Six members attended our May meeting, with five apologies. At the meeting -
David Lowing
'Acting Convenor'
- Pat showed us her AFL Essendon Club $1 Coin
- Gary passed around a large number of coins, including 2006 proof set, 2000 Olympic $5 coins, 1994 NZ Commonwealth Games $1, 1980nQueen’s Mother 80th Birthday Crown, 1921 US $1, several UK coins he dug up, 1882 ½ Crown & 1873 1/- he explained that miners hid their coins by vertically burying them in a plot, as well as an UK 1791 ¼ & lastly a 1988 Bicentennial $10, the first of the coloured polymer notes. He then produced several Max Stern of Melbourne paper advertisements, with 1950/60s prices of coins & commented on how much the prices had increased.
- David then explained what he considered the cheapest way to store your coin collection. He handed out a number of plastic storage boxes, each with 28 coin holders in which a 2x2 flap would fit. Each holder would hold a years’ worth of each of the denominations, thus segregating each year’s coins. He then passed around a number of recently obtained coins, namely a 2018 Animals in War Medallion, 6 PNCs, a 2024 Year of the Dragon 50c.
David Lowing
'Acting Convenor'
