2018 was the busiest year EVER for the sale of Australian banknotes. The most expensive item offered in 2018 was an 1824 Bank of N.S.W. $20 Spanish note (Fig. 1) in good Fine condition with a dealer asking price of … Continued
The Coin Cabinet: a cultural history of the numismatic collection in the Art Gallery of South Australia, by Peter Lane, Honorary Numismatist of the Art Gallery of South Australia and edited by Walter Bloom President of the Numismatic Association of … Continued
At last nights monthly meeting a member showed a 1979 20c that was struck on a Nepal Rupee planchet. With a weight of 7.5g it is severely underweight to the 11.3grams a 20 cent should weigh showing strike weakness and … Continued
At the meeting of the NSSA held on 15 June 2017 a member presented the above item. The description of the item is below. Tonight I am showing a ‘forget-me-not’ penny dating to World War 1. It is made from … Continued
At the meeting of the NSSA held on 16 March 2017 a member showed the above coin. Here’s the member’s description of the item in question. I am showing a 2006 $2 coin that was found when noodling through … Continued
At the meeting of the Numismatic Society of South Australia held on 16 February 2017 a member showed the above WW1 AIF Identity Disk made from a skimmed Queen Victoria Penny. Holed and engraved on the reverse “2973 E.J. STANLEY … Continued
The following is a presentation given by a member of the Numismatic Society of South Australia at the meeting held on Thursday January 19, 2016. A member showed a 1988 $2 coin which was found by his daughter while noodling … Continued
Above is a coin error known as a ‘bottle cap’. The technical term is a ‘die cap’ because of its impressive shape (not at all coin-like and doesn’t fit neatly into a coin holder). The coin weighs correct for a 5 … Continued
At last night’s monthly meeting a member showed an Australian florin struck in 1944 at the San Francisco Mint. Struck, in fact on a planchet intended for a shilling coin and graded by PCGS at MS63. Noted on the holder … Continued
In the December 2015 journal of the RNSNZ (Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand Inc) collector Jason Gray wrote an article about a new find. We all remember how New Zealand changed to smaller coins in 2006, well collectors have … Continued