ANDA Show Project - Helping Kids Build 5¢ Date Sets by Noodling

Nevol · January 18, 2016, 08:42:23 AM

Quote from: 'humpybong' pid='83720' dateline='1453031364'Maybe we should try this at Brisbane ANDA as well??

Quote from: 'acrellin' pid='83699' dateline='1452990715'Plastic sheets it will be in the meantime. Come along to the Perth show to see how it goes, if it works well and we can get volunteers, we'll be running the same stands at each of the other ANDA shows in 2016.

runway · January 20, 2016, 08:33:01 PM

The "ANDA Show" name has been retired, and in its place is the more descriptive "Money Expo". Entrance fees have also been scrapped, and some of the venues have been changed to improve accessibility. The first Money Expo will be held in Perth on the weekend of the 27th and 28th February.

Goldseeker · January 21, 2016, 12:10:10 PM

At present, no news as to a special "P" coin to b e released at the Perth Show.

What a pity.

kchan1111 · January 21, 2016, 12:49:09 PM

Quote from: 'runway' pid='83802' dateline='1453284181'The "ANDA Show" name has been retired, and in its place is the more descriptive "Money Expo". Entrance fees have also been scrapped, and some of the venues have been changed to improve accessibility. The first Money Expo will be held in Perth on the weekend of the 27th and 28th February.

:good:

Also like both days are on the weekend.

Mister T · February 06, 2016, 09:48:08 AM

As a bit of a follow-up I got $6 worth of 5c pieces from the bank and didn't find the following years:
1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1988 and 2015.

acrellin · February 06, 2016, 01:16:31 PM

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Quote from: 'Mister T' pid='84238' dateline='1454714288'As a bit of a follow-up I got $6 worth of 5c pieces from the bank and didn't find the following years:
1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1988 and 2015.

That's not a bad spread - I collected the 20,000 coins the other day (all 57 kilos of them), they're ready to be sorted on the day. Hopefully the table is strong enough to hold them!

JeffH · February 06, 2016, 01:30:29 PM

That's good to find a 1972 from such a small quantity. I consider, from my noodling, you need to search at least 1,000 coins to get a truly representative sample.

Mister T · February 06, 2016, 07:45:38 PM

Quote from: 'acrellin' pid='84248' dateline='1454726791'That's not a bad spread - I collected the 20,000 coins the other day (all 57 kilos of them), they're ready to be sorted on the day. Hopefully the table is strong enough to hold them!

Let us know how it goes anyway.
Also, nice library you've got there in the background.

Quote from: 'JeffH' pid='84251' dateline='1454727629'That's good to find a 1972 from such a small quantity. I consider, from my noodling, you need to search at least 1,000 coins to get a truly representative sample.

Yes, it's odd. I've found four of the things in the last six months or so which is more than I've found in the preceding 15 years or so. People must be throwing back their more circulated examples...
In any case, I hope it demonstrates that $10 should yield almost all 5c dates.

Unicorn · April 09, 2016, 12:15:07 PM

Just wondering how the kids noodling venture went. (Hoping it went well).

Did many participate, did any get full sets or spot any errors?

humpybong · April 09, 2016, 03:46:23 PM

This will also be at the Brisbane ANDA on 21-22 May, 2016.

Interested in seeing how it goes.

ausjack · April 09, 2016, 07:17:36 PM

I'm a big kid can I play :blush2:

acrellin · April 10, 2016, 10:53:51 AM

Both days went really well - we only ended up going through about $150 in coins all up which was interesting. This probably means the folks towards the end of the weekend were going through the stuff that had already been sorted earlier in the weekend, however I don't think that detracted from the fun of the idea. There were some adults going through the coins at one stage, just before I went over to read them the riot act about taking coins away from kids etc etc, one of the Perth Numismatic Society volunteers let me know they were parents and grandparents building sets to take home for their kids that didn't come along.

The foreign coin exercise was popular as well, so I reckons we'll be rolling this out at each ANDA show later this year.

trout · April 10, 2016, 12:08:51 PM

QuoteThere were some adults going through the coins at one stage, just before I went over to read them the riot act about taking coins away from kids etc etc, one of the Perth Numismatic Society volunteers let me know they were parents and grandparents building sets to take home for their kids that didn't come along.

You think so?
You are a far more tolerant Man than I am Mate

I recon they would have been compulsive noodlers that just couldn't resist the opportunity.
I was under the assumption that this project was to encourage youngsters to join our merry band of numismatist , Not to supply coins for the Kids/Grandkids that their parents/grandparent's couldn't be bothered to bring to the show.
If these people genuinely wanted the kids to have a set of 5c coins they would have stolen your idea and grabbed a few dollars worth of 5c coins from the bank for them to experience the fun of finding a set themselves. :ok:

brismike · May 22, 2016, 08:37:47 PM

I went to the Brisbane ANDA Money Expo on the weekend just gone. I watched the kids doing the 5 cent noodling and they looked like they were having a great time, It is a great idea. The Expo was very busy on the Saturday and it was almost impossible to find a car park near the venue.

Cheers Mike

ausjack · May 22, 2016, 08:55:47 PM

Yes I was a bit down this weekend as it's the first time in three years that I couldn't make it

Hope to be there next year though

Hope you had fun BM as there's always plenty to look at and meeting fellow members is always great :friends: