Disappearing Captain Cook 50 cent coins

trout · May 27, 2015, 07:42:08 PM

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that we seldom find one of these coins in our change anymore?
10 years ago they were commonplace in my change, not any more.

jens coins · May 27, 2015, 08:09:53 PM

It must be just your area as we get them all the time and just ignore them.

Fulvio · May 27, 2015, 08:12:20 PM

Quote from: 'trout' pid='73186' dateline='1432721528'Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that we seldom find one of these coins in our change anymore?
10 years ago they were commonplace in my change, not any more.

Well, *I* haven't got them all! Not yet, anyway.

trout · May 27, 2015, 08:13:33 PM

Quote from: 'jens coins' pid='73188' dateline='1432723193'It must be just your area as we get them all the time and just ignore them.

I haven't seen one in years, that's why I asked the question.

Pedro · May 27, 2015, 08:52:05 PM

Still popping up in noodles reasonably regularly but the quality has declined with age in circulation so most have gone back into the pond.

Pedro

Ozcoins · May 27, 2015, 09:58:59 PM

I got one from a vending machine last week, but you don't see many.
I think they tend to be better condition than other coins that sort of age, as people keep them when they are found in change.

Triggersmob · May 27, 2015, 10:36:46 PM

I still see them in the till at work.

runway · May 29, 2015, 11:14:35 PM

I've yet to see a bad circulated 70 Cook 50c they appear a lot in loose change,haven't got one this year though

Goldseeker · May 30, 2015, 12:45:56 AM

I completed noodling earlier today and saw around 20 of them out of a total of 2000.

That is about average sightings for me at present.

Mister T · June 08, 2015, 01:26:08 PM

I think I've only ever got one (maybe two) in change but I've looked through a few lots of $50 of 50c pieces lately and all but one lot I think had a 1970 50c piece.

trout · June 09, 2015, 02:07:43 PM

I am looking through some of my specimen Captain Cooks and came across this little ripper.
My images do not do the colour of the toning on this coin justice.

Pedro · June 09, 2015, 03:19:55 PM

Yep, you have a beauty there Trout!

Pedro

JeffH · June 09, 2015, 03:20:59 PM

Not just the 1970 either; 1991 ramshead and 1988 tall ships are appearing much less often than they used to -not that the 1991 was ever a common to find coin anyway.
But the ones that are found are often much better condition than you would expect for their age. I think they are ones people have held on to (so many were near new when put away) and now they are trickling back into the pond.

trout · June 09, 2015, 03:25:20 PM

Many of these are beautifully toned , I think the case is responsible for this :ok:

robbiegal · June 09, 2015, 07:23:00 PM

very pretty
ps ... queenie whispered that she wants to move into my place !!! ha ha
would look very nice with my little lot of specimen captain cooks