Canberra Florins

[robbiegal]

thanks for the obverse pic
I will try to add it larger if I can remember how I did the last one ha ha
short term memory ain't so bad!!

[trout]

This is my Proof Like coin and is about as close as I am going to get to owning a proof Canberra.

[Basil]

It also doesn't appear to have the stairs as obvious as others...
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Welcome...majority don't have the steps as the die pressure was lowered(or something like that) after the early batches.I have a bank bag full of these Coins that i've collected over the last 50 years and about 4(maybe 6) have more than 2 steps.
Hard to tell from Photos but your coin looks like it had some sort of clean along the way,the silver gets that washed out look as it retones.

[Unicorn]

Hard to tell from Photos but your coin looks like it had some sort of clean along the way ....

I agree Basil, there looks to be lots of fine scratches.

[Goldseeker]

I saw a FDC or whatever it is at Downies yesterday for a pricely sum of $39,950.

Anyone interested?

[robbiegal]

This is my Proof Like coin and is about as close as I am going to get to owning a proof Canberra.

the centre of the coin is very well struck up

[trout]

Even when circulated these are still a rather handsome coin :good:
Canberra florins like this can still be obtained for just a few dollars.:yahoo:

[Basil]

Even when circulated these are still a rather handsome coin :good:
Canberra florins like this can still be obtained for just a few dollars.:yahoo:

Yeah,pre-Ebay they were worth a couple of $,$5 tops for a good one,but hard to get one under $10 these days.Most of mine were obtained as part of bulk buys,i didn't chase them,answer an add in the Trading Post or Herald and often these were wheeled out for sale,Ebay has changed all that now though.
Since this Thread started(and i have more spare time) i've taken a new interest in them,hope to jag a pristine eg. of an early mint somewhere along the line.

This is another i found with nearly all the Steps...





Different Coin with depressions in front of the Steps,probaly PMD but interesting.

[trout]

Nice 3 stepper Basil :good:

Yeah, pre-eBay they were worth a couple of $,$5 tops for a good one, but hard to get one under $10 these

Pre eBay $5 was quite a useful sum of money , Now all it will buy you is a meat pie.:angel:
I do agree though that uncirculated Canberra's are getting more expensive and not only the ones graded by PCGS/NGC either.
As of the last 18 months or so eBay is "Chokka" with "Raw" coins for sale at prices pretty much the same as the graded coins, if not higher.
I am curious  that if these raw offerings are indeed Choice or Gem uncirculated then why don't the dealers get them graded so that there is No doubt about the quality/grade of these coins ?
Lets face it if you are going to pay $100> for a coin online and without the benefit of seeing the coin "In hand" then a PCGS/NGC graded coin is a far better option than just having blind faith in a dealers grading :ok:

[Goose]

Careful when you walk up to the steps on the last picture. It looks like footsteps in the snow.

[robbiegal]

don't believe that I have ever bought a 19276 florin for $5
http://moadoph.gov.au/blog/witness-to-history-the-opening-of-the-provisional-parliament-house-in-1927/
found this sweetie in a little group that I bought rather cheaply
the date of the first opening has been scratched in with what might have been something like a pin
pity - not a bad grade

[trout]

I hate it when people do that :cray:

[autocoupler]

Lets face it if you are going to pay $100> for a coin online and without the benefit of seeing the coin "In hand" then a PCGS/NGC graded coin is a far better option than just having blind faith in a dealers grading :ok:

No way. From some slabbed examples I've seen, I wouldn't necessarily place a coin of that origin any further up the tree of legitimacy than I would something that was tendered by a registered ANDA dealer/seller. If you're talking about some dodgy internet seller then that's a different story, but of course not all internet sellers are dodgy either.

Fact is, we shouldn't be putting blind faith in anyone, Ok maybe an exception for those who can educate us.

[r9453]

http://moadoph.gov.au/blog/witness-to-history-the-opening-of-the-provisional-parliament-house-in-1927/

I couldn't find any florins in the objects at that there museum of aussie democracy. The one with the scratches on it would be a good one to have there.

[wwwww]

An otherwise uncirculated coin with graffiti 9-May (opening day of the old parliament house), not a bad momento.