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2015 $2 Red ANZAC Poppy Counterstamp Coin

The Royal Australian Mint announced last week that they’d be moving one of their portable presses into a public area of the mint and applying a poppy counterstamp to 2015 $2 circulation Lest We Forget coins. These $2 coins with

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2015 $2 Red Lest We Forget Rolls

Over the last 6 weeks or so there has been much frothing at the mouth by collectors over the bags of 2015 $2 red coloured Lest We Forget coins. These security bags were getting over $600 a bag in the

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2015 Commonwealths Longest Reigning Monarch Commemorative Coin Design

September ninth brings a special milestone in the history of the British monarchy. On this date Queen Elizabeth II will surpass Queen Victoria as the longest reigning monarch of 63 years and 216 days. As part of the British Commonwealth

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2015 Dollar Coin Issues, Is Your Collection Complete?

If you’re collecting dollar coins it can be hard, with the plethora of new releases from the coin issuers, to keep your collection up to date with all the coins you need to keep your collection complete. To decrease this

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2015 Gold Plated 50 Cent Open Day Release

There’s been an interesting development regarding the gold plated 2015 50 cent coin we mentioned in this blog entry. Released for the 50th birthday of the Royal Australian Mint the coin will have a total mintage of 22265 (mirroring the

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2015 Lest We Forget ANZAC Red Coloured Commemorative $2 Coin Release

A fourth commemorative $2 coin design is official! We alluded this may be the case in our article earlier this month and it has been confirmed by Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Kelly O’Dwyer. 1.5 million of the new red

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2015 Orange Remembrance $2 Coin

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

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2015 Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes by Greg McDonald 22nd Edition

If you have been wondering where the 2015 (22nd) edition of the Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes by Greg McDonald is then you’ll be relieved to hear that news is at hand. Usually a new Aussie coin catalogue

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2015 Royal Baby Girl 50 cent

Oh boy, I mean girl there’s a lot of it going around. I thought of titling this article “We had a coin for the heir, now one for the spare” but my partner suggested “Spare Change”. Whatever we name it,

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2015 Sixth Biennial Conference of the Numismatic Association of Australia

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

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Current Coin Values, Bullion Prices and Exchange Rates

AUD $16.65
Australian 1966 Round 50c
AUD $972.11
Gold Sovereign
AUD $1,216.95
Australian $200 Gold Coin
AUD $48.75
Silver Price (per Oz)
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Gold Price (per Oz)
USD $0.6441
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