The Australian Federation coins picture thread

[trout]

As the picture threads appear to be quite popular with our Members and our Guest's that pop in from time to time I thought it would be a good idea to show people what our 2001 Federation coins look like.
These coins were produced for circulation and are a very popular set of coins amongst Australian collectors.

Here We Go
I will add images of the Proof strike coins soon :ok:

Federation One Dollar coin


Federation 50c
 

Australian Capital Territories 20c and 50c coins


Norfolk Island 20c and 50c coins


New South Wales 20c and 50c coins


Northern Territory 20c and 50c coins


Queensland 20c and 50c coins


South Australia 20c and 50c coins


Tasmania 20c and 50c coins


Victoria 20c and 50c coins


Western Australia 20c and 50c coins


Victoria 20c and 50c coins

[r9453]

Bonza topic for a new thread trout. It might be worth pointing out that the twenty cent coin designs were done by school students who entered (and won) a competition. The fifty cent designs are the official state Coat of Arms.


Twenty cent mintages:

2,100,000 ACT
2,200,000 NI
3,203,000 NSW
2,100,000 NT
2,300,000 QLD
2,400,000 SA
2,200,000 TAS
2,900,000 VIC
2,400,000 WA

Fifty cent mintages:

2,000,000 ACT
2,160,000 NI
3,042,000 NSW
2,080,000 NT
2,320,000 QLD
2,400,000 SA
2,160,000 TAS
2,800,000 VIC
2,400,000 WA

Source:

http://fulvio55.altervista.org/coin/Decimal%20Mintages.pdf

[trout]

Thanks for the added info Mate, Much appreciated :good:
I'll pull out my boxed set of Proofs shortly and get the images up soon

[r9453]

The uncirculated mint set came in a 26 page binder. Here are the scans of the two pages relating to the kids who won the design competition:
 



I bought my mint set second hand and the bonus lapel badge was missing

Here is the cover of Mint Issue Nr. 40 (Feb 2001):



Page 7 Mint Issue Nr. 40 (Feb 2001):

[trout]

Some interesting information there Mate :good:

[interest]

It's just my opinion, but I think the twenty cent coins look better than the fifties, and it's a shame that the fifties didn't have the school designs.

[JeffH]

It might be worth pointing out that the twenty cent coin designs were done by school students who entered (and won) a competition.

The school kids (see above) all received a special presentation certificate from the Mint and their schools -who had to sponsor their entry- received a cash payment. Seems a little unfair to me (I bet the school kids would have liked the money) but...they all have their initials on the coins so they are up there with SD and IRB. That is serious bragging rights.

[Triggersmob]

Thanks for the info. I never knew the designs were
from a kids competition. Some great designs for kids.

[trout]

Here are the Proof coins in this series

Federation Dollar


Federation 50c


ACT


Norfolk Island


New South Wales


Northern Territory


Queensland


South Australia


Tasmania


Victoria


Western Australia

[gabby]

You have some very nice coins there trout.

[trout]

You have some very nice coins there trout.

I would think that there wouldn't be too many Aussie collectors that Don't have these coins.
The Federation coins created many a new collector when they were issued :good:

[r9453]

The other day I asked a question in one of the wedding set threads and Nevol answered it by referring to Maccas which is what I should have done in the first place. I'm always interested in mintages etc. this is from p. 94 of Renniks 25th edition:

[gabby]

You have some very nice coins there trout.

I would think that there wouldn't be too many Aussie collectors that Don't have these coins.

I'm afraid I'm one.
Need SA and Tas in the 3 coin card sets to finish them off.