I am new here and hope this is the correct place. Will also have a lot of questions and hope to get assistance
I have the Korean War Mint mark set C,S,M,B. Is that the complete set
Gabby
:welcome: Welcome to the forum Gabby.
Yes, that appears to be the full set of mintmarks for the 2003 50th Anniversary Korean War $1.
A really good resource for $1 coins can be found at
http://www.australian-coins.com/complete-guide-australian-1-dollar-1-coins/australian-dollar-coins-2002-2003-issues-mintages/ (http://www.australian-coins.com/complete-guide-australian-1-dollar-1-coins/australian-dollar-coins-2002-2003-issues-mintages/)
this resource is prepared by this forum's founders PPH & Markn.
Welcome to the forum. Good place to get advice. Try the "Search" function up the top and you will often get your answer to questions without having to ask -and you will also find plenty of interesting reading.
If you are referring to the 2003 $1 issues you have the set (unless you also want the 99.9% pure silver proof version).
Greg McDonald's Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes is a 'must have' for information like this -and lots more. Readily available from bookshops, coin dealers and a multitude of eBay sellers.
Quote from: 'Unicorn' pid='99788' dateline='1476150409':welcome: Welcome to the forum Gabby.
Yes, that appears to be the full set of mintmarks for the 2003 50th Anniversary Korean War $1.
A really good resource for $1 coins can be found at
http://www.australian-coins.com/complete-guide-australian-1-dollar-1-coins/australian-dollar-coins-2002-2003-issues-mintages/ (http://www.australian-coins.com/complete-guide-australian-1-dollar-1-coins/australian-dollar-coins-2002-2003-issues-mintages/)
this resource is prepared by this forum's founders PPH & Markn.
Unicorn thanks for the welcome and the link.
Quote from: 'JeffH' pid='99789' dateline='1476150800'Welcome to the forum. Good place to get advice. Try the "Search" function up the top and you will often get your answer to questions without having to ask -and you will also find plenty of interesting reading.
If you are referring to the 2003 $1 issues you have the set (unless you also want the 99.9% pure silver proof version).
Greg McDonald's Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes is a 'must have' for information like this -and lots more. Readily available from bookshops, coin dealers and a multitude of eBay sellers.
Jeffh thankyou for the welcome and links as well..
Quote from: 'gabby' pid='99787' dateline='1476147931'I am new here and hope this is the correct place. Will also have a lot of questions and hope to get assistance
I have the Korean War Mint mark set C,S,M,B. Is that the complete set
Gabby
Hi Gabby, You have the full set of Aluminium / bronze dollars that were minted by the main presses at the RAM. There is also a variation for all years from and including 2002 where the relevant letter for that City was stamped onto a previously minted coin at various ANDA and agricultural shows using a small mobile punch press. For 2003 it was S,M and B. In these cases the impression of the letter on the coin was weaker and not uniform, unlike the stronger struck examples that you probably have. Just something else to collect, and somewhere in the links provided by Unicorn and JeffH should explain it better. Anyhow, I've supplied a few pics below for comparison.
You may also see some etching on all coins; this is caused by PVC contamination, brought about by storing coins in those soft plastic pages. These coins were removed long ago but too late :dash1:
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10064/2003__1_Korea_S_Privy_Mark.JPG)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10064/2003__1_Korea_S_Counterstamp.JPG)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10064/2003__1_Korea_M_Privy_Mark.JPG)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10064/2003__1_Korea_M_Counterstamp.JPG)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10064/2003__1_Korea_B_Privy_mark.JPG)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10064/2003__1_Korea_B_Counterstamp.JPG)
Top work Auto! :good:
Quote from: 'autocoupler' pid='99792' dateline='1476155126'Quote from: 'gabby' pid='99787' dateline='1476147931'I am new here and hope this is the correct place. Will also have a lot of questions and hope to get assistance
I have the Korean War Mint mark set C,S,M,B. Is that the complete set
Gabby
Hi Gabby, You have the full set of Aluminium / bronze dollars that were minted by the main presses at the RAM. There is also a variation for all years from and including 2002 where the relevant letter for that City was stamped onto a previously minted coin at various ANDA and agricultural shows using a small mobile punch press. For 2003 it was S,M and B. In these cases the impression of the letter on the coin was weaker and not uniform, unlike the stronger struck examples that you probably have. Just something else to collect, and somewhere in the links provided by Unicorn and JeffH should explain it better. Anyhow, I've supplied a few pics below for comparison.
You may also see some etching on all coins; this is caused by PVC contamination, brought about by storing coins in those soft plastic pages. These coins were removed long ago but too late :dash1:
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10064/2003__1_Korea_S_Privy_Mark.JPG)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10064/2003__1_Korea_S_Counterstamp.JPG)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10064/2003__1_Korea_M_Privy_Mark.JPG)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10064/2003__1_Korea_M_Counterstamp.JPG)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10064/2003__1_Korea_B_Privy_mark.JPG)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10064/2003__1_Korea_B_Counterstamp.JPG)
Autocoupler thank you for the photos and information. I didn't know that.
Something else I have to get my head around
I myself was about to indicate the heavy and portable press stampings but Autocoupler has covered it.
Also, the heavy press and portable press coins come right through to the latest ANDA shows in 2016.
So one really has to secure both the heavy press and portable press coins to get a full set.
Ooops, a big welcome to the forum.
Hey gabby,
You might like to have a look at this, compiled by our good friend Fulvio (aka McDuck) Australian Decimal Mintages (http://fulvio.jovianprojects.com.au/coins/Decimal%20Mintages.pdf).
A work in progress but an excellent reference.
Jeffh had a quick look at the link from McDuck and it looks (at a glance) very informative. Have saved it as a reference
Thank you