I recently picked up a 1976 $1 from Singapore. I bought it thinking it was circulating currency, only to find out that the exact same design was also issued as a silver commemorative. Is there an easy way to tell these two types apart? http://www.singaporebullion.com/?p=895
I think everything has already been mentioned. Singapore silver coins are actually quite underrated and more so for gold and platinum coins. In fact I believe it's only a matter of time when Singapore coin prices start to climb up. While many are not aware of some of the feats Singapore mint did - Singapore did manage to strike platinum coins for herself and palladium coins for Bermuda. Sure, such precious metal coins don't seem to stand out too much. However if you research how many mints around the world actually managed to strike coins with such metals - I dare say that it's only a handful of mints that could afford to do so or have the expertise. To finish it off, here's a couple of coins to compare UNC Proof I don't have the silver version of it for comparison. It's one of those on the want list - can't just own everything I guess. I forgot to add - with the proof coins, if you look under the denomination, it has the Singapore mint mark. This does not appear on UNC coins. I'm not too sure when the mint mark was added - might be around early 1970s. The silver proof coin may have it as well.
My son-in-law was raised in Singapore. After he and my daughter got married, I searched my coins for Singapore and was able to put together this double set. I finally had to order the older $1 from e-bay.
I wish! My pockets aren't as deep as you imagine. Ok it seems the position of the mintmark is different for the silver proof coin. I had a feeling that there was a mintmark but didn't realize the difference! http://www.ebay.com/itm/SINGAPORE-1...540?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d570b62ec Now I'm tempted but not at that price!
Lol, mine either sir. Still, we can attempt to grab as much as we can before checking out and leaving our family with the task of getting rid of "Dad's stupid coins".
I hate to imagine the day when I have child(ren) and when it comes to the time they want to do something with the collection - the last thing to do is to misidentify silver as nickel, gold as bronze and palladium, platinum as silver!!!
I also feel that the prospect of having children is frightening. And leaving them my collection even more so.
About the stylized lion dollar coin: The unc 1980 in the first picture is cuni. The proof 1980 in the second picture is cuni proof. The red is the proof set plastic display. A sterling proof was issued separately. So all three coins have the same design and diameter. Side by side, the cuni proof will appear darker than the silver proof Weight check will need both to be removed from the plastic case/capsule The above applies to years 1976-1979 as well. Yeah, The mint mark started showing up in 1976. For 1975, the two proof versions will have no mint mark. 1974 & earlier has no silver version 1981-1984 has silver but no cuni proof version 1985 has only cuni, no cuni proof or silver version. Btw, all the cuni proof dollar 1967-1980 (no 1970,1971) are only found in proof sets. Likewise for the silver proofs 1981-1984. OK go get them! Cheers,
