Five members of the Coin Collectors group met on Monday 15 August at 1.30pm at the Senior Citizens rooms. Convenor Doug Smith was away with family on the day, so he asked Gary Edwards to deputise for him.
The “centrepiece” for the afternoon was undoubtedly a George III English gold guinea that had been expertly converted, with a golden chain, into a necklace. The actual “spade” guinea was in perfect condition. There was a presentation of recently acquired A5 size coin albums which had other members enthused to purchase similar. These albums are compact and well labelled and cater for all coin denominations.
Another presentation was of various old coins and bank notes from countries including the USA, UK, France, South Africa and Ceylon. This was a change from our normal displays of Australian coins /notes.
In addition, publications from the Royal Australian Mint were discussed. A recent one detailed the newly released 150th Anniversary of the Overland Telegraph coin. Various copies of the monthly Australasian Coin & Banknote magazine were distributed to interested members.
Gary Edwards
Another presentation was of various old coins and bank notes from countries including the USA, UK, France, South Africa and Ceylon. This was a change from our normal displays of Australian coins /notes.
In addition, publications from the Royal Australian Mint were discussed. A recent one detailed the newly released 150th Anniversary of the Overland Telegraph coin. Various copies of the monthly Australasian Coin & Banknote magazine were distributed to interested members.
Gary Edwards
