Dollar coins

[jozk123]

That is correct each collector has to draw a line in the sand say that is it,if not as stated by others not just too expensive impossible.
You would have to include the no mint mark coins,with only a few examples if not impossible darn too expensive

[Fulvio]

if not impossible darn too expensive

I'd be hard pressed to think of anything rarer. Which of course has no direct bearing on prices, of course.

[runway]

Same it would be impossible to obtain a full set of Australian Pre-Decimal unc coins wouldn't that be beautiful

[Nevol]

runway - Yesterday 11:48 PM: Same it would be impossible to obtain a full set of Australian Pre-Decimal unc coins wouldn't that be beautiful

Well, Pre Decimal coins are not Dollar Coins which is what this topic is about.

[markn]

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I have deleted several posts out of this thread.  Apologies to the innocent whose posts I deleted too.  I'm disappointed that the simple posting of a coin by a member who hasn't posted in a long time provoked such a frankly, poor reaction.  We are supposed to be a welcoming community and what went on in here was anything but.  This is even more confusing to me considering that just a few days ago many of you were so keen to fall over yourselves trying to be nice and send coins to a new member who you didn't know from Adam in contravention to the forum rules.

So.  Firstly, remember, be nice.  If you can't be nice then be quiet.  Secondly, if you have an opinion that isn't about the topic in the thread at hand and you feel the need to state it take it to a new thread and refrain from ruining the original one.

[Fulvio]

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A moderator's work is never done, eh?

But look on the bright side, Mark. A few years of this should be good training for a future career in Childcare. :angel:

[markn]

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A moderator's work is never done, eh?

But look on the bright side, Mark. A few years of this should be good training for a future career in Childcare. :angel:

Haw haw.  We have four here so my child wrangling kung fu is strong.

[robbiegal]

aw

the '64 penny pics are gone too


sorry

[emu666]

Now, this is a really good way to store your dollar set.

Note  1) coins are slabbed by reputable TPG company to a) protect the coin from environmental factors such as air, pvc etc b) improve salability of coin in unlikely event I sell it and c)so I can register the coin in my online sets
    2) coins look good in a coin page



Here's a piccie of the Howard Florey dollar.


mmm hasn't come out well. I'll do another

While I'm warming up the scanner perhaps you'd like to learn more about Howard Florey. You could start on the wiki entry here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Florey

OK here's another attempt


Not too sure if we can get a good look at Lord Florey in this scan.
Part of the problem is that like many of the NCLT dollars, the finish is semiprooflike, so we have flat mirror like surfaces that just do not scan or photograph as well as those that are more uneven and exhibit cartwheel lustre.

[emu666]

Note too the attractive toning on the coin.
Aluminium bronze coins when toned are often unattractive as when they start to tone they quickly lose their lustre (and thus don't grade high; remember that of course lustre accounts for 20% of a coin's grade as does eye appeal), but this one has mainitained its underlying lustre. The Florey dollars if well looked after will generally come in MS65 or better; this one is well above average which is why I've kept it in my personal collection.


The next dollar in the collection is a 1999 Year of the Older person

[emu666]

The coin looks to have come from a mint set.
It has very little in the way of bagmarks. The only real problem is the small stain near the rim at 9 o'clock on the reverse otherwise it would have graded the same as the Florey.

[emu666]

Next coin is a 2001 Centenary Of Federation dollar. these were available as circulation coins, mint set coins and coins were prepackaged in the state series folders.




Federation dollars are always worth checking for upsets.
You won't find upsets in the RAM products but you can occasionally find them in rolls or if you are lucky in dealer's stock.
A large proportion were apparently released in Melbourne.

Here we have one of my favourites - the 2001 Navy dollar. Most of those that were left in their original folders have toned in an ugly way. This is one of the few that are still nice:

[emu666]

The 2002 outback dollar (this also comes as a mintmark dollar). This one I removed from a wedding set.

[emu666]

2003 50th Anniversary of the end of the Korean War. Mintmark coin.

[emu666]

2003 Volunteers.
Another coin liberated from a wedding set.