Yearly Archives: 2015

50th Anniversary of the Canberra Mint

50 years ago His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh declared open the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra at an official ceremony where he started the press for the first run of coin production. These coins were the first, dated

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Improvements To The Australian Coin Collecting Blog

The Australian Coin Collecting Blog has just moved to it’s own new dedicated server. We’ve had to make these changes to accommodate the growing information and news on the Blog. These changes should make loading speeds faster as we’ve moved

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2006 Proof Set Error with 2005 Mob of Roos Proof Dollar Sells for Record Price

Rarely since this coin was first found do we see one of these error sets for sale and the price appears to be really hotting up in the coin market. Originally it was Downies that found, marketed and sold within

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Australian Paper $50 Note Value

What is the value of my Australian paper $50 you may ask? Well the answer can be found with the following answers. 1. Is it a genuine Australian paper 50 dollar note? 2. What are the signatures on the banknote?

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Adelaide Assay Office Ingot from the Collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia

Above you can see an Adelaide Assay Office Ingot from the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia. We were lucky enough to have seen this amazing piece of Australian numismatic history on our visit to the Art Gallery

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Australia Day 2015 Circulating Coin Swap

January 26th and the Royal Australian Mint popped-up a shop under the Urban Amphitheatre in Federation Square in the heart of Melbourne. It was open from 9 until 5 for the one day only and the mobile press was NOT

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2015 Circulating Australian Coins

The Royal Australian Mint has surprised collectors by letting loose all 2015 dated circulation coins in the first month of the year. Now collectors aren’t left guessing about which and what coins we’ll see in our change. Today the Mint

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Australian Paper $20 Note Value

The value of the Australian paper $20 note can be determined when we know 3 things. Whose signatures are on the note, what the serial number is, and the condition of the note which is known as the grade. Firstly

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Australian Paper $10 Note Value

The Australian paper ten dollar note was first issued in 1966 replacing the 5 pound pre-decimal banknote. The paper note was continued until 1993 when it was replaced with a polymer issue plastic banknote with the same blue/black and yellow

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Counterfeit Australian 1928 Silver Shillings

Above you can see what appears to be, on first glance, a well worn Australian shilling from 1928. In fact, what you can see above is a well worn silver disc purporting to be a 1928 shilling. It is a

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Current Coin Values, Bullion Prices and Exchange Rates

AUD $17.51
Australian 1966 Round 50c
AUD $974.59
Gold Sovereign
AUD $1,220.05
Australian $200 Gold Coin
AUD $51.25
Silver Price (per Oz)
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Gold Price (per Oz)
USD $0.6582
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