Our future meetings will therefore be at this new time.
Our next meeting will be on Monday 19th July 1.30pm to 3.30pm.
Look forward to seeing your show and tell and hearing about your noodling.
Doug Smith
Convenor
U3A Coin Collectors
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I have had strong support to the offer of changing our meeting time from 10.00am to 12 noon to 1.30pm to 3.30pm for the third Monday in the month.
Our future meetings will therefore be at this new time. Our next meeting will be on Monday 19th July 1.30pm to 3.30pm. Look forward to seeing your show and tell and hearing about your noodling. Doug Smith Convenor U3A Coin Collectors
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Our small group of Coin Collectors is keen to grow and share with likeminded others the exciting and mysterious world of coin collecting. If you have a small or family collection bring it along and share it with our group.
David displayed a full set of $1 coins that make up the new Great Australian Coin Hunt. A full set or individual coins can be purchased from the Benalla Post Office. Our local post office displays a regular collection in the PO foyer of recently released coins and medallions from the RAM (Royal Australian Mint). David circulated the June 2021 monthly catalogue from Downies Collectables. Downies is a large Australian coin and note dealer whose coloured catologues depict their sale items in great photographic detail. The catalogue is also available on line. Rupe presented the group with a set of British coins issued when that country went to decimalisation in 1971. He also circulated a unique Finnish coin set. Doug advised the group that he visited the Kiewa Street Albury market in June where he discovered four separate coin dealers offering a large range of coins and notes for sale. The Kiewa Street market is in an undercover car park and operates weekly on Sundays. The Group showed interest in visiting the market. Heather shared some of collection of military memorabilia focused on military coinage and medallions celebrating Australian military milestones. Gary brought along a number of proof sets and medallions celebrating Australia’s centenary and also shared with the group an unusual Swedish proof coin set. Doug Smith A very interesting session was enjoyed at our May meeting where we had five members attending, including Alex Adkins who was briefly back in town.
Coins are a fascinating hobby because of their uniqueness, history, availability both in circulation and to purchase and the ability to trade with others to build coin sets and sequences. Our general format is along the lines of “show and tell” where members will bring along a favourite coin from their collection and speak to its background and its collectability, or a latest acquisition or simply seek input from others knowledge. David presented a full set of pre-decimal pennies from 1911 to 1965. We all looked and saw that rare 1930 penny (only approx.1200 ever minted) and the 1937 penny that is rare because only a small number were “minted” with King Edward Eighth head before he abdicated to King George Sixth. But alas while all the coins presented where the real thing, 1930 and 1937 pennies were not genuine but cleverly minted fakes. Gary presented an 1870 English shilling which he discovered lying on a rural roadway in the Rutherglen area and some early 19th century English coins found at the original house site of his rural property while prospecting with a metal detector. He also displayed a complete date sequence of Australian pre-decimal threepences. Alex showed some recent purchases from Australia Post including the newly released $1 alphabet coin set. Australia Post is an agent for the Royal Australian Mint (RAM) and our own Benalla PO has for display and sale, new RAM coin releases. Doug presented his almost complete collection of $2 coloured coins and spoke of the hard-to-get 2012 Remembrance Day Poppy. He purchased a Collectors Folder off the web and noted that each coin slot described the coins in date sequence with photos which aided collection. Rounding out the meeting David gave a detailed summary of Australian Coin History dating from 1788 when the Indigenous population used a barter trading system to 1813 when Spanish Dollar was introduced with the centre punched out to create “The Dump” and double the coinage in circulation: to the introduction of the first Australian minted coins in 1911: to the opening of the Royal Australian Mint in 1965: to the introduction of decimal currency in 1966: to replacing the $1 note with a coin in 1984 and the $2 note in 1988: the withdrawal of one and two cent coins in 1992 and the release of the first coloured coin in 2012. At our next meeting we are hoping to run a YouTube video on coin collecting and what to look out as you “noodle” through your general change. We look forward to more members joining us on the third Monday of the month 10.00am to noon at the Senior Citizens rooms. Gary Edwards The Coin Collectors Group is up and going. Our previous convenor Alex Atkins, and wife Annette, have shifted to Echuca and Alex has handed the reins to Doug Smith. Doug convened the March meeting on our return to the U3A Meeting Room, with five members attending. The recent April meeting was also attended by five members although two of these members were not present at the March meeting. Our numbers are slowly creeping back to pre-COVID levels of 10 to 15 members.
With Doug away on a planned break with family to Gippsland in April, Gary Edwards convened the April Meeting. Members presented selections from their coin collections. A very interesting cross section of Australian pre decimal and decimal coinage was exhibited, as well as coins from overseas countries. Discussions included the ways in which coins can be catalogued and displayed and the values of coins, including coins with varieties and blemishes. Interesting stories of how coins were procured/discovered were told and sets of specimen coins displayed. If you have coins, either as a serious collector or as someone with a cache of old or foreign coins who wants to know more about them, then feel free to come along to share your knowledge or to find out more about those coins. The Coin Collectors Group meets on the 3rd Monday from 10am to 12noon in the U3A Meeting Room. Gary Edwards Welcome back! It is pleasing to know we have all weathered the coronavirus and are now able to continue our activities. The Coin Collectors Group met at the RSL Rooms on the 22nd February. Six members attended and enjoyed a very pleasant morning's discussion as Alex displayed some proof sets of the Sydney Olympics, Melbourne Commonwealth Games, Centenary of Federation, Millennium series and Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. Thanks go to the RSL and RSL Secretary Heather Hartland for enabling us to use the RSL rooms for our session. With the Senior Citizens renovations completed we will return to the U3A Meeting Room at the the U3A allotted time of 10.am to 12.midday on the 3rd Monday of the month. Our next meeting will be on Monday15 March. Unfortunately the changed time slot has meant some members are unable to attend, however, our numbers have remained the same at 13 with new enrolments. Welcome Gary Edwards, Sallie Hann, David Lowlng and Judy Stewart - we trust you will enjoy the Coin Collectors group. Annette and I are moving to Echuca to live at the end of this month .Doug Smith has volunteered to organise and preside over our Coin Collectors' meeting,while Gary Edwards is happy to express his knowledge on Australian coins to help discussions I have enjoyed organising our group and trust you have all enjoyed the discussion as much as I have, It has been interesting to learn how, when and why we have collected coins I wish you all the best for the coming year and hope to visit a meeting or two in future. Alex Adkins Alex, Thank you so much for inspiring and establishing the Coin Collectors group at U3A Benalla. Your understanding of coin collections and collectors and the way in which you have engaged and followed through with group members, have resulted in an ongoing group of keen coin collectors. Your personal coin collection and passion for coin collecting proved inspirational! We wish you and Annette well in your return to Echuca, where you both grew up, Perhaps you might set up a Coin Collectors group there. You will be missed. Bev Lee, Programs Committee
People over the years have bags, boxes or tins of old coins of pre decimal and decimal currency. If this is an interest or hobby of yours and you would like to discuss the significance of coins and notes with different designs that commemorate the events and people that create a history of Australia, consider joining our group.
The first meeting of Coin Collectors, in its new timeslot of the first Monday from 10 am to 12 midday, will be on Monday 15th February in the U3A Meeting Room. If the room is still unavailable, I will contact class members to let them know where we will meet. Alex Adkins “Hello Coin Collectors,
Just a few lines to ask if you are all going OK with coronavirus isolation and trust it can be turned around sooner rather than later. I have now made a start on sorting my collection by delving into a couple of boxes and surprise "surprise", I have found a few things that I had forgotten about, including a series of $1, $2, $5 and $10 notes with consecutive numbering. I was happy to find the folder with the four commemorative florins being the 1927 opening of Parliament House Canberra; 1934/35 Melbourne Centenary; 1951 50 years of Federation and the 1954 Queen’s visit. Also realize I have quite a few English and NZ coins and uncirculated sets. That is enough for the moment, however if you have a snippet or two regarding coins, notes etc., I would be pleased to use it for the next newsletter. Regards, Alex” We were able to have our meeting on the 18th March with 12 members attending. Again we had quite a variety of coins medallions and catalogues, which led to interesting discussions There was good advice on collecting ancient Chinese and Roman coins with some very large catalogues of information and values on the coins. There was a Krugerland (South Africa) 1oz. gold coin, a Mexican $1 coin of one ounce pure silver, an Australian 1977 silver jubilee medallion for the Queen's visit, a Lighthouse medallion, 1984 English proof coin set, 5gm gold nugget 2.5 gm of gold bullion, 1945-1995 medallion, 1966 round 50cent piece and 1967 NZ 50 cent piece. Four small albums of American coins, including American $1 coins. Girl Guide commemorative coins and various paper cuttings and clips re early coins, pre-decimal pennies and halfpennies. Pre decimal florin commemorating the opening of Parliament House Canberra in 1927, a 20cent decimal commemorating the Centenary of Canberra in 2013.
With the Corona Virus pandemic now taking hold we are now in recess until the end of June. So, everybody please take care and stay well and with time at home we can get a lot of coins sorted. Alex Adkins Our first session for 2020 was held on the February 19th. It was very pleasing to welcome five new members which has increased our numbers significantly.
Unfortunately I was only able to be there for a short period, however, by all reports there was enjoyable discussion around the various items brought by the members, which included ancient Chinese and Roman coinage, a story of one family’s brush with 1930 penny, a 1919 uncirculated United Kingdom Coin set which included 5 commemorative coins, tokens commemorating the opening of the Australian Parliament in 1901 and the opening of Parliament House Canberra in 1927. It was felt that at the next meeting we do something similar, so we should bring along a coin/coins, notes, medallions as subjects for discussion. Looking forward to the 18th March. Alex Adkins Welcome to the 2020 year for the Coin Collectors Group.
After enrolments it is very pleasing to have 12 people wishing to participate in the group. Our meetings will be on the 3rd Wednesday of the month, the first being the 19th February 12.15 pm to 1.45 pm. As it is a lunchtime period it is okay to bring a bite to eat along and tea and coffee will be available. For our first meeting I am suggesting we bring along any coin/ coins you have found, bought or received over the Christmas period for showing and comments. There is a list of topics which can be discussed and organised into a six-month programme. Looking forward to seeing you all on 19th February. Alex Adkins Our first meeting in November was interesting, with coin albums, war note collection, a special framed coin and the latest mintage of the A to Z $1 coins dispersed by Australia Post during October.
Our second meeting will be on Wednesday 4th December, 12.15 pm at the U3A room. For the December meeting I suggest we bring a coin or note which refers to a significant date or event. I have the sets when the decimal currency changeover from notes to coins occurred. Remember it is a lunchtime meeting. Anyone interested in coins and/or notes is most welcome. Alex Adkins 0427 820 287 Writing in the September Newsletter that coin collecting has been an interest/hobby of mine for a long time, I invited anyone with a similar interest to contact me with the view of forming an interest group within U3A. Since then I have had a positive response and six of us met to discuss the possibilities on the 8th October. A Course Proposal was completed and submitted. The Committee is quite happy for us to meet as a Coin Collecting Group and has given us the meeting time from 12.15 pm to 1.45 pm on the first Wednesday of each month at the U3A rooms.
The first meeting will be held on Wednesday 6th November with a second meeting following on 4th December. I am pleased that some keen interest has been shown by people who have been putting coins aside and like me have not yet sorted or catalogued their collection. I am looking forward to seeing your coins and sharing our stories. As this is a lunchtime meeting, bring some nourishment along and tea and coffee will be available. To register your interest or answer any queries please phone me, Alex Adkins, 0427 820 287, or come along on the day. Alex Adkins People over the years have bags, boxes or tins of old coins of pre decimal and decimal currency. My interest started in the early 1960’s when Australia went to decimal currency in February 1966, and I am still collecting today.
If this is an interest or hobby of yours and you would like to discuss the significance of coins and notes with all their different designs that commemorate the events and people that create a history of Australia perhaps we could look at forming a group with U3A. To gauge the interest in coin collecting could you please contact me, Alex Adkins on 576262457, Mobile 0427820287 with the view of having a meeting and organising an ongoing U3A Coin Collectors group. |
Coin CollectorsPeople over the years have bags, boxes or tins of old coins of pre decimal and decimal currency. If this is an interest or hobby of yours and you would like to discuss the significance of coins and notes with different designs that commemorate the events and people that create a history of Australia, consider joining our Coin Collectors group. Meet others who have been putting coins aside and have not yet sorted or catalogued their collection. Discuss, view, swap and/or buy coins to complete various sets. We aim to get more enjoyment from our collections and look forward to seeing your coins and sharing stories. Convenor/
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