Austraila's Round 50 cent coins

trout · July 20, 2016, 03:10:37 AM

Here are two other Round 50 cent coins.

2006 Fine Silver Proof from the 2006 silver proof set

2016 Gold plated copper/nickel coin

r9453 · July 20, 2016, 04:27:29 AM

2006 Silver Proof PCGS #500975 PR69DCAM:

trout · July 20, 2016, 03:15:33 PM

I don't have the Gold Plated WWF counterstamped coin, So if anyone has one of these an image would be nice

trout · July 20, 2016, 09:46:03 PM

Quote from: 'JeffH' pid='92769' dateline='1468789714'
QuoteThe double bars are pretty faint though.
Virtually every 1966 50¢ I have looked at has some sign of double bars. The question is how pronounced do the bars have to be to call it a proper double bar rather than just a pretender?

This is a bit "off Topic" but has anyone noticed that the 50c Proof coin in the 2015 50.50 two coin set is a very definite double bar .

Episoda · July 20, 2016, 11:31:59 PM

Quote from: 'trout' pid='92926' dateline='1468993533'I don't have the Gold Plated WWF counterstamped coin, So if anyone has one of these an image would be nice

Will try to use a camera one day soon instead of scanner, not great pics, but hope it helps. I presume you meant the WMF coin Trout?
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trout · August 09, 2016, 12:04:03 AM

QuoteWill try to use a camera one day soon instead of scanner, not great pics, but hope it helps. I presume you meant the WMF coin Trout?

That's the one Mate :good:

This is the 2016 Fine Silver Proof coin

Goldseeker · August 09, 2016, 11:20:08 AM

Below are scans of the WMF Berlin, Gold Plated 50c piece, no reeding.

Sorry about the quality of the scans but my scanner seems to remove a lot of detail about the coin. I have spent ages trying to fix it too no avail.

I hope it is what you wanted.

trout · August 09, 2016, 11:29:18 AM

Thanks Goldie, The WWF mintmark is easily seen on your scans :good:
These are highly reflective so they are difficult to image with a camera as well as a scanner.

robbiegal · August 09, 2016, 11:31:33 AM

bit like where's wally - but I found it!!

trout · August 09, 2016, 11:34:03 AM

Quote from: 'robbiegal' pid='93936' dateline='1470708093'bit like where's wally - but I found it!!

It took me a while as well, First place I looked was between the 5 and 0 which would be the obvious place to have put the counterstamp :angel:

Goldseeker · August 10, 2016, 12:00:49 PM

Tis a pity that they didn't put the "Bear" instead of the "WMF".

trout · September 18, 2016, 09:15:51 AM

I found this coin recently and I have posted it in the main part of the forum But it won't hurt to have it here in the public section as well

This is one of the original 1966 80% Silver coins that are pretty common and are basically Bullion coins in the lower grades.
What makes this one a little bit "special" is the well defined "Double Bar" behind the Emu's head, Most coins don't have this or it is usually ill defined.

Hercules · September 28, 2016, 09:45:53 PM

I just noodled my first round Australian 50c today. I must say I'm impressed to have a CoF one, considering that I still don't have any of the 1966 ones. :yahoo:

PS: I should have used the text under "Forum Linking Code" instead of under "URL". Thanks for your help, Fulvio.

Fulvio · September 28, 2016, 09:55:02 PM

Oh dear.

BTW, you can't insert a page inline, only an image. Go to the page, open the image in a new tab, and copy its URL (it will end in .jpg most likely). Paste THAT between the img tags.

trout · October 15, 2016, 09:26:37 AM

Here is another round 50c coin that I had forgotten about.
This is from the 2000 "Coins of the 20th centaury" Masterpieces in Silver Set.