Unlikely Heroes Great and Small -A dollar or not a dollar?

[purplepennyhunter]

I think the Mint must have made a boo-boo here as there is no denomination on these coins.

Feline $1

Donkey $1

I'm guessing though they should have the obverse with the denomination like the lunar coins have. And I'm excited I don't have to buy this because I no longer collector dollars!!!!!!!!!!!

[ausjack]

Wow now that's a bloody beauty PP, suppose they just expect people to know :scratch_one-s_head: Be fun if they start that crap with circulated coins, does it have an end or is the mint stupidity getting worse by the day :dash1:
I want someone to put one on ebay so I can ask how much for ya pussy :blush2:

[trout]

I am SOOO glad they brought out that ABC garbage :yahoo:
Why would they bother putting a denomination on this junk , RAM stopped making REAL dollar coins a while back anyway :angel:

[JeffH]

No trout; they still make a few real dollars -queen obverse and roos reverse.
After all people still want money for transactions.

[trout]

No trout; they still make a few real dollars -queen obverse and roos reverse.
After all people still want money for transactions.

MAYBE,
Remember the 2014 MOR rolls that were first issued to the Mints "Pet Dealers" before they were released to the public many months later so that the dealers could "Cash In" on them.
Looked pretty much like a PR stunt by RAM to keep the Dealers happy and NOTHING to do with supplying coinage for commerce :angel:
Just added a post to the "shaping your collections" RAM website regarding these.
Interested to see what their excuses are for this Stuff Up :angel:

[ausjack]

BUDGET cutbacks

[purplepennyhunter]

The RAM have changed their generic obverse pic lol

[ausjack]

You NEED one now don't you PP
You know it's calling you, buy me PP, buy me now :laugh2:
you really tweaked my interest in it PP so thought I'd have a google and found this on wiki so I now wonder if they will do one for every one of them, suss the list..gonna be a good money spinner :blink:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickin_Medal
about 50 more coins to come just in this set if they do one for each of them.

[purplepennyhunter]

No way. I do rather like dollars to have the denomination on the reverse like the MOR. The lunar series never sit well with me. Then the alphabet...... The holey dollar and dump didn't either. I just don't think it's a real dollar without it on the rev. Too much like grannybait.

[JeffH]

Too much like grannybait.

Why are you not surprised?

[trout]

The RAM have changed their generic obverse pic lol

Looks like RAM DO read the posts on Shaping your Collections :good:

[Sapyx]

...I just don't think it's a real dollar without it on the rev...

But... but... putting the denomination on the reverse would totally ruin the artwork! They wouldn't have been able to show anywhere near as much of that extraordinarily relevant barometric scale if they'd been forced to waste space to make it look like a coin!

{In case you couldn't tell from the strategic use of italics, yes, that was me trying to be sarcastic.}

In case anyone is interested, Wikipedia has a copy of the cat-in-the-gun picture the coin design is based on. But I'm still all about what a barometric scale has to do with this cat, or this ship.

[trout]

Why is this relevant as a commemorative coin ?

[kchan1111]

Creatures great and small who contributed their strength, energy and lives to the Australian Imperial Forces and the Australian Defence Force helped to define the spirit of our great nation.

So what did the cats do on HMAS Encounter? Deliver messages?

[triplewitch]

The same thing they they do in your home if you like cats-life your spirits and keep the mice at bay.