2014 Maccas Errors and Corrections Thread

Bigfellani5 · December 13, 2013, 08:56:37 AM

This thread is only to list errors in the 2014 Maccas book. Please keep discussion outside of this on new threads.

purplepennyhunter · December 13, 2013, 10:50:35 AM

My name is listed twice in the acknowledgements and I am not married (to Mark). Whilst both not a bad thing this should be fixed for the next issue. PM me Greg if you need more details.

markn · December 13, 2013, 11:02:45 AM

Quote from: 'purplepennyhunter' pid='36992' dateline='1386894035'My name is listed twice in the acknowledgements and I am not married (to Mark). Whilst both not a bad thing this should be fixed for the next issue. PM me Greg if you need more details.

I know of a number of people who would suggest that being married to me is a VERY bad thing.

I've taken the liberty of renaming this thread and closing the 2013 errors and corrections thread. Please keep this thread on-topic.

emu666 · December 13, 2013, 02:40:45 PM

Quote from: 'purplepennyhunter' pid='36992' dateline='1386894035'My name is listed twice in the acknowledgements and I am not married (to Mark). Whilst both not a bad thing this should be fixed for the next issue. PM me Greg if you need more details.

But if you do get married then the book will be correct and Greg doesn't have to do any work.

robbiegal · December 13, 2013, 04:29:32 PM

hummm
you took the words right outta my mouth!! ha ha

I can't talk though, we had a 15 or so many years engagement
a bit of a L'Oreal engagement really ......

trout · December 13, 2013, 05:16:18 PM

Married or not, it is irrelevant.
You guys are great together :ok:
I haven't got my book yet but it sounds like it has more content this year, my Missus calls them my " coin porn" books because I read them all the time and I always look happy while doing it :blushing:
Looking forward to my new edition :angel:

emu666 · December 13, 2013, 05:44:40 PM

Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='37023' dateline='1386914372'hummm
you took the words right outta my mouth!! ha ha

I can't talk though, we had a 15 or so many years engagement
a bit of a L'Oreal engagement really ......

Just 15 years.

Hah.

There are friends of mine who have been going out together since 1985 and no, they don't live together.

robbiegal · December 13, 2013, 08:11:10 PM

we managed 2 sons and two degrees in those 15 years (well three really, as the hubby also finished his masters in Biochem as well)
and then there's life that you squish into those busy years with 3 young kids and no money to spare
anyways, we also had our 12th wedding anniversary last Sunday, so the long engagement did us no harm.
27 years of friendship and fun. I have no regrets (well none that i'm gonna mention here ha ha)
yeah, I know off topic etc etc

no feedback yet about yer book Greg ... i'll try to dig up some dirt

emu666 · December 13, 2013, 08:47:13 PM

:grin:

Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='37041' dateline='1386927670'we managed 2 sons and two degrees in those 15 years (well three really, as the hubby also finished his masters in Biochem as well)
and then there's life that you squish into those busy years with 3 young kids and no money to spare
anyways, we also had our 12th wedding anniversary last Sunday, so the long engagement did us no harm.
27 years of friendship and fun. I have no regrets (well none that i'm gonna mention here ha ha)

congrats.
:grin:

robbiegal · December 13, 2013, 10:33:43 PM

ta :heart:

notcb · December 17, 2013, 06:38:24 PM

HI,

Back to the reason for the thread.

I have found a number of minor errors in the Perth Mint ]section on

Page 370:

(a) Christmas and (b) Newborn coins and (d ) Kangaroo are 1/2 oz not 1 oz

Page 368:

(i) Proclamation is 1/2 oz not 1 oz

Page 364:

2013 silver proof is 1 oz not 1/2 oz

Page 363:

2012 FIFA silver proof is 50cents not $1.00

QEII silver proofs are 1 oz not 1/2 oz

Page 337

The 1/2 oz Koala silver bullion coins from 2008 onwards have been left out

and omissions

2013 Joint USA-Australia 1/2 oz silver bullion

and from the Canberra Mint

(1) no mention of the 2010 Heritage set released - 400 mintage of the coins from 1 cent to 50 cents

This is an important issue for any collector of the complete collection of the various coins from1966

(2) no mention of the gold 2012 50 cent Acacia coin, part of the joint UK Canada Queen's 60th anniversary - this coin had a limited mintage of 375, was Australian Legal Tender, similar to the 2009 commissioned 50 cent gold coin mentioned on page 147

(3) pages 228 and 229 no mention of the 2013 gold and silver coin releases - difficult to describe as they are now released singly, rather than as a set.

Never the less the 21st edition is still a great reference guide which can conveniently fit in my pocket when I am visiting the various coin shows leaving an extra hand free!

Cheers

Peter (notcb)

notcb · December 17, 2013, 08:16:52 PM

HI again,

I should have added that in addition to the gold 2012 50 cent Acacia coin, there was a matching silver 50 cent coin as well.

Details of the two coins were in the 2011 Currency Determination Number 3.

http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2011L01642/Explanatory%20Statement/Text items 46 and 47

Cheers

Peter (notcb)

MattGold · December 17, 2013, 08:43:03 PM

Just wanna see if this is a misprint or not.. Page 359, 2006 50 Years of Television - 2013 apparently minted 12,500 with issue price of $85 and current retail of $110... 2014 cat show it will 2500 minted with issue price of $375 and current retail $425.. Is this correct?

Greg McDonald · December 18, 2013, 12:53:05 AM

Hi Notch and Matt,

Thank you for the positive feedback. I will take all on board. Some of the issues you mentioned are ones I clearly missed and others were released after I had to close off entries to meet the deadline. Now that is 31 years since I wrote my first book I can remember that updating the Ram coins took a day at the most and the Perth Mint (Gold Corp) didm't even exist. The real fun part (in my eyes anyway) was tracking the pre decimal coins that I grew up with. I appreciate that a lot of collectors just love the recent issues from both mints and it goes without saying that the quality of the coins are without equal anywhere in the world. My only problem is that in recent years the annual issues have exploded. Just look at the variations with the lunar coins and the PNC's for instance. These are areas I don't collect (but I am not knocking anyone who does) but just show me a 200 year old coin with a bit of history behind it.

As I said, I am not a big collector of modern issues but they are extremely popular to be sure. For me as a cataloguer it would be very helpful if both mints just tweaked their web sites a bit. The RAM mint seems to be at least a year or so behind on their denomination pages while many issues related to the Perth Mint sometimes don't make it very clear if a coin is a specimen or a proof.

I am very grateful to everyone who brings these omissions to my attention.

Has anyone else experienced frustration with a lack of up to date information on some issues or is it just me.

Thanks again for all the support everyone on the forum has given me. Wishing you all a safe and happy festive season.

Warm Regards

Jenny & Greg

notcb · December 18, 2013, 06:24:59 AM

Greg,

Good to hear from you. I tend to agree that modern issues are becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with.

Especially the explosion in $1 "specials" including all the various mintmarks and colour series. Long ago I made the decision to specialise in just one denomination, and that was the 50 cent coin - given that that was the first Australian coin to have special events added, the first being the 1970 Captain Cook and then subsequent ones from 1977 onwards.

Interestingly, as I wrote recently to some people, by my count there have been 33 different Legal Tender 50cent coins issued with the 2013 date this year and probably more than that with the $1 coin.

Keep up the good work - I know it is appreciated by all genuine collectors and surprisingly, is one of the main reasons that people get into collecting when they can have at their finger tips a book that both guides them as to value, but also to rarity and differentiation between the various issues.

Cheers

Peter (notcb)