too loose

duggee27 · March 15, 2013, 06:46:27 AM

off to canberra this a.m. to get some culture . apparently some stuff by 'too loose la trek' is worth seeing.

when the girls go shopping , mate and i will do some sightseeing .. over at the mint !! :yahoo::yahoo: my first visit

bellyflorin · March 15, 2013, 07:44:19 AM

have fun duggee , my lasted visit to the mint was in 1973 , i still have the little unc red wallet , i say the mint might have had some changes by now

ausjack · March 15, 2013, 09:39:12 AM

Hope ya have fun dug :dance2: but I'm very worried about your comment Belly as I hope the coins are no longer in the wallet and if they are please please have a look and see if the PVC has done any damage, for your sake I hope not..poor little blokes locked up in the stinkin PVC :cray:

bellyflorin · March 15, 2013, 10:12:25 AM

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='9602' dateline='1363302552'Hope ya have fun dug :dance2: but I'm very worried about your comment Belly as I hope the coins are no longer in the wallet and if they are please please have a look and see if the PVC has done any damage, for your sake I hope not..poor little blokes locked up in the stinkin PVC :cray:

No worries jack they are safe ,i put them in coin holders ages ago

ausjack · March 15, 2013, 10:18:10 AM

Sweet, just tryin to look after ya mate :winkextra:

duggee27 · March 18, 2013, 10:14:23 AM

the 'too loose la trek' exhibition was great, nearly as good as the mint.
the mint visit was short but pleasing to see coins all lined up to drool over

heres some pics for all to enjoy (subject to quality control !)

apologise for xl size but this is my 1st go at posting pics

Mister T · March 18, 2013, 02:07:36 PM

Nice. What was on the other side of the $1 trial?

enworb · March 18, 2013, 02:35:28 PM

What denomination is the first coin? Looks like a 5c. Is it a double clip misstrike?? Looks awesome.

duggee27 · March 18, 2013, 03:50:37 PM

Quote from: 'enworb' pid='9931' dateline='1363579528'What denomination is the first coin? Looks like a 5c. Is it a double clip misstrike?? Looks awesome.

here is your answer 2 out of 2

Quote from: 'Mister T' pid='9929' dateline='1363577856'Nice. What was on the other side of the $1 trial?

they would not let me break in to turn it over !

here is another trial

Australian coin · March 18, 2013, 04:01:52 PM

thx for sharing pics, haha if you cant see the back maybe it is blank, they should put the coins on one of those rotating wheels then you could see both sides

Mister T · March 18, 2013, 04:30:48 PM

Quote from: 'duggee27' pid='9932' dateline='1363584037'they would not let me break in to turn it over !

here is another trial

Ah, too bad. Thanks for posting though, it's very interesting.

And perhaps it's not a coincidence that the Solomon Islands got their own currency including a heptagonal $1 in 1977.