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Under Rated Australian 50 cent coins
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04-03-2026, 05:10 AM (This post was last modified: 04-03-2026, 05:13 AM by JeffH.)

(04-03-2026, 05:03 AM)JeffH Wrote: Back 15 to 20 years ago I had no trouble finding them when noodling. Used to make up sets and sell them on eBay for reasonable money.
So many people have grabbed any they see makes them very scarce in circulation now.

This is from one session. I only kept best condition ones of the Commonwealth CoA.
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15-03-2026, 10:15 AM

Yes it took me years to find the last state 50c way back when.
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15-03-2026, 10:36 AM

Back in 2002 I paid a dealer $20 for the complete set of 20 and 50 cent CoA coins. Allowing for inflation, did I pay too much?
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15-03-2026, 03:06 PM

I pulled all mine from circulation. It was when I noticed these, that I started collecting more intensely.
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15-03-2026, 03:59 PM

Sets of 20c or 50c pieces seem to be $25 to $30 these days (on ebay at least).
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15-03-2026, 11:48 PM

The set I purchased was a special type of uncirculated pulled from circulation he he he
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