Sure does - the 1987, 1988, 1992 and 1994 Cook Islands sets are almost all the same (the only difference besides the years being the new obverse...
Yes the 1c looks like it could be from a set (but has had a bit of a rough life) - the 2c is hard to tell.
Lots of 19th century British Commonwealth stuff is pretty bland - denomination, country and some beads mostly.
Who is buying them? 1947 is one of my only gaps in that decade but 1952 was the only uncommon 20th century sixpence from memory.
Latest for me is a 1988 Cook Islands set - then I found that I already had the same set.
There is some information at https://www.coincuriosity.com/view/fiji-mint-sets-1983-1984.html but no image of the mint set coin to compare with.
Some are confusion between year struck and year on coin (non-FM 1975 Cook Islands coins don't exist- they were dated 1974 but struck in 1975. And...
I thought that in the Middle East jewellers sold gold bullion as well as jewellery and fake/jeweller's copy coins were how the bullion was...
The hair lines are cut less deeply among other things (though I think the reverses are the same). I assume the Royal Australian Mint would have...
Yeah I reckon it's probably mint sport - I think there are at least two of the 2014 and 2015 dollar mules but not much more, and by now we would...
Curiously the 1983 and 1984 sets were struck at the Singapore Mint - Franklin Mint never did any Fijian coins. I suspect the Royal Australian Mint...
On another forum someone told me their 1994 Krause said ~2,000,000 1984 1c and 2c pieces were struck, but all other 1983 and 1984 mintages were...
Regrettably not - someone posted it on a Facebook group last month. Hopefully more will start appearing though.
This new one dollar mule recently appeared: [IMG] Direct link: https://www.pcgs.com/cert/40222602 The 2020 dollar mule was apparently found in...
These exist in mint sets but apparently circulating examples exist too (they are slightly different). Has anyone seen circulating examples of the...
Looks like a regular uncirculated but you're right that the Franklin Mint records were poor.
I vaguely recall reading that they had generally low mintages because it was cheaper to get gold coined in America though I don't have a reference...
Hm, I haven't payed much attention to the rarities - the 1977 and 2005 are all pretty common and the 2000 seem scarce. I also am yet to acquire a...
The spacing of the text around the King's head can vary a little but both types of spacing are common.
Thanks, I thought as much. Not sure where they were all struck to check the records either (though up until 1985 I think it was the Royal Mint)....
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