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RE: Austraila's Round 50 cent coins - trout - 16-07-2016

(16-07-2016, 12:40 PM)gnome Wrote: The letter was just a bit of a reference, and wasn't intended to take away from trouts original thread. But thanks Smile I'm a fan of the round 50cent pieces as well, and a bit of a fan of the gold coloured ones also. I think the 2003 pnc 50 is abit underrated.

That letter is a fantastic piece and thank you for sharing that Mate Good
There would have to be millions of the original coins squirreled away in bullion stashes around the World and they are certainly NOT a rare coin by anyone's standards, However finding a coin in Gem Uncirculated condition is extremely difficult probably because they have always been treated as a bullion coin and no special care has been taken storing them Cray

Quote: a vast majority of the 1966 decimal coins were minted in a couple of years leading up to 1966 because of the quantity required.

That makes absolute sense to Me Bruce, There is NO way the mint could have produced over 36 million of these AND all the other coins needed in the one year.
the 1,2 and 20c coins were "outsourced" as it was.

RE: Austraila's Round 50 cent coins - r9453 - 16-07-2016

(13-07-2016, 01:08 AM)trout Wrote: Feel free to post your images of these coins here Good

This would be number 6 on my list:

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RE: Austraila's Round 50 cent coins - trout - 16-07-2016

I Love that RAM used the Machin design on the 2006 coin and was hoping that they would do it again on the 2016 Silver Proof coin, But alas that didn't happen Sad

A really nice image there Mate Good

RE: Austraila's Round 50 cent coins - trout - 16-07-2016

This is the original round proof 50C .

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RE: Austraila's Round 50 cent coins - r9453 - 16-07-2016

Nice one trout, I'm not sure about the 1966 proofs but the circulation strikes come in a double bar version, I wonder if that should be added to the list?

RE: Austraila's Round 50 cent coins - trout - 16-07-2016

(16-07-2016, 07:21 PM)r9453 Wrote: Nice one trout, I'm not sure about the 1966 proofs but the circulation strikes come in a double bar version, I wonder if that should be added to the list?

Only if you have a pickkie of one Mate Smile

RE: Austraila's Round 50 cent coins - gnome - 16-07-2016

Ah the double bar version, had a few interesting discussions on that one.
http://cruzis-coins.com/50c/1966.html

RE: Austraila's Round 50 cent coins - r9453 - 16-07-2016

Could be trickie to find a pickie, how about this one?

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RE: Austraila's Round 50 cent coins - stevo1962 - 16-07-2016

I have a few slabbed double bars but I wonder if they are actually scarce

RE: Austraila's Round 50 cent coins - r9453 - 17-07-2016

(16-07-2016, 08:59 PM)stevo1962 Wrote: I have a few slabbed double bars but I wonder if they are actually scarce

Given that so many of the original round 50c are extant its possible that any double bars are as well.

This thread would greatly benefit from the display of more pictures Yahoo

P.S. got any pics of 1966 double bars stevo?