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Is your Dollar Coin Worth $1000? – Radio Interview with ABC Radio in Perth

One of the blog authors was interviewed about the dollar coin in your pocket that could be worth $1000 by ABC Local Radio in Perth on the 13th of March 2017. You can listen to the interview here:

Posted in Coin News

It’s Great to Find Old Friends!

There was a coin show in our home town of Adelaide recently and we were lucky enough to find two old friends while we were there. By friends we mean coins of course. The first was a slightly crusty dark

Posted in Coin News, Error Coins

Legends of the ANZAC: Medals of Honour Colection to Hit the Newsstands Soon

Beginning April 8th and being sold via newspaper outlets for 2 weeks is another series of collector coins. In partnership with the Royal Australian Mint, News Corp Australia, Legacy and Westpac four 25 cent coins will be made in copper-plated

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Melbourne ANDA Money Expo August 18-19th 2018

The Melbourne ANDA Money Expo was held on Saturday and Sunday 18-19th August 2018 at the Melbourne Park Function Centre. It was super easy to find the venue with just a short journey on the number 70 tram from Flinders

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Mick Vort-Ronald and his Banknote Books!

Well known Australian banknote author and regular contributor to the Australasian Coin and Banknote magazine Mick Vort-Ronald has contacted us and asked if we could publish a list of his books and availability. You can find the listing of his

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Mint Open Day for the 50th Anniversary of Decimal Currency 13 February 2016

The day before the 50th anniversary of decimal changeover the Mint will celebrate the anniversary of C-Day with an Open Day at the “decimal coin factory” in Canberra. The official anniversary is Valentines Day February 14th and the Mint has

Posted in Australian Decimal Changeover, Coin News

Mint Releases first Counterstamped 20 Cent – Netball World Cup 2015 20c

In their never ending quest to find more products to sell to collectors the Royal Australian Mint is going to apply a counterstamp to the 2015 Netball World Cup 20 cent coin. Counterstamping coins is an easy way to “add

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Mr Squiggle Coins Coming to a Woolworths or Safeway Near You

A new coloured coin series featuring Mr Squiggle and his friends will appear in Woolworths supermarkets from February 13th. The man from the moon with a pencil for a nose Mr Squiggle will feature on the first coloured 2 dollar

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New CEO for the Royal Australian Mint, Farewell Ross MacDiarmid

We must be close to the announcement of a new Chief Executive Officer at our circulating coin production facility the Royal Australian Mint. Current CEO Ross MacDiarmid steps down at the end of this week after 10 years at the

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New Coin Portrait of Queen Elizabeth Planned from 2015

The Royal Mint is in the planning stage of producing a new effigy of the Queen to depict on the obverse of British coinage from 2015. A competition is being commissioned by the Royal Mint Advisory Committee (RMAC) albeit under

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Current Coin Values, Bullion Prices and Exchange Rates

AUD $17.51
Australian 1966 Round 50c
AUD $974.59
Gold Sovereign
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Australian $200 Gold Coin
AUD $51.25
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