CLOSED -FOR SALE -UNC decimal clearance.

[JeffH]

I have an eBay buyer interested in buying some of my spare UNC coins. He is also an active seller so, I presume, intends to onsell them.

So, before I send him the list I just compiled, I thought some forum members may have an interest. I probably have some more but, I have a bad habit of putting coins away in a safe place and then forgetting where they are. If I turn any more up I will add details here.

List is attached below. Any bag coins are selected, best from the bags -the balance (around 90%) were liberated.
Postage is at cost (about 80% of Australia Post's advertised rates).

I would also consider swaps and, any large purchase would be free postage, discounted or some extras included.
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Cheers,
Jeff

Chart updated 3 June 2013. This should be the final, complete list.

[Fulvio]

Let me know how much for the lot.

[JeffH]

Correction and addendum
•First entry in my chart should read 1979 5¢ (not "1997")
•I have just found, tucked away in a drawer, 10 hand rolls of 2008 20¢ labelled "selected UNC from Armaguard bags"
•And also 2 rolls of 2009 50¢ similarly labelled

Still searching to see if I have any others stashed away and will soon upgrade the numbers in my spreadsheet accordingly.

Jeff

[JeffH]

Fulvio, mail sent.
Chart updated 3 June 2013. This should be the final, complete list.

[JeffH]

OK, signed, sealed and delivered (well, at least posted).
Thank you all.

Jeff

[keldaw]

way to go jeff  , quick and easy ..   ,, kel ,,

[Fulvio]

Woot! I even got a tracking number, and updates to my iPod... ain't technology grand?

Thanks Jeff.

[Fulvio]

Woot! I even got a tracking number, and updates to my iPod... ain't technology grand?

Well, this was certainly a Red-Letter day. :yahoo:

Got an email telling me the package arrived at the post office. Since I was going all the way down the freeway, I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone, and do some computer maintenance for a friend as I'd promised.

While digging out necessary supplies, I moved a calico sack, which went "clink"... :dodgy: ...sack of loose reject dollars that had been sitting there for maybe three years. Hmm, methinks I should turn them into $5's and do some noodling... Of course, that means bagging them, right?

So as I start counting, the very first coin is a rabbit ears '94. WTF? These are rejects... How did I miss that? So of course I (re)noodled the lot, and out of 250 or so, I score the rabbit ears, two '94 and a '98 boxing gloves, a very clean and tidy '84 (obviously out of a pack) with a cud at the bottom rear of the portrait, an '84 filled R cud, and a '94 with a deep crack from the 2nd roo through the top roo to the rim (and a ton of verdigris.. into the bath with ye!). 7 keepers, the last three of which I didn't already have! :yahoo:

So, off to the post office, where joyous bonus #2 appears in the form of the previously-mentioned Fiji stamps, plus $27 in high value (but sadly cancelled with a biro :dodgy:) stamps adorning the outside of a fiendishly-clever bit of cardboard-and-gaffer-tape origami.

Then off to Dandenong Plaza to play hopscotch-through-the-banks. Turn the coins into notes at CBA, withdraw a couple grand at CUA, mostly in fivers, sit at Westpac checking serials (for one UNC $5 and three $50), then turn the rejects into 4 Armaguard sacks of dollars.

Then inspiration strikes... :idea: "Would you happen to have any mutes?" I say nonchalantly. And she pulls out a wad of horribly disfigured plastic.. and... four paper notes! :yahoo:

MQL 925498 $10 1991 r313a/Mc176 Fraser/Cole Plate |C EF
ABQ 674792 $20 1993 r415/Mc196 Fraser/Evans Plate |Q aUNC
YSA 062137 $50 1983 r509a/Mc206 Johnston/Fraser Plate A Gothic aUNC
ZDX 505631 $100 1985 r609/Mc222 Johnston/Fraser Plate F EF

If one is to believe both dealers and my grading, that's $500 worth of notes! :yahoo:

And of course I've yet to start noodling the dollars, or even unpack Jeff's super-neat little padded bundles of goodies. That's a tomorrow job methinks.

Oh, and I just had another thought..

Armaguard sacks? From Westpac Since when? I thought that only happened in Canberra? So now I'll have to find out if this is a regular occurrence, and if it is, guess where my UNC coins are going to come from in future?

So all in all, this was definitely a good day. :wavemulticolor:

[coxsp]

So what on earth are mutes??

[Nevol]

So what on earth are mutes??

Banknotes that are being returned to (I think to RBA) due to a number of reasons, eg:
Excessive wear
Pre Polymer Issues
Recalled Issues
Pre Decimal Notes

There may be other reasons, so we'll see what else is added to the list.

[Fulvio]

So what on earth are mutes??

Yup, what she said. Mutes stands for Mutilated Notes, and its a universal term used by tellers everywhere.
Oh, and they get bagged up and included in their deposits to their security company, which then batches them up and either returns them to the RBA, or ships them direct to NPA in Craigieburn for destruction. Paper is burnt, plastic is shredded and recycled.