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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 886719, member: 6229"]Hello fellow coin collector. While "doodling" the numismatic internet I happened upon a coin I felt the desire to, some day, have. The coin I found could become the prominent coin in a desireable collection.</p><p>The eye-catching, desireable coin is a 25mm proof Silver (0.9990 oz. ASW) struck (19,927 minted) to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Australia's Decimal coins. Here's a photo courtesy of Rare Coin Company:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.rarecoin.com.au/product/808" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.rarecoin.com.au/product/808" rel="nofollow">https://www.rarecoin.com.au/product/808</a></p><p> </p><p>I thought, "that's a nice coin to have."</p><p>Then I asked myself, "What would make it better?"</p><p>I answered, "Owning it plus one of each of those six 1966 decimal coins featured on the reverse running along the rim from 3-6 o'clock plus that predecimal 30.5mm Bronze Kangaroo-reverse Penny overlaid on the map of Australia. Photos courtesy of worldcoingallery.com:</p><p> </p><p><b>Bronze One Cent (1966-1984):</b></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-62&desc=Australia%20km62%201%20Cent%20(1966-1984)&query=Australia%20km%2062" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-62&desc=Australia%20km62%201%20Cent%20(1966-1984)&query=Australia%20km%2062" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-62&desc=Australia km62 1 Cent (1966-1984)&query=Australia km 62</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><b>Copper-Nickel Five Cents (1966-1984):</b></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-64&desc=Australia%20km64%205%20Cents%20(1966-1984)&query=Australia%20km%2064" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-64&desc=Australia%20km64%205%20Cents%20(1966-1984)&query=Australia%20km%2064" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-64&desc=Australia km64 5 Cents (1966-1984)&query=Australia km 64</a></p><p> </p><p><b>Copper-Nickel Ten Cents (1966-1984):</b></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-65&desc=Australia%20km65%2010%20Cents%20(1966-1984)&query=Australia%20km%2065" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-65&desc=Australia%20km65%2010%20Cents%20(1966-1984)&query=Australia%20km%2065" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-65&desc=Australia km65 10 Cents (1966-1984)&query=Australia km 65</a></p><p> </p><p><b>Copper-Nickel 20 Cents (1966-1984):</b> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-66&desc=Australia%20km66%2020%20Cents%20(1966-1998)%20&query=Australia%20km%2066" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-66&desc=Australia%20km66%2020%20Cents%20(1966-1998)%20&query=Australia%20km%2066" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-66&desc=Australia km66 20 Cents (1966-1998) &query=Australia km 66</a></p><p> </p><p><b>Silver (0.3416 oz. ASW) 50 Cents (1966):</b></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-67&desc=Australia%20km67%2050%20Cents%20(1966)&query=Australia%20km%2067" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-67&desc=Australia%20km67%2050%20Cents%20(1966)&query=Australia%20km%2067" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-67&desc=Australia km67 50 Cents (1966)&query=Australia km 67</a></p><p> </p><p>And here's a photo of that predecimal Kangaroo-reverse Penny:</p><p> </p><p><b>30.5mm Bronze Penny (1938-1952):</b></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-36&desc=Australia%20km36%201%20Penny%20(1938-1952)&query=Australia%20km%2036" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-36&desc=Australia%20km36%201%20Penny%20(1938-1952)&query=Australia%20km%2036" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-36&desc=Australia km36 1 Penny (1938-1952)&query=Australia km 36</a></p><p> </p><p>What do you think?</p><p> </p><p>clinker[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 886719, member: 6229"]Hello fellow coin collector. While "doodling" the numismatic internet I happened upon a coin I felt the desire to, some day, have. The coin I found could become the prominent coin in a desireable collection. The eye-catching, desireable coin is a 25mm proof Silver (0.9990 oz. ASW) struck (19,927 minted) to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Australia's Decimal coins. Here's a photo courtesy of Rare Coin Company: [URL]https://www.rarecoin.com.au/product/808[/URL] I thought, "that's a nice coin to have." Then I asked myself, "What would make it better?" I answered, "Owning it plus one of each of those six 1966 decimal coins featured on the reverse running along the rim from 3-6 o'clock plus that predecimal 30.5mm Bronze Kangaroo-reverse Penny overlaid on the map of Australia. Photos courtesy of worldcoingallery.com: [B]Bronze One Cent (1966-1984):[/B] [URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-62&desc=Australia%20km62%201%20Cent%20(1966-1984)&query=Australia%20km%2062[/URL] [B]Copper-Nickel Five Cents (1966-1984):[/B] [URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-64&desc=Australia%20km64%205%20Cents%20(1966-1984)&query=Australia%20km%2064[/URL] [B]Copper-Nickel Ten Cents (1966-1984):[/B] [URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-65&desc=Australia%20km65%2010%20Cents%20(1966-1984)&query=Australia%20km%2065[/URL] [B]Copper-Nickel 20 Cents (1966-1984):[/B] [URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-66&desc=Australia%20km66%2020%20Cents%20(1966-1998)%20&query=Australia%20km%2066[/URL] [B]Silver (0.3416 oz. ASW) 50 Cents (1966):[/B] [URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-67&desc=Australia%20km67%2050%20Cents%20(1966)&query=Australia%20km%2067[/URL] And here's a photo of that predecimal Kangaroo-reverse Penny: [B]30.5mm Bronze Penny (1938-1952):[/B] [URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img4/10-36&desc=Australia%20km36%201%20Penny%20(1938-1952)&query=Australia%20km%2036[/URL] What do you think? clinker[/QUOTE]
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