Posted by BigFella
On
the 12th of May we will see the release of a few new products for the Royal
Australian Mint.
The first item is the 2006 Gold Plated Silver Kangaroo. This coin continues
the series. This year's mintage is limited to 7500 coins. As such all dealers
have received a low allocation on this product so order fast not to miss out.
The
next lot of coins is a a continuation of the TV $1 Mint Mark Series.
Released on 5/12/06 will be the S and B mint marks.
From 1904 St. Louis Expo ( Worlds Fair )
Learned from a veteran collector this
was designed by A A Weinman who designed the Mercury dime in 1916 . He was
also a student of Augustus St Gaudens . Hope you enjoy !
Little
bit more info from my mentor ;
" This piece is the official award medal
of the 1904 St. Louis Exposition and I agree that the design is very
attractive. The MCMIV on the obverse is the date in Roman Numerals 1904.
The two female figures are Liberty on the left, and an american Indian
on the right. The piece is worn, but on the two I had you could see the
design on the cloth. Liberty is holding a cloth that is apparently the
flag (stars & stripes) the
cloth the indian is holding had bees on it. I believe the bees represent
productivity."
For full size images and to read the forum thread... click
here.
Posted by spookyjr
I
bought this coin from a dealer who claims it's authentic, but to me it doesn't
look it. It appears to have burn marks on it, which actually looks like bronze
copper or something similar coming through.
Hey there - I'm new to the world of errors, so I have
taken a pictures of what I think is a 1944 D/D North. Could you error people
help me out?
Hi all, I don't post much here "down under" but
I thought I would with one of my latest purchases. I stumbled across this coin
when buying some of the past issue Austrian Niobium 25 Euros. I really think
that this coin is beautiful. Who would have ever thought of putting gold and
copper together in a bi-metallic. Although I already own some Aussie coins
to qualify for Knighthood, I thought that I would get one to be proud of (all
of my others are circulated).
I
don't know anything about this coin except for what came with the original
packaging. Can anyone tell me more about my new favorite Aussie coin?
Hello all. I am doing some checking for a friend.
He picked this up... Nixon silver
and gold coins??
The gold has "900" on the bottom of the reverse, and the silver
has "1000",
signifying the metal content?
He showed some people locally, and he was told
probably a German-ish mint, possibly when Nixon was visiting there?
Anybody
have any ideas?
Also, he was told it is probably supposed to be Nov 5, 1968,
since they switch the month and day over there. That was the day Nixon was
elected.
