Grannybait

[robbiegal]

Kel  if you are talking about having swapped a pied Ford silver bird series set for a mule $1 then that maybe isn't do bad. Again knowing market values can help with choices. And those sets are proof coins. And each being 2 ounce coins of silver. Far cry from granny bait in my opinion.
Yeah I checked with my hubby last night and he has never heard of the term either.i think it might be a local expression here.

72 yrs old

I don't believe it - you are obviously way younger than that!

number 1 , I have never known of the word granny bait until I came on here and found out what it meant , and really I was not offended until I was told my coins were only granny bait .

I had never heard of the term until about 4 minutes ago when I first started reading this thread. I admit, I don't read every post here...

With you on both!

[r9453]

I reckon the term is at least as ageist as it is sexist but I suspect the problem is with the juxtaposition of the words granny and bait. I wonder if grannyflat, grannyknot and grannybag are equally problematic? They are all kind of derogatory to flats, knots and bags.

I did a bit of a search and the earliest thread I can find on this forum is dated 28/04/13:

https://www.australian-coins.net/showthread.php?tid=948

Another thread I found in my search:

https://www.australian-coins.net/showthread.php?tid=1393

[Goose]

Grannybait has been used often in the U S (central U S) for at least 10 to 12 years.

[Basil]

Grannybait has been used often in the U S (central U S) for at least 10 to 12 years.

Yeah,i was suspecting it was a American slang term that has been transposed to Coin collecting as i've been around the traps(hehe) for a long time in Oz. and never heard it before.
Earliest mention i can find on CCF is a Canadian poster in 2011 and also on this Forum by Sy. on  the 6/16/2011.

https://forums.collectors.com/textthread.aspx?catid=6&threadid=820747

"Date Posted: 6/16/2011 4:20 AM Posted By: syl(Senior Member)
I don't think that they ever circulated here. The coins lost their legal tender status 15-20 years ago and the banks would not redeem them for face value. The coins/sets that were left over from Montreal, unsold, were bought up in huge lots at a large discount by a couple US investors who then redeemed (or tried to redeem) them for face value, thereby making a tidy profit. Canadian banking put a halt to it and collectors and others were left holding onto coins at a big loss at the time .. they never became popular collector fodder. Recently, it's a mute point because the silver content alone is worth much much more than face value or cost from back then. I have a complete 28 coin set in the birch boxes that I bought back in the mid-80's for $225 and could sell them now, but I've kinda grown attached to them .. some are very nice designs; others are granny bait. Now the coins were made in both Uncirc and proof by the mint, so maybe that's what Charlton means."

[trout]

The term "Grannybait" isn't a brand new terminology being used on this forum in just the last few days and I am quite amazed that people are getting their knickers in a knot about it all of a sudden .
 https://www.australian-coins.net/showthread.php?tid=1393

[Fulvio]

getting their knickers in a knot

Granny-knickers? Or rather granny-undies which I can recall being in use at least 40 years ago.

[JeffH]

No relation to "grundies"?

Are "Bombay Bloomers" similar?

[trout]

Here are another couple of Grannybait coins that I found too hard to resist :angel:
With a mintage of only 2500 and an issue price of $320 for the Rams head coin and $360 for the Wheat sheaf coin I bided my time even though I really wanted these when they were first issued and waited until now to get them.

[r9453]

Now that is more your pappy bait kind of thing. There is nothing granny about those designs, they are timeless classics.

[ausjack]

Give'em to me and I won't hurt ya :laugh2: promise :blush2:

[trout]

Give'em to me and I won't hurt ya :laugh2: promise :blush2:

If I had extra's of them Mate I would send you one

[ausjack]

All good I'm just bein tough..well trying..did it work :friends:

[trout]

All good I'm just bein tough..well trying..did it work :friends:

Nah :laugh2:

[ausjack]

:laugh2: I thought as much, oh well maybe next time

[trout]

I recon it's about time I hit the sack, I just ordered MORE gannybait :angel:

https://eshop.ramint.gov.au/2016-10-Gold-C-Mintmark/210464.aspx