Our regular segment COTH (Coin Of The Month) for April was titled – “A foreign coin based on its attractiveness, mintage and condition”.Coin collector members rose to the occasion with this challenge presenting a variety of interesting, mostly foreign coins from:-
The Group then viewed the RAM (Royal Australian Mint) website to view the difference between a circulated and uncirculated coin. Circulated coins are generally issued by RAM to banks. Uncirculated coins are circulated differently. These coins are the basis of many coin collections. They usually highlight significant Australian people, places and events.Uncirculated coins are made from the same materials as circulated coins but are struck at a slower rate with greater force. This produces a sharper image with clearly defined edges. They are also slightly more polished than circulating coins and are typically packaged in presentation cards.
A coin trivia session followed based on members knowledge of Australian currency pre/post decimal.
- Cooke Islands – triangular shaped $1 and 12 sided $5
- Cooke Islands use NZ currency but also mint their own coins/notes
- Thailand – very attractive 5 baht
- Swedish 1989 proof coin set
- Turkey/Egypt coin sets
- Russian 2014 euro – commemorating 20 year fall of USSR
- Euros are the currency of the European Common Market countries but many mint their own euros
- Mexican centavos and USA 1885 Silver Dollar
- Palestine 1927 2 Mils. The coin obverse (face) features the word Palestine in 3 languages Hebrew, English and Arabic. It was issued during British Mandate 1920 to 1948. The historical Mandate was created by British Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour after WW1 to resettle the Jewish population to the then State of Palestine.
The Group then viewed the RAM (Royal Australian Mint) website to view the difference between a circulated and uncirculated coin. Circulated coins are generally issued by RAM to banks. Uncirculated coins are circulated differently. These coins are the basis of many coin collections. They usually highlight significant Australian people, places and events.Uncirculated coins are made from the same materials as circulated coins but are struck at a slower rate with greater force. This produces a sharper image with clearly defined edges. They are also slightly more polished than circulating coins and are typically packaged in presentation cards.
A coin trivia session followed based on members knowledge of Australian currency pre/post decimal.
Lastly the Group viewed a number of short YouTube videos from the Coin Collecting and Detecting channel on coin errors and rare coins to collect.
My thanks to David Lowing who ran the March Coin Collectors session during my absence. David’s summary report follows.
Happy noodling!
My thanks to David Lowing who ran the March Coin Collectors session during my absence. David’s summary report follows.
Happy noodling!
Doug Smith
