TM Forums
Back to search

THE NEW COIN CLUB

#Post
8051

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 - 2016-12-16 12:10:00
8052

This message was deleted.

jym - 2016-12-16 12:57:00
8053
jym wrote:

Hi Wildhawke
Not nzinverters is it?
It has a Hamilton address as well.

Yes, nzinverters
Coinworld was running under two different names and seperate bank account numbers ??

gammoner - 2016-12-16 14:47:00
8054

so username coinworld is now available?

dtpapa - 2016-12-16 19:52:00
8055
gammoner wrote:

What happened to coinworld ?
Am still waiting for my two lots 1177196161 and 1177193725
Was away in Canada and the States for a month

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZaAkuXTIz4

dtpapa - 2016-12-16 19:54:00
8056
dtpapa wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZaAkuXTIz4

Love it,
Karma works in wonderful ways

gammoner - 2016-12-16 20:41:00
8057

guess this didn't sell because of the fingerprints

http://www.noble.com.au/auctions/lot/?id=367053

hope they were already there before it was graded!!

http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=270645

Edited by dtpapa at 9:09 pm, Fri 16 Dec

dtpapa - 2016-12-16 21:09:00
8058
gammoner wrote:

Love it,
Karma works in wonderful ways

I suspect you might be out of luck with those coinworld purchases, after so much time. Hopefully you did not spend too much. btw did you bring us back pressies? I wouldn't mind a 1948 voyageur dollar!

dtpapa - 2016-12-16 21:35:00
8059
dtpapa wrote:

I suspect you might be out of luck with those coinworld purchases, after so much time. Hopefully you did not spend too much. btw did you bring us back pressies? I wouldn't mind a 1948 voyageur dollar!

There were a few available around the $1500 Canadian mark in about AU condition at a coin shop in Toronto

The other "Voyager " and Saturn rockets at Nasa in Florida were pretty impressive as well

gammoner - 2016-12-16 22:56:00
8060

In New York election night. Great place

gammoner - 2016-12-16 23:00:00
8061

Ok, so in 2,000 20-cent coins, I had a reject rate of about 2% when returning them to the Westpac coin machine. Well, a bit less because early on I was returning them at the counter, where the weights were sometimes a bit funny. I presume this is due to their weight, though I've not put them on fine scales yet. It seems to be an even split in percentage terms between 2006, 2008 and 2014. Anyone else had this experience?

I've been through well over 1000 one-dollar coins and hundreds of two-dollar coins, and I have yet to get a reject out of them.

echoriath - 2016-12-16 23:23:00
8062
gammoner wrote:

In New York election night. Great place

Wow, that would have been crazy!! Where else did you go?

echoriath - 2016-12-16 23:23:00
8063
dtpapa wrote:

guess this didn't sell because of the fingerprints

http://www.noble.com.au/auctions/lot/?id=367053

hope they were already there before it was graded!!

http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=270645

"Traces" of fingerprints on the shilling??? I'd hate to see a bloody great print marring the coin in that case.
Trout's saga was detailed on the Aussie coin forum a while back, too, but I was struggling to see the marks on some of his pics - perhaps they haven't had 60+ years to react yet.

translateltd - 2016-12-17 07:08:00
8064
jym wrote:

Hi Wildhawke
Not nzinverters is it?
It has a Hamilton address as well.

Hi jym, It very well could be,as I recognise there writting on coin packets.Cheers for that.

wildhawke - 2016-12-17 11:31:00
8065

This message was deleted.

jym - 2016-12-17 12:44:00
8066

Correction: in 10,000 20-cent coins, I had a reject rate of about 0.5% when returning them to the Westpac coin machine.

echoriath - 2016-12-18 18:17:00
8067

This message was deleted.

oldecurb - 2016-12-19 22:06:00
8068

Haha, no, that was spread out over a couple of months: pretty much $40 at a time. Curiosity got the better of me, especially because when I first found out about it, I had a peak through a pile of coins on a local shop counter. There was one of each in the 2014s right there. So I thought, "Well, that was easy." With about a better than 10% success rate among the 2014s I looked through, it really was easy.

I also learned through the process from mudeki about the change dispensers at Westpac, so win-win! I'm still struggling to get reserve bank rolls or mint-fresh one and two dollar coins.

echoriath - 2016-12-20 06:30:00
8069

So I laid hands on a 1997 $2 coin. I see the issue with the width of the channel. Still not seeing any reserve bank rolls. Ah, well, maybe in the new year.

echoriath - 2016-12-23 19:19:00
8070

This message was deleted.

oldecurb - 2016-12-25 23:34:00
8071

Just giving the house a once-over before the mother-in-law arrives Tuesday morning. What's happening up the way?

echoriath - 2016-12-25 23:48:00
8072

This message was deleted.

oldecurb - 2016-12-26 22:14:00
8073

This message was deleted.

jym - 2016-12-26 23:47:00
8074

I gather that how it is identified on the paperwork goes some way towards what sort of duties you might have to pay. A popular word is "badges" rather than coins to avoid imperial entanglements. It's a matter of getting the shipper to play the game.

I should add that I have not had anything shipped from the US to here, but shipping things from here to the US and France has been an educational experience in terms of rules about what may and may not be shipped.

Edited by echoriath at 12:07 am, Tue 27 Dec

echoriath - 2016-12-27 00:06:00
8075

Registered mail is probably still the safest, though not necessarily the cheapest. As echoriath says, the declaration on the form makes a difference. People in Australia have sent me stuff described as "washers", which I thought a little cheeky. I'm not comfortable about actually lying but you can suggest "Numismatic items" as a description, which is accurate but obscure enough to slip under a few radars. Bureaucrats can choose to be awkward, regardless - for one reasonably expensive purchase some years ago someone from Customs rang me and said I "couldn't" (really?) import anything without a Customs number, so I just said, OK, can you give me one? It was issued pretty much immediately and I don't think I've ever been asked for it since. Whatever pushes their button.

translateltd - 2016-12-27 06:28:00
8076

Hi looking at nz fifty cent coins is 1986 type 2 only? Thanks

35 - 2016-12-27 12:16:00
8077
35 wrote:

Hi looking at nz fifty cent coins is 1986 type 2 only? Thanks

I think as far as anyone knows, yes. Both collector set issues and circulation coins for that year (see the coinerrors.nz site).

translateltd - 2016-12-27 18:10:00
8078

Happy New Year, lads & lasses!

May 2017 be considerably less interesting than 2016, and fail completely to live up (down?) to our worst expectations!

::cue the fireworks::

Edited by echoriath at 12:01 am, Sun 1 Jan

echoriath - 2017-01-01 00:01:00
8079

Thanks for the let down echoriath. For the first time this year I woke up in a good mood.

wasgonna - 2017-01-01 07:56:00
8080

Hey guys can anyone let me know what these coins are here please
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/543598105.jpg
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/543598440.jpg
and
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/543598565.jpg
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/543598685.jpg

Thanks

cashintheattic - 2017-01-02 11:32:00
8081

https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/543598105.jpg

Martin will be able to give you the year but is a Japan 1 Yen 90% silver coin and should weigh just under 27gm (contains .78 oz ASW )

gammoner - 2017-01-02 11:55:00
8082

Second one is a 7 mace and 2 candareens

gammoner - 2017-01-02 12:02:00
8083

A Dragon dollar,
see, http://www.dragondollar.com/coins/tag/7-mace-and-2-candareen
s/

gammoner - 2017-01-02 12:04:00
8084
gammoner wrote:

https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full
/543598105.jpg

Martin will be able to give you the year but is a Japan 1 Yen 90% silver coin and should weigh just under 27gm (contains .78 oz ASW )

1870 (Meiji 3). Must be a forgery, as coins of that design didn't come out till 1874 (Meiji 7), as far as I can see. (There were silver 1-yen coins in 1870 but the "denomination in wreath" type was later.)
Fabric looks a bit dodgy, too - I'd be curious about the weight.

translateltd - 2017-01-02 21:07:00
8085
gammoner wrote:

Second one is a 7 mace and 2 candareens

That's what it's meant to be (7M + 2C = 1 silver dollar), but its sandy finish, gunmetal-grey look and weak strike suggest it's from the same Chinese factory as the Japanese yen.

translateltd - 2017-01-02 21:09:00
8086

They are definitely lighter than what they should be. My scales aren't the best though so don't know the exact weight

cashintheattic - 2017-01-03 12:37:00
8087

This message was deleted.

jym - 2017-01-03 23:41:00
8088
jym wrote:

Hi Guys
Further to my question about the cheapest way of having single silver coins shipped from the USA to NZ, does anyone use NZ Post's, You Shop?
If so what sort of postage cost is incurred?

I've used it once, though not for coins. From memory you wind up paying double postage (plus you don't get a quote for the US-NZ leg in advance so you have to pay what they charge). If you browse back through this thread I'm sure we've had some msgs from members who have lost items in transit with Youshop.

translateltd - 2017-01-04 07:31:00
8089

yes if you use youshop make sure it is sent there tracked and signed for. Last time I used it I think I had to pay ~17NZD, but I think there is an even cheaper option now available depending on how fast you want it to arrive. So given the within US postage will not be very much, using youshop should not be any more costly, in fact could even be less so. I tend to use youshop only when the seller does not want to ship outside the US of A.

dtpapa - 2017-01-04 08:10:00
8090

This message was deleted.

jym - 2017-01-04 09:39:00
8091

another thing, with youshop you also consolidate a number of parcels, which can lead to more savings. If you haven't already then you can read up about youshop features on their website. The one drawback I can think of is that you are more likely to end up paying import taxes/gst if you use youshop. Whereas with direct shipping from the US it seems that small packages are quite often overlooked for tax, even when they have a declared value way above the 400NZD threshold.

dtpapa - 2017-01-04 10:02:00
8092

you be the judge(can hardly notice the rim nick tee-hee!)

1231610258

dtpapa - 2017-01-04 20:14:00
8093

Can anyone see an actual error on this banknote? 1235379971 Not sure how holding it up to the light and saying part of the image on one side overlaps the image on the other. With all my banknotes, the entire image on one side overlaps with those on the other.

nznotes - 2017-01-05 12:19:00
8094

1214087776 ?

lester36 - 2017-01-05 15:39:00
8095
nznotes wrote:

Can anyone see an actual error on this banknote? 1235379971 Not sure how holding it up to the light and saying part of the image on one side overlaps the image on the other. With all my banknotes, the entire image on one side overlaps with those on the other.

Suspect not a native English speaker, to look at the text and response to your Q.

translateltd - 2017-01-06 00:25:00
8096
lester36 wrote:

1214087776 ?

I have some difficulty unravelling what's meant by the heading in this case. It's rare and one is for sale?

translateltd - 2017-01-06 00:27:00
8097

1233590861

As above, Maybe another $400 sale coming up

gammoner - 2017-01-06 10:19:00
8098

Another batch of very high quality fake 1 oz Krugerrands doing the rounds again in NZ. Be very aware that these are now in all dates ,not just the previous known 1980 that was discovered during a refining melt.
The fakes are near exact to mint specs in weight, diameter and thickness.

gammoner - 2017-01-06 10:26:00
8099

Silver imperfections ... OK:
1236785368

translateltd - 2017-01-08 22:19:00
8100

This message was deleted.

oldecurb - 2017-01-08 23:13:00
Free Web Hosting