I haven't specifically looked but I don't think so - I've seen packaged uncirculated and proof sets (I don't recall seeing a packaged matte set),...
Does anyone know how the 1995 Solomon Islands 20c and $1 were distributed? I don't think they circulated (at least not the $1). It seems like the...
Interesting theory and it wouldn't surprise me.
Congratulations - must have been very stressful! Nice find anyway.
Hm, I just looked at the numbers for the Solomon Islands - 6,000 matte sets per year from 1977 to 1981 - pretty sure that's wrong? Every other set...
Absolutely - I suspect that all the circulating coins were struck by the Royal Mint (some catalogues confirm this up to 1985, and the Solomon...
Oh you're right - no mintage is given for the 1977 uncirculated sets. That would explain why I haven't completed that year!
Ah right - in that case maybe not a proof? Again, I haven't looked at many groat proofs but other British proofs seem to be well struck with...
Depends on the year - I don't have a price guide handy but I think some of the George VI coins can be a little scarce.
Very nice - so most 1992 sets contain 1992 coins but some contain 1991 coins?
I like this approach.
Nice pick-up. Did these not come in all the Franklin Mint sets? I can't remember what they did in each year but I thought there were uncirculated...
I'm not a groat collector so I'm not sure, but it does look very well struck, except for the denticles around the bottom.
Nice. I haven't been able to find mintages for most of the coins of the Solomon Islands so it's hard to say what really is the rarest. I think...
Well done - some nice coins there.
Interesting reading - I do wish the Franklin Mint records had been better preserved.
Does anyone have Gev Kias' book in the coins of British India? How does it compare to the Stevens and Weir book published by Spink? I think it's...
I do yes. I strongly suspect that circulation coins were probably struck in 1978 but dated 1977 - Krause has made this mistake with Cook Islands...
As a bit of an update, the Royal Mint said they don't have a 1978 20c in their collection. I believe they struck all Solomon Islands coins until...
Hm, I'll have to do some more digging - what other sources did you look at 7Jags? My Remick doesn't have any weights listed.
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