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I’ve Found Some Old Australian Florins

Perhaps you’ve been digging in the garden and turned up a silvery coin, about the size of a 20 cent coin. Or maybe you’re at your grandparents and they’ve given you some coins to look at and among them are

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The Australian 20 Cent Coin

The Australian 20 cent coin has been minted since 1966 to the present day and is highly collected and loved. It has been released with many commemorative designs both for circulation and for the collector market. The swimming platypus reverse

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2012 AFL Premiers 1 Dollar Corporate Functions Gift Pack

Unknown to the coin collecting community in 2012 the Royal Australian Mint in conjunction with Australia Post and the Australian Football League (AFL) released a commemorative 1 dollar coin which was distributed as a gift at AFL corporate functions in

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1988 Opening of Parliament House 5 Dollar ($5) Coin

In 1988 the Royal Australian Mint produced it’s first 5 dollar coin commemorating the opening of New Parliament House in Canberra. Celebrating it’s 25th birthday this year with the release of Australia’s first triangle shaped Parliament House silver proof 5

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Bottle Top Die Cap Coin Error

Have you ever seen a die cap, bottle cap or bottle top coin error? They are one of the rarest coin errors typically because such an error should never leave the manufacturing mint. This Australian 5c bottle cap error started

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Australian Shilling Value, What is my Australian Shilling Worth?

The Australian shilling was first minted in 1910 and continued until it was last struck in 1963 when it was removed from circulation at the changeover to decimal currency in 1966. It was replaced with the 10c piece. It’s been

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Rare Australian Coins

When we find an unusual coin in our change we always want to think it’s a rare Australian coin. The truth of the matter is that very few coins you’ll find in your change are either rare or valuable. In

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Top 10 Australian Rare Decimal Coins – The Affordable Edition

We thought it might be fun to think about the top 10 affordable coins that every decimal collector should have in their collections. When we say affordable, we mean coins that the everyday collector can afford to purchase on a

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New Zealand Split Planchet 50 Cent Coin Errors

As a collector of error coins in particular errors of Australian coins there’s one type of error that constantly eludes me. This article features 2 different, but very similar New Zealand 50c coins of this error type. This coin error

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Great Britain 1902 Matte Proof Sets

1902 saw the coronation of Edward VII after the long reign of Queen Victoria. As part of the coronation celebrations the Royal Mint released proof sets containing either 13 coins (the long set) or 11 coins (the short set). The

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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)
AUD $4,139.77
Gold Price (per Oz)
USD $0.6582
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These values are updated hourly using New York market prices. Coin values are purely the value of the gold or silver they contain and do not account for any numismatic value.
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