Dear All,
Thanks for accepting me as a new member of this site. Recently i have bought a 20 dollar Australian platypus coin from ebay.in, but I am not sure whether it is original or not can you please help me to find it. the eyes of the platypus impression is not well prominent as it is in the online catalog of the coin. I have some photos of the same coin.[attachment=3563][attachment=3564][attachment=3565][attachment=3566][attachment=3567]. i am a great admirer of th australian coins and it is my first australian coin I have bought,
please could help me to find whether it is original or not, i will be very thankful to you all.
Thanks and Regards,
Pranab Sarkar
Welcome to the forum. :)
This may help you. http://www.ramint.gov.au/bite-sized/the-minting-process
http://www.ramint.gov.au/circulating-coins
Welcome to the forum.
I'm afraid you're going to need much better quality pictures to really get any help, although there is absolutely no reason to think that a 1999 20 cent coin would not be genuine, with a mintage of some 64 million produced.
As a matter of interest, what sort of money did you pay for it, and what condition is it in? I would imagine that there wouldn't be many aussie coins in India, and you may want to look at sourcing coins directly from Australia.
Um, the coin is not a $20 Platypus coin but only $0.20c Platypus coin.
I would presume that the $20 is what you paid for the coin? If you have paid $20 for the coin, I believe you have paid far too much.
Better scans of the coin would assist any further discussion.
However, welcome to the forum and enjoy your stay with us.
Quote from: 'Goldseeker' pid='100149' dateline='1476769097'I would presume that the $20 is what you paid for the coin?
More likely just a mixup in terms. 20 Rupees are about 40 cents, so its reasonable for someone not familiar with the currency to make that sort of assumption. Bit like having a thousand Lira and feeling rich, till you realise its about a dollar. ;)
thanks to you all, sir, for replying my query, my coin condition is "used", I only wanted to know that whether 20 cents of platypus coin can be found fake and if so then how to recognize that it is fake/original that means what in the coin will be missing that will show that it is fake and what will present that it will say that it is original? is there any possibility that if the eye of the platypus impression is not prominent that it can be a fake coin?............and yes sir , it is 20 cent Australian platypus coin, I was wrong of saying it is 20 dollar......
Quote from: 'pranab sarkar' pid='100195' dateline='1476887747'can be found fake
Nope. Low-value coins are not worth the trouble for the fakers to bother with. They stick to things with fairly high prices and demand.
Quote from: 'Fulvio' pid='100196' dateline='1476893542'Quote from: 'pranab sarkar' pid='100195' dateline='1476887747'can be found fake
Nope. Low-value coins are not worth the trouble for the fakers to bother with. They stick to things with fairly high prices and demand.
This 1935 penny begs to differ.
(https://coinphotos.net/304776/0/16777215/800x800.jpg)
Predecimal. :P