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Welcome to the Coin Club. We are an assortment of newbies and oldbies, amateurs and experts with questions and answers for oldbies and newbies, amateurs and experts in coin collecting, also known as numismatics. Whether you are just getting started, have been collecting for years or have simply found some old coins about the place that you’d like to sell, this is the place to ask your questions.

No one has all the answers, and you may get five differing answers to the same question, yet each may be right in a manner of speaking, especially if opinions are involved. Opinions often vary. If you receive no answer to your query within 48 hours, please ask again.

translateltd - 2016-11-22 16:36:00
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that 1935 florin must have been real nice, went for over 700 I think, way more than my modest bid!

dtpapa - 2016-11-22 17:43:00
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Have a look at 1204287061. 1943 shilling. Vendor grades it as EF would you believe. Apt comment "I need this coin like I need a hole in the head"
taidhg

taidhg - 2016-11-23 20:51:00
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I think it should be graded A M F (All Most #*ed )

lester36 - 2016-11-23 21:43:00
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this must have been really nice!!

http://www.noble.com.au/auctions/lot/?id=367045

dtpapa - 2016-11-24 21:50:00
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dtpapa wrote:

this must have been really nice!!

http://www.noble.com.au/auctions/lot/?id=367045

Unc apart from the little dings in the L's of SHILLING and the scratch on the king's cheek by his nose?

translateltd - 2016-11-25 08:17:00
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at least two idiots must have really wanted it!

dtpapa - 2016-11-25 11:59:00
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A cautionary tale about coin cleaning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk0F_sQY-kM&feature=yout
u.be

translateltd - 2016-11-26 07:29:00
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I wouldn't put polishing a $100,000 1850 Double Eagle into the category of coin cleaning!

dtpapa - 2016-11-26 09:34:00
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dtpapa wrote:

I wouldn't put polishing a $100,000 1850 Double Eagle into the category of coin cleaning!

It's on the continuum, regardless, even if it's at the extreme end.

translateltd - 2016-11-26 10:55:00
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really beautiful coins you wouldn't mind owning?

I vote for..

http://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/collection/collection-high
lights/coins/the-una-and-the-lion-five-pound-piece/

dtpapa - 2016-11-26 11:27:00
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translateltd wrote:

A cautionary tale about coin cleaning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk0F_sQY-kM&feature=yout
u.be

Wow, flashback!! The better parts of my Winged Liberty Dime, Wheat Penny and Bison collection (that I had before I came to NZ) were sold to me by Julian at his shop in Silver Spring when I was in high school.

Famous last words:
"I think I can make it better."

Didn't even need to lead in or follow with, "Here, hold my beer."

Edited by echoriath at 4:26 pm, Sat 26 Nov

echoriath - 2016-11-26 16:21:00
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echoriath wrote:


Wow, flashback!! The better parts of my Winged Liberty Dime, Wheat Penny and Bison collection (that I had before I came to NZ) were sold to me by Julian at his shop in Silver Spring when I was in high school.

I don't know him personally, but he's smiling out of an ad in every month's issue of the ANA Numismatist!

translateltd - 2016-11-26 17:40:00
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dtpapa wrote:

really beautiful coins you wouldn't mind owning?
I vote for..
http://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/collection/collection-high
lights/coins/the-una-and-the-lion-five-pound-piece/

Absolutely. Truly gorgeous.

translateltd - 2016-11-26 17:41:00
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I've struggled to get much in the way of reasonably new looking dollar coins, despite getting a fair few rolls along with all the 20-cent pieces I've been going through. Then, on a whim I asked for ten one-dollar coins to round up eight rolls to make $50. One of them was a rather sharp-looking one of these:

http://www.coinerrors.nz/coins/new-zealand-decimal/1-coins-c
irculating-size/2013-2/#jp-carousel-249

echoriath - 2016-11-26 20:00:00
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jym - 2016-11-26 23:42:00
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Hey, jym, do you manage to get reserve bank rolls? If so, how? All the ones that come out of the Westpac change machine are all sorts, though I have gotten the occasional lot of 20-cent pieces that were all reserve bank ones. The ones from Kiwibank were about the freshest I've ever gotten.

echoriath - 2016-11-27 10:18:00
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jym wrote:

Well found echoriath.
That is 14 I know of now. I've got 10 , mudeki got one off TradeMe, you have one and I know of 2 others that have come up also on TradeMe.
I made mention of these some time back.

A Christchurch based coin collector also showed me one of these but un surprisingly didn't want to sell it to me.

kiwisteven - 2016-11-27 13:19:00
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By the way, I guess i should mention for coin collectors based outside Christchurch that I'm the leading coin and banknote dealer in Christchurch but many probably won't realise this. All my coin sales are handled by Julie who works for me (she used to work for Tom Taylor Young who traded as NZ Collector Service until he died 4 years ago) and includes sales made on trademe under the julie2406 name.

kiwisteven - 2016-11-27 13:25:00
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kiwisteven wrote:

By the way, I guess i should mention for coin collectors based outside Christchurch that I'm the leading coin and banknote dealer in Christchurch but many probably won't realise this. All my coin sales are handled by Julie who works for me (she used to work for Tom Taylor Young who traded as NZ Collector Service until he died 4 years ago) and includes sales made on trademe under the julie2406 name.

Julie is great and always keen to help when ever I call :-)

mudeki - 2016-11-27 22:23:00
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echoriath wrote:

One of them was a rather sharp-looking one of these:

http://www.coinerrors.nz/coins/new-zealand-decimal/1-coins-c
irculating-size/2013-2/#jp-carousel-249

Very Nice find. Jym first sent one of these for me to photograph and they look great. I purchased one from trademe and found 2 searching 1k bags of coins but I search a lot of coins so it is a very very low percentage overall

I have 2 of the 2010 similar faults has anyone else found one yet?
http://www.coinerrors.nz/coins/new-zealand-decimal/1-coins-c
irculating-size/2010-2/#jp-carousel-1117

mudeki - 2016-11-27 22:28:00
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echoriath wrote:

Hey, jym, do you manage to get reserve bank rolls? If so, how? All the ones that come out of the Westpac change machine are all sorts, though I have gotten the occasional lot of 20-cent pieces that were all reserve bank ones. The ones from Kiwibank were about the freshest I've ever gotten.

It is just a matter of what the security companies have in stock to supply the branches. I doubt they re-roll them in the south island but not sure how to find out. If they get them from Wellington you should have a good chance to get new mint rolled ones soon. A month or 2 ago Westpac changed security companies so they should have switched from ACM rolls to Armourguard by now

December is the best time and it will be worth checking the banks for new rolls or notes. Up to 5 times more gets distributed in Dec-Jan than any other time of the year I have been told

mudeki - 2016-11-27 22:36:00
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jym - 2016-11-28 11:56:00
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Cheers, gents. I will make a vigorous effort on one and two dollar coins in the coming months. I've certainly come across my share of flaws in the one-dollar coin department. I've found far fewer in the twos, but I've not been looking as hard at them. I'm not entirely surprised by the big cud on the right-hand reverse of the 2013 one dollar, as there was clearly a break forming slowly. I'll look for the 2013 I found recently where the die crack had opened significantly, relatively speaking.

I've not seen that 2010, mudeki, but I will keep my eyes open. Is there notable cracking on other 2010s that would be a precursor to such a large cud?

Edited by echoriath at 10:45 pm, Mon 28 Nov

echoriath - 2016-11-28 22:37:00
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echoriath wrote:


I've not seen that 2010, mudeki, but I will keep my eyes open. Is there notable cracking on other 2010s that would be a precursor to such a large cud?

I dont remember sorry will have to pull out the 2010 coins to see what I can find.

mudeki - 2016-11-29 21:11:00
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Bump.

translateltd - 2016-12-03 14:31:00
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Had to happen sooner or later:

https://twitter.com/radaeron/status/788071680304349184/photo
/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

echoriath - 2016-12-03 20:18:00
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Anyone laid hands on any of these yet:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-cla
ims-to-mint-gold-and-silver-coins-for-currency-free-from-sat
anic-global-economy-10342632.html

echoriath - 2016-12-03 20:59:00
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Chinese replicas of these were listed on trademe in Feb this year but removed by trademe support on the 9th of Feb.

# 1029469531, NICE EXAMPLE ISIS ISLAMIC STATE LARGE SILVER COIN
# 1029435994, NICE EXAMPLE ISIS ISLAMIC STATE LARGE GOLD COIN.

mudeki - 2016-12-05 19:25:00
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Hello Coin Folks , Is there a demand for 50c NZ coins
Starting from 1967 and up to 2006

prospectking - 2016-12-05 19:49:00
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Yes collectors want them but you will be lucky to get 10% over face value for them and then you have to pay fees. But often better than paying to ship them to the reserve bank to cash them in a face value

mudeki - 2016-12-05 19:59:00
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Thanks Mudeki , There is approx 35 different date issues so we could roll the dice , Cheers

prospectking - 2016-12-05 20:13:00
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mudeki wrote:

Chinese replicas of these were listed on trademe in Feb this year but removed by trademe support on the 9th of Feb.

# 1029469531, NICE EXAMPLE ISIS ISLAMIC STATE LARGE SILVER COIN
# 1029435994, NICE EXAMPLE ISIS ISLAMIC STATE LARGE GOLD COIN.

Were they withdrawn because they were replicas or because they were prohibited items?

echoriath - 2016-12-05 21:09:00
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I believe prohibited items.

mudeki - 2016-12-05 21:54:00
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I need some help to value a 5 cent coin pressed on a 1 cent copper blank.
Any help appreciated.

emmaeve - 2016-12-07 12:22:00
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emmaeve wrote:

I need some help to value a 5 cent coin pressed on a 1 cent copper blank.
Any help appreciated.

Some good clear pics would be a great start in helping

gammoner - 2016-12-07 13:21:00
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emmaeve wrote:

I need some help to value a 5 cent coin pressed on a 1 cent copper blank.
Any help appreciated.

depends on condition, but here's one from noble auction!

http://www.noble.com.au/auctions/lot/?id=308305

dtpapa - 2016-12-07 14:13:00
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Thanks thats really helpful.

emmaeve - 2016-12-07 19:19:00
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emmaeve wrote:

I need some help to value a 5 cent coin pressed on a 1 cent copper blank.
Any help appreciated.

Need to know a few more things like year, size , weight and if it is magnetic

Sometimes these get called 1 cent blanks but are actually blanks from other countries in the past they have been incorrectly listed as 1 cent blanks

others can be seen here http://www.coinerrors.nz/error-types/wrong-size-planchet/

Edited by mudeki at 9:53 pm, Wed 7 Dec

mudeki - 2016-12-07 21:50:00
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thought I heard in news we were up in maths?

hmmm... 1215481926

dtpapa - 2016-12-07 22:00:00
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very astute bidders here on tm!!

1188897783

dtpapa - 2016-12-07 22:06:00
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What happened to coinworld ?
Am still waiting for my two lots 1177196161 and 1177193725
Was away in Canada and the States for a month

gammoner - 2016-12-07 22:12:00
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See their second account still active though

Edited by gammoner at 10:14 pm, Wed 7 Dec

gammoner - 2016-12-07 22:13:00
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Some interesting substitution here: 1219121662
Wonder if anyone will notice ...

translateltd - 2016-12-10 22:13:00
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Do you think it's possible the seller does not realise?

echoriath - 2016-12-10 22:22:00
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echoriath wrote:

Do you think it's possible the seller does not realise?

It isn't priced as if it contained the gold coins, at least.

translateltd - 2016-12-11 06:59:00
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Oh, haha, I did not know SAF coins well enough to know they should be gold. Of course, that could be a further indicator of the seller's lack of knowledge.

echoriath - 2016-12-11 12:10:00
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And the are actually "Gold Reef City" coins - or maybe that should be tokens ?

funho1 - 2016-12-11 14:31:00
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Bump ...

translateltd - 2016-12-15 09:00:00
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gammoner wrote:

See their second account still active though

Hi Gammoner,Just seen this message about COINWORLD,as I was looking for him on here,done member search,that account has been CLOSED. what is the other act you mentioned please.Many Thanks..Mal.T.

wildhawke - 2016-12-16 11:49:00
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