 NAVY NIFC
2002 OUTBACK XX CIRC
2003 WOMENS SUFFRAGE CIRC
2003 VOLUNTEERS CIRC
2003 KOREA NIFC
2003 VIETNAM NIFC
2004 KANGAROOS CIRC
2004 EUREKA NIFC
2005 WW II ANNIV. XX CIRC
2005 KANGAROOS XX CIRC
2005 GALLIPOLI NIFC
2006 KANGAROOS XX CIRC
2006 COMMONWEALTH GAMES NIFC
2006 TV NIFC
2007 APEC XX CIRC
2007 PIG NIFC
2007 CRICKET NIFC
2007 LIVESAVERS NIFC
2008 KANGAROOS XX CIRC
2008 SCOUTS XX CIRC
2009 COMMONWEALTH XX CIRC
2009 KANGAROOS XX CIRC
2010 GIRL GUIDES XX CIRC
XX indicates that I already have the coin.
So, 1. Is this a reasonable collection to try for?
2. Are any of these ridicolous to obtain, i.e., more than say $50. U.S. each?
3. What should I expect the average cost of the NIFC coins to be?
I understand that this will keep me occupied for a couple years, not expecting to complete it overnight.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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The Lunar Series
2007 Year of the Pig
2008 Rat
2009 Ox
2010 Tiger
2011 Rabbit
Baby Set
2007 Norman Lindsay
2008 Norman Lindsay
2009 Dorothy Wall
2010 Dorothy Wall
2007 Sydney Harbour Bridge
2007 Polar Year
2007 Peacekeepers
2008 Rugby League
2008 Planet Earth
2008 Quarantine
2009 Coat of Arms
2009 Aged Pension
2009 Year of Astronomy
2009 Australian Citizenship
2010 Burke & Wills
2010 Girl Guides
2010 Centenary of Coinage
2010 Australian Wool ndustry
Ocean Series (Coloured)
2006 Clown Fish
2006 Bottlenose Dolphin
2007 Biscuit Star
2007 Longfin Banner Fish
2007 Great White Shark
2007 Big Belly Seahorse
Land Series (Coloured)
2008 Koala
2008 Wombat
2008 Echidna
2008 Rock Wallaby
2009 Frill Necked Lizard
2009 Bilby
Inspirational Australians
2008 Mary MacKillop
2009 Steve Irwin
2010 Fred Hollows
Edited by Yass
12/31/2010 01:51 am
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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The most expensive would be the Victoria Cross $200 - $250, the Barcelona $1 $50-$60, the Navy $1 $50+
Some of the coins are only available in mint sets, e.g., the Baby Series. I think you also have to buy the two coins set ($1 and 20c) for Astronomy, Wool, and Planet Earth.
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Valued Member
Australia
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There is also early proof only $1 coins which are unique and part of the set
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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jgfindring: That's a mighty impressive effort, considering that you are U.S.based!
The Royal Australian Mint sells a lot of it's numismatic products through our Post Office system, and so makes collecting a far easier task.
Yass: Thanks for posting that additional list.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Yass, those are all 25 mm aluminum bronze dollars? Yikes!
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Yass, those are all 25 mm aluminum bronze dollars? Yikes! Sure are. Futhermore, the RAM yesterday released the 2011 Ram's Head $1. Quote:
There is also early proof only $1 coins which are unique and part of the set There are silver 25mm dollars released individually, in the Fine Silver Sets and the Masterpiece In Silver sets. There are also 25mm released in Gold sets and individually. |
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Ok, I guess I'm going back to my original goal of just the circulation issues.
1984 KANGAROOS XX
1985 KANGAROOS XX
1986 PEACE XX
1988 ABO ART XX
1993 LANDCARE XX
1994 KANGAROOS XX
1995 KANGAROOS XX
1996 HENRY PARKES XX
1997 AIRPLANE II XX
1998 KANGAROOS XX
1999 SENIORS XX
2000 KANGAROOS XX
2001 FEDERATION XX
2001 VOLUNTEERS XX
2002 OUTBACK XX
2003 WOMENS SUFFRAGE
2003 VOLUNTEERS
2004 KANGAROOS
2005 WW II ANNIV. XX
2005 KANGAROOS XX
2006 KANGAROOS XX
2007 APEC XX
2008 KANGAROOS XX
2008 SCOUTS XX
2009 COMMONWEALTH XX
2009 KANGAROOS XX
2010 GIRL GUIDES XX
Is this a full list bof circulation issues?
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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It looks like a full list of what's available so far. According to the RAM Report for 2009/2010, there have been 3.9m 2010 Mob of Roos minted, so I'm assuming with that many, they will be going into circulation eventually and the mintage figure may very well change, but we'll have to wait till the next report comes out next September to verify that. NB. The 2003 suffrage coin has 2 varieties, both commonly available, with 2 slightly different sized reverses. Next lot I send you will include one of each.  I think the 1999 coin also has 2 (or maybe 3) varieties of the size of the OBV, but not 100% sure about that one.  A little research needed, I think. Will follow up on this later on.  I haven't done the mint mark scans yet, but hope to get it done soon.  I just realized that if you're only going for the circulation issues, the Mint Mark scans won't be needed, as they only appear on NCLT coins. life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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01/01/2011 10:15 pm
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01/01/2011 11:16 pm
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