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I was wondering how often NCLT is found in circulation.
I saw a post saying to keep an eye out for NCLT and thought that the chances of finding anything in circulation would be very small, however I found 2 NCLT dollar coins recently. I also saw another post where someone found a proof 20 cent in circulation.
Was I just lucky, or are NCLT coins in circlation more than I expected?
How often would you expect to find NCLT in change? Edited by ozcoins
09/05/2011 6:16 pm
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I have the following that were found while noodling. While the majority were found by me, I did buy a number off a colleague who had also found them whislst noodling. There has even been a Victoria Cross $1 found by a member of the ACBO. They are all out there so keep a sharp eye!  1992 Barcelona 4 1993 Landcare "C" 8 "M" 4 "S" 1 1994 Decade Dollar "C" 5 1995 Waltzing Mathilda "B" 8 "C" 25 "M" 7 "S" 3 1996 Sir Henry Parkes "B" 2 "M" 1 1997 Smithy Map "B" 3 "C" 46 "M" 10 "S" 6 "A" 1 1998 Lord Howard Florey "B" 2 "C" 10 "M" 6 "S" 3 "A" 2 1999 The Last Anzac "B" 2 "C" 16 "M" 6 "S" 2 "A" 1 2000 HMAS Sydney II "C" 17 "S" 3 Olymphilex "C" 2 "S" 1 2001 Air Force 2 Army "C" 5 "C" - Spaced IRB 7 "C" - Joined IRB 2 Navy 1 2002 Year of the OutBack "C" 34 2003 Korea "C" 13 "M" 1 "S" 1 2004 Eureka Stockade "C" 15 "M" 1 2005 Gallipoli "B" 1 "C" 15 "M" 2 "S" 1 2006 Commonwealth Games "M" 1 Television "C" 8 2007 Sydney Harbour Bridge "C" 4 |
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Hi ozcoins
Welcome to Coin Community :)
The best coin I found was a 2007 Year of the Lifesavers 20c.
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Unfortunately I would suggest that the majority of these coins found in circulation would be there as a result of theft,kids or whoever steel them & pull them out of their packaging so they can spend them without suspicion,a dollar is a dollar to a shop no matter what they have on them.
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Yes I am sure people inherit coins having no idea what they are and think hay ill just spend that!
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I've never found one personally, though someone I know found and gave me a 2001 Armed Forces 90th Anniversary (can't remember which).
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Unfortunately I would suggest that the majority of these coins found in circulation would be there as a result of theft,kids or whoever steel them & pull them out of their packaging so they can spend them without suspicion,a dollar is a dollar to a shop no matter what they have on them.
Absolutely correct. The majority of my coins came from clubs and casinos. The rest came from rolls, with only a very few through the till. You watch the parents at the shows and the Mint Gallery. They buy them for their kids, who are fascinated for about 5 minutes. It doesn't take long for the $1 to eventually make it into circulation. |
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I know it is circulated but just a couple of weeks ago my girlfriend got a 1993 'Landcare' in really good condition for my collection.
Around the same time I found a 1986 'Year of Peace' in the same condition, and not too much before that I found a 2003 'Korea' 'S' back in change.
I have only been looking activly for this last year and am hooked now.
They are out there and a few years back when coin show coins were more evenly priced to circulated ones I used to put them back into the wild.
Now thinking back I wished I kept a few because now they are the empty spots in my album...
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Hi Yass,
That is an amazing list!
How many coins would you have looked through to find all of those?
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I have looked through thousands. My friend, whom I bought a lot from, has searched through hundreds of thousands.
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found in Darwin yesterday: 2000 HMAS Sydney II "C" - lightly circulated
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Good find!
I dont even have one of them....
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I don't noodle, but I have found 4 NCLT $1 coins over the last 3 - 4 years. Steve |
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I have found the following in circulation:
1992 Barcelona
1993 Landcare (c)
1994 10 Years Decimal Currency (m, s)
1995 Waltzing Matilda (b, c, m, s)
1996 Father of Federation (c)
1997 Smithy small map (c, m, s, b)
1998 Howard Florey (c, m, s)
1999 Last Anzac (c, m, s)
2000 HMAS Sydney (c)
2000 Olympiad
2001 Centenary of Army (c)
2001 Centenary of Air Force
2003 Korean War (c)
2004 Eureka Stockade (c, m)
2005 Gallipoli (c)
2008 Rugby League
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2010 Centenary of Coinage
Most of those are doubles, with ones like Barcelona, Smithy, Decade of Dollar, I have about 5 of each.
95% of mine have come through my till at work (newsagency), and I normally get 1 per month.
~Naomi.
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11/06/2011 4:48 pm
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