Silver Saturday

[Nevol]

The '51 Comm looks like it has a slight edge clip. aUnc by the look of it and worth well over melt.

:agreed:

That Monster die crack on the 1926 6d is an absolute Corker :yahoo:

:i_agree:

[Nevol]

Is that a die crack I see through the "A" of Mozart?

Found it and no, not a die crack.  The mark is on the 2x2.  However I did find a small lam from the A-R.

Austria 25 Schilling 1956 Mozart KM 2881 .800 Silver. Lam A-R.

[Robster]

Super sixpence!

[echidna]

The '51 Comm looks like it has a slight edge clip. aUnc by the look of it and worth well over melt.
As for echidna's sixpence..... WOW. Is it BUnc or has it been cleaned? Also what is the black deposit at 5 o' clock on the reverse? (and can it be dealt with).

The 26 sixpence had been polished (lightly) and had lots of residue in the devices & looked bad.
Now "recleaned" it in order to remove the residue .

[r9453]

PCGS MS62 1935 Shilling:

http://www.pcgs.com/cert/30641501

[Triggersmob]

Nice bob r9453.

here's another 2 bob coin I picked up from Pickers and Collectors Bazaar last week.
What grade do you think?
Do you think I should try cleaning it with acetone?

[echidna]

The 35 shilling looks even nicer in the max pic, and better than 62.
Broken 3 variety ?

The 54 florin is OK as it is I think - cant see any point in cleaning it.

[r9453]

Thanks echi - is there a broken 3 variety or did you come up with that on the spur of the moment.

I think I have a raw one in lower grade somewhere but this one will do me for keeps.

[echidna]

Thanks echi - is there a broken 3 variety or did you come up with that on the spur of the moment.

I think I have a raw one in lower grade somewhere but this one will do me for keeps.

From memory the "broken 3" is in the catalogue.

[r9453]

From memory the "broken 3" is in the catalogue.

Good memory, Renniks E25A V. SCARCE (fwiw). Fred Lever doesn't mention it.

[r9453]

Although I'm somewhat alarmed by the ever decreasing regularity with which each Saturday arrives, I do look forward to the silver lining. In this case 99.9% fine silver.
 
I read somewhere in one of trouts threads (a comment by wwww?) that there exists a kind of mule version of these with a different obverse effigy (not sure if that applies to both the 1c and 2c). Obviously these are commemorating 40 years of decimal currency. According to Renniks 25th Edition mintage is 6,500.

According to the Blue Sheet, there are 3 obverse designers for the 1c and 2c coins:

1. Arnold Machin
2. Raphael Maklouf
3. Ian Rank-Broadley

http://www.bluesheet.com.au/Australia/Decimal_Coinage/One_Cent/
http://www.bluesheet.com.au/Australia/Decimal_Coinage/Two_Cent/

[trout]

Silver Proof 1c and 2c coins were also issued in 1991 and these were the first of the silver proof 1 and 2 cent coins.

[r9453]

Nice one trout, I hope we haven't done these coins before itt. The 1991 set was part of the Masterpieces in Silver series (Decimal Currency 25th Anniversary). These are sterling silver (92.5%) and the mintage is 24,951 (Renniks 25th Edition).

[trout]

The 2016 Fine Silver set has the 1c and 2c  IRB obverse coins in it .
The other IRB obverse 2c is the 2006 Mule :ok:

[Triggersmob]

I haven't seen one of these coins in hand, but my guess is that they are stunning coins to look at.