THE NEW COIN CLUB
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| 10251 | 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 - 2021-09-21 15:58:00 |
| 10252 | At least the dodgy trader davisnof is now listing his fake gold and silver as plated. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/antiques-collectable https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/antiques-collectable The person who paid $4830 for one of his last gold and silver sales last month hasn't left any feedback yet. Hopefully they got them checked out and found to be fake and got their money back. That's perhaps why davisnof is now listing them as plated coins and bullion. jesus2000 - 2021-09-24 17:08:00 |
| 10253 | jesus2000 wrote:
But now, filling the gap ... translateltd - 2021-09-24 17:56:00 |
| 10254 | translateltd wrote: lester36 - 2021-09-25 07:56:00 |
| 10255 | jesus2000 wrote:
Hot off the press feedback silee1(296) pottynz - 2021-09-25 16:28:00 |
| 10256 | And Daves reply ... davisnof was the seller pottynz - 2021-09-25 16:30:00 |
| 10257 | I just hope the other people that had bought stuff off him get it checked out too and take appropriate action. jesus2000 - 2021-09-25 18:10:00 |
| 10258 | I see TM is bumping up its success fees in our category field by 25% from 1 Nov. What fun. And as a virtual monopoly theyhave us over a barrel with nowhere else to go. translateltd - 2021-09-29 09:16:00 |
| 10259 | Well not many people supported the auctions at coin.co.nz as an alternative. alpha111 - 2021-09-30 10:35:00 |
| 10260 | And on Radio NZ this morning Reserve Bank Assistant Governor Christian Hawkesby on "Reserve Bank ponders digital currency and new rules for new money". A bit infantile. Unaware that they were Saviours of the NZ economy.If most money wasn't digital we would need the Weimar Republic's wheelbarrows, alpha111 - 2021-09-30 10:39:00 |
| 10261 | alpha111 wrote:
I used to use coin.co.nz as a buyer and seller, but it was a Catch-22: very small market so not many bidders, and not a huge range to pick from. But I did enjoy what trades I did have there. I note the website is still there but it appears to be functioning as a shop now. translateltd - 2021-09-30 12:05:00 |
| 10262 | Bump. translateltd - 2021-10-07 05:53:00 |
| 10263 | The person selling fake chinese coins is back and has black listed me and I would say anyone else who asked questions listing 3287395017. lester36 - 2021-10-07 07:48:00 |
| 10264 | lester36 wrote:
Isn't this the same lot he had listed recently? Wonder if he pulled and relisted after negative comments first time round. But yes, as phony as the day is long, although I note he doesn't explicitly say they're genuine. Just hope bidders do their research, and more fool them if they don't. translateltd - 2021-10-07 08:35:00 |
| 10265 | they sold for $169 by the look of it. I do not know if successfully . lester36 - 2021-10-07 12:05:00 |
| 10266 | lester36 wrote:
Maybe the high bidder realised they were duds and didn't pay. translateltd - 2021-10-07 13:18:00 |
| 10267 | LOVELY CHINA CROWN COIN 34th YEAR OF KUANG HSU - PEI YANG alpha111 - 2021-10-09 11:53:00 |
| 10268 | alpha111 wrote:
Pretty sure it was the same seller who was offering a "Shanghai Special" Aussie 1923 halfpenny a while back but at least pulled it after it drew a lot of attention via one of the Facebook groups. translateltd - 2021-10-09 14:02:00 |
| 10269 | Bump translateltd - 2021-10-16 15:28:00 |
| 10270 | Emma T wrote:
Disappointing. Over 10,000 msgs in this incarnation of the COIN CLUB thread will presumably be gone at that point. Not sure what non-Facebook options we have to continue the discussion, though for those on FB, the "Coin Collectors NZ" page ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/1172780562774982 ) might be worth considering. translateltd - 2021-10-18 11:24:00 |
| 10271 | what a shame that Trademe are doing that good bye coin club R.I.P & Trademe from chefman1 chefman1 - 2021-10-18 13:22:00 |
| 10272 | Hi everyone. Regarding 1997 $2 coins, can anyone tell me if the UNC returned coins were minted on the same line as the $2 coins in the 1997 UNC sets? I have amassed a few of these circulated but would like a nice aUNC/EF pulled from circulation. Many thanks cas40 - 2021-10-24 18:18:00 |
| 10273 | cas40 wrote:
As far as I'm able to tell, no - the circulating coins were made in South Africa but the "set" $2s that year were struck in the UK. I'll have a look to see if have any decent SA strikes I can list for you. translateltd - 2021-10-27 22:15:00 |
| 10274 | translateltd wrote:
I've listed one this morning that's nice and sharp with just a few bag marks and a bit of toning after 20+ years in storage. translateltd - 2021-10-29 16:04:00 |
| 10275 | translateltd wrote:
3323852914 gammoner - 2021-10-29 18:14:00 |
| 10276 | What were the reasons for withdrawing these, as not upto speed on why? gammoner - 2021-10-29 18:16:00 |
| 10277 | gammoner wrote:
From memory, they were fractionally thinner- stuffed up vending machines, enserf - 2021-10-29 18:45:00 |
| 10278 | gammoner wrote:
I don't think there was a formal withdrawal but it was slow-timed: as coins went back to the banks they tried not to release them again. It was something about the electronic signature that meant they wouldn't work properly in slot machines, etc., though from memory, I believe the SA Mint insisted its 1997 coins were perfectly on-spec, but that the 1990-91 coins originally made in the UK were off, meaning that all our machines had been calibrated incorrectly! Would love to be able to find the original correspondence to be sure I had the exact details of the assertion. translateltd - 2021-10-29 19:53:00 |
| 10279 | gammoner wrote:
Thanks, Alan - never sure where to list these. There doesn't seem to be a suitable category for Nickel-Brass! translateltd - 2021-10-29 19:53:00 |
| 10280 | translateltd wrote:
Well my grand daughter often asks for a "Gold Coin" donation for her school activities so it fits . gammoner - 2021-10-29 23:41:00 |
| 10281 | Thanks. Nice coin and a good story for my kids. cas40 - 2021-11-02 22:40:00 |
| 10282 | cas40 wrote:
I ran that understanding past a fellow from the Reserve Bank the other day and he thought that was "about right", and undertook to see what else he could dig out for me. translateltd - 2021-11-03 07:41:00 |
| 10283 | translateltd wrote:
Wow that's a shame. This page and TMMB kept me coming back for a while. They're destroying a bit of the attraction to their site, very sad chrisr5 - 2021-11-07 00:38:00 |
| 10284 | chefman1 wrote:
Was this back in 2012?! It was my fault that the previous incarnation got deleted for calling out a dodgy trader. Won't quite make it to 10 years chrisr5 - 2021-11-07 00:46:00 |
| 10285 | chrisr5 wrote:
Would have been then, yep :-) I still have a saved archive of one of the earlier versions that ended in 2007, during the great "2004 5c boom", and there were a couple more short-lived incarnations in between. translateltd - 2021-11-07 07:10:00 |
| 10286 | chrisr5 wrote: alpha111 - 2021-11-10 13:25:00 |
| 10287 | alpha111 wrote:
You do wonder whether it's worth bothering sometimes. translateltd - 2021-11-11 09:07:00 |
| 10288 | just thought i'd mention, we have a forum over here you are welcome to make use of It's just waiting for someone to move in, if it suits your purpose you are welcome to make use of it king1 - 2021-11-11 09:28:00 |
| 10289 | Listing #3341993054 'Old coin dated 1752.' Didn't add that it was made in 1983! alpha111 - 2021-11-12 09:40:00 |
| 10290 | alpha111 wrote:
Without even looking, let's guess it says SPES MEA TU DOMINE ... translateltd - 2021-11-12 11:40:00 |
| 10291 | translateltd wrote:
:-) OK, so I didn't quite have the order right, but sure enough, the old Reader's Digest token. translateltd - 2021-11-12 11:41:00 |
| 10292 | Hi. I was hoping someone can help me identify this, which I bought very cheaply recently just for the novelty of it - I don't think its of any real value but I can't find any information on it at all via Dr. Google. I'm just curious as to who 'minted' it and why. It might sit in my collection until I win Lotto and can afford to buy a real Waitangi Crown ha ha. Strictly speaking I guess its a medallion not a coin as there is no $ value on it, but it is in the style and size of a 1935 Waitangi Crown but dated 1952-2012 (presumably 50 years since the accession of QEII to the throne). Can anyone offer any insights or suggestions? Links to my photos of it below, hopefully they work. Cheers. https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/1642854178.jpg https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/1642853918.jpg dab20 - 2021-11-13 08:40:00 |
| 10293 | dab20 wrote:
This is interesting - I thought at first it was going to be one of the "London Mint" (a privte entity, not the Royal Mint) products that caused some controversy when they first came out (and were banned from TM for a time at the Reserve Bank's request), but those had the same reverse legends as the original, which was potentially more problematic. The different arrangement of the words on this one makes it more of a commemorative medal as you say. I'd like to find out more - and I'd like to use the images in the next update to the 2010s chapter of the NZ Commemorative Medals catalogue if I may! Edited by translateltd at 10:08 am, Sat 13 Nov translateltd - 2021-11-13 10:06:00 |
| 10294 | OK, googling "Waitangi" "2012" "coin" was enough - here's an example in packaging, which credits the design to Donald R. Golder. translateltd - 2021-11-13 10:44:00 |
| 10295 | That's fantastic, thank you so much for such a quick response. I wonder at my apparent inability to operate Google now - I tried all sorts of word combinations and couldn't find anything. I appreciate the help! dab20 - 2021-11-13 11:30:00 |
| 10296 | If I have it right there's just a couple of days left before this archive of over nine years of coin-related exchanges disappears into the ether. I just trawled the first 50 pages looking for something and it brought back some memories. translateltd - 2021-11-13 13:33:00 |
| 10297 | translateltd wrote:
Can you ask TM to provide a dump of the whole Collector's Forum? Don't know about their database config, but we did it years ago for a BB, into thetechman - 2021-11-13 15:36:00 |
| 10298 | thetechman wrote:
We can but try. I've asked, but it's possible we may just lose it, unless someone's prepared to do manual saves of 200+ pages and string them all together! Right now I'm keen to find a workable option for the future, as once this group is gone it won't be that easy to get the word out about where to "meet" next. While I think of it - a really useful forum for identifying obscure items, as well as just general chat on anything of numismatic interest, is www.worldofcoins.eu. I'm not a member (by choice) but recommend it to anyone with mystery items they want to pin down. Edited by translateltd at 4:02 pm, Sat 13 Nov translateltd - 2021-11-13 16:01:00 |
| 10299 | translateltd wrote: 1) Use ClipCache* (www.xrayz.co.uk) - you will be amazed how quickly you can capture screeds of posts, which can then be merged into one searchable file including links, and exported if required. 2) Or, you could copy and paste into Thunderbird and save as an (HTML) file. Not sure of file size limitation but it preserves all links. 3) If anyone has a spare Wordpress site, you could copy and paste into the visual editor; again, not sure of size limitation. *One of computing's best kept secrets - about the only stellar software product I've seen come out of England ! p.s. It's all your hard yakka that has compiled the forum over years, but you might need to check out TM copyright stuff if you're going to share content. Edited by thetechman at 5:48 pm, Sat 13 Nov thetechman - 2021-11-13 17:44:00 |
| 10300 | FYI, https://tmmb.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?tid=644&pid=581 skelly10 - 2021-11-14 08:47:00 |
