Victoria Cross $10 Ballot

[Triggersmob]

I wasn't going to enter the ballot, as I don't collect NCLT, but I mentioned the coin at the dinner table last night and the wife reckons I should enter, as it might be a good investment. Yesss!
I'm in the ballot now.

[Nevol]

Me too, even though NCLT's not my cup of tea. :angel:

[purplepennyhunter]

It doesn't appear to warrant a customer number for entry so what's stopping Dad, Mum, all 6 kids, the cat and 4 budgies from entering?

disclaimer: I don't have 6 kids, no cat and no budgies.

[jens coins]

It doesn't appear to warrant a customer number for entry so what's stopping Dad, Mum, all 6 kids, the cat and 4 budgies from entering?

disclaimer: I don't have 6 kids, no cat and no budgies.

I just entered and had to put customer number in

[triplewitch]

http://www.ramint.gov.au/media/press-releases/2014/downloads/2014%20$10%20Antique%20Victora%20Cross_OBV.jpg
http://www.ramint.gov.au/media/press-releases/2014/downloads/2014%20$10%20Antique%20Victora%20Cross_REV.jpg

[interest]

Channel nine have done a story as well these are going to be hard to get.V.C

[nealeffendi]

Have all the 100 names been checked? Seems like the names are "official" names and not their real names; who ever knew of Sir Roden Cutler as Arthur Cutler?

[Pedro]

He was Arthur Roden Cutler so possibly they have used they his first Christian name as he enlisted rather than his preferred Christian name.

Pedro

[purplepennyhunter]

From the RAM Facebook page

[ausjack]

WTF no gloves, NOOOO, nice new coins with grotty finger marks on them..but they have nice white coats on :dodgy:

[trout]

WTF no gloves, NOOOO, nice new coins with grotty finger marks on them..but they have nice white coats on :dodgy:

I am not quite sure but I seem to recognise a couple of the faces in the pic and they have a REAL piece of Bronze so I don't think they are particularly worried about fingering up a piece if RAM Grannybait :ok:

[ausjack]

it's just not cricket

[Coins from Vending]

Geez that fellow on the left looks like Ben Roberts who is a VC recipient just has a darker shade of hair?

[trout]

Geez that fellow on the left looks like Ben Roberts who is a VC recipient just has a darker shade of hair?

I am pretty sure that the other 2 young blokes in the middle are VC recipients as well.

[Steveqld]

A lot of courage there:

Ben Roberts-Smith VC MG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Roberts-Smith
Keith Payne VC  OAM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Payne
Daniel Keighran VC  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Keighran
Mint employee Ross MacDiarmid
Mark Donaldson VC  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Donaldson
Unk Mint employee
Roberts-Smith, Keighran and Donaldson are the 3 living recipients of the Victoria Cross for Australia.  The other recipient Corporal Cameron Stewart Baird VC MG received his, I believe, posthumously.

I'm not sure if Keith Payne is the only other surviving recipient of the VC.  He received his for action in the Vietnam war and comes from Ingham NQ.

I don't think these are the sort of people to seek attention by participating in the RAM promotion.  The $100 cost is a lot more than previous releases so I hope that a portion of the profit will be going towards assisting returned servicemen and/or their families hence why the VC recipients were prepared to provide their time.