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Yearly Archives: 2015

Using the Images on This Site

Posted on November 27, 2015 by msn

Unless otherwise stated the copyright for images used on this site is owned by the Australian Coin Collecting Blog. You are not allowed to use or reproduce them in any form for any reason without our permission. We’ve spent a…

Posted in Coin News, Numismatic Photography

Collecting a ‘Type’ Set of Coins

Posted on November 23, 2015 by msn

One of the beauties of coin collecting is that there are no hard and fast rules that determine what you should and shouldn’t collect. One way of collecting coins is collecting a ‘type’ set of coins. A type set of…

Posted in Collecting Coins

Collecting the Dollar Coin From 1984 to 2015

Posted on November 7, 2015 by kdh

Collecting the Australian dollar coin used to be a well loved pastime but in recent years the scale of collecting these has become such a chore that it’s no longer enjoyable -for this collector at least. Thirty years of the…

Posted in Collecting Coins

South Australian Stamp Duty Die 1 1/2d 1939-1953

Posted on November 6, 2015 by kdh

The South Australian government collected stamp duty on cheques from 1886 to 2004 and during that time both adhesive and embossing stamps were used to determine when that duty had been paid. The stamp duty rate was increased to 1…

Posted in Collectables and Ephemera

Valuable Coins in Your Change

Posted on October 28, 2015 by msn

A presentation given by one of our authors at the recent 2015 Conference of the Numismatic Association of Australia.

Posted in Coin News, Collecting Coins

We’ve Got a New Domain!

Posted on October 27, 2015 by msn

Back in 2006 this site started out as an information site about Aussie threepences, hence the domain name www.australian-threepence.com. In 2007 it took a change in direction and became a blog about collecting Australian coins, collecting error coins, and about…

Posted in Coin News

NAAC 2015 Adelaide Commemorative Medallion

Posted on October 26, 2015 by msn

Seen above in antique silver is the NAAC (Numismatic Association of Australia Conference) Commemorative Medallion that was struck for the 2015 Sixth International Conference of the Numismatic Association of Australia Inc. The Conference was held in Adelaide on 23 to…

Posted in Medals

2015 Sixth Biennial Conference of the Numismatic Association of Australia

Posted on October 25, 2015 by kdh

The Sixth Biennial Conference of the Numismatic Association of Australia Inc. took place in Adelaide over the weekend of 23-25th October 2015. Held every 2 years the conference was a chance for dedicated numismatists and interested collectors to meet up…

Posted in Coin News

What if the Dollar Wasn’t a Dollar? We nearly had a Royal!

Posted on October 20, 2015 by kdh

In the news recently has been funny suggestions of what we should change our dollar to. From “Dollarydoos” to “Straya Cash” it’s all in jest but what if our dollar wasn’t called a dollar? Coming up to 50 years since…

Posted in Australian Decimal Changeover

2015 Orange Remembrance $2 Coin

Posted on October 11, 2015 by msn

Last month a new currency determination was handed down in the Australian Parliament and it included provision for a new coloured $2 coin. You can see the currency determination here. This time the coin is going to include “a pattern…

Posted in Coin News

Yearly Archives: 2015

Using the Images on This Site

Collecting a ‘Type’ Set of Coins

Collecting the Dollar Coin From 1984 to 2015

South Australian Stamp Duty Die 1 1/2d 1939-1953

Valuable Coins in Your Change

We’ve Got a New Domain!

NAAC 2015 Adelaide Commemorative Medallion

2015 Sixth Biennial Conference of the Numismatic Association of Australia

What if the Dollar Wasn’t a Dollar? We nearly had a Royal!

2015 Orange Remembrance $2 Coin

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