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1966 Perth Mint 1 Cent Challenge - Do You Really Have One ?
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Old Post Posted 03/04/2024  05:05 am
Gday Triggersmob -

I reckon number 1 looks like Perth but the others look to be Melbourne and Canberra ( number 4 is uncertain ). The digital microscopes on ebay are cheap as chips these days - just plug into your computers usb hole and you can get good close ups
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1966 Perth Mint 1 Cent Challenge - Do You Really Have One ?
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Old Post Posted 03/04/2024  05:01 am
Thanks Sap for your wisdom on this one,, I did not account for the prestige/pride factor ! That makes sense though . I wonder who coined the term "blunt" then if not the mint ?
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1966 Perth Mint 1 Cent Challenge - Do You Really Have One ?
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Old Post Posted 03/03/2024  01:38 am
Thanks Machinman - Its one of those coins that goes under the radar but is essential.
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New King Charles Coins Coming Soon
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Old Post Posted 02/07/2024  03:46 am
There may be another head on the coin in a year or two - could be a 1939 moment .
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1966 Perth Mint 1 Cent Challenge - Do You Really Have One ?
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Old Post Posted 02/07/2024  03:42 am
And in response to why they are so subtle is that it was more for quality control than collecting ease id imagine.
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1966 Perth Mint 1 Cent Challenge - Do You Really Have One ?
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Old Post Posted 02/07/2024  03:35 am
Also - not sure of you location- but if you in the east you most likely looking at Melb & RAM as the smaller run of coins was, in my understanding, minted for WA requirements. So not many made it over unless in the pockets of those having a holiday .
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1966 Perth Mint 1 Cent Challenge - Do You Really Have One ?
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Old Post Posted 02/07/2024  03:24 am
Gday SallyG ,

The best advice I can give you is to go to a "Jcar" or similar electronics store and get a usb microscope that you plug into your computer for about 100-200$ . Then the very slight "mint marks" are much more easily observable.

They are real !! ;) good luck
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1966 Perth Mint 1 Cent Challenge - Do You Really Have One ?
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Old Post Posted 01/09/2024  5:09 pm
Nice one Trigger - its looks to be a Melbourne ( slightly blurry trying to photograph these little guys without a digital microscope) .

It is probably the hardest mint mark out of any Australian decimal coin ever produced to pick with the naked eye .
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1966 Perth Mint 1 Cent Challenge - Do You Really Have One ?
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Old Post Posted 01/08/2024  04:19 am
another example of a wrong description of the 1966 Australian one cent mint marks online

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1966 Perth Mint 1 Cent Challenge - Do You Really Have One ?
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Old Post Posted 01/08/2024  04:03 am
Upload a close up of yours !
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1966 Perth Mint 1 Cent Challenge - Do You Really Have One ?
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Old Post Posted 01/08/2024  01:55 am
Gday fellow coin lovers,

If you buy the yearly coin book you may have noticed that the descriptions of the mint marks for the 1966 one cent are wrong ( see last picture of this post ). I am a proud 1 cent collector and I am here to set the record straight.

PERTH - Second whisker from the right Blunt - all others sharp
MELBOURNE - First whisker from the right blunt - all other sharp
CANBERRA - All Whiskers sharp.

Now you may think that this is the end of it ... but what is blunt really ? especially on a nearly 60 year old 2.6 gram 97% copper tiny coin. the dies get worn and the metal used was not great ( especially in the case of perths 1911 onwards copper coins being melted to make the one cent pieces ++ later melted to make the 2000 olympics bronze medals )

After looking at over 6000 1966 one cent pieces collected by me and family here in Perth under a microscope I can honestly say I don't know anyone who has studied this coin more than me . So I am not blowing my own horn but I have devised a more simpler way of telling the 1966 Perth apart from the rest.

The descrption of the identifiers ( other than bluntness ) is also in the pictures below. but ill also sumerise it here:

With the coin exactly horizontal draw a line from the end of the second whisker directly left if this line intersects higher than the point where the third whisker and first claw meet your coin is a PERTH ( also should look blunt but the bluntness varies).





If the line from the end of the second whisker drawn left intersects lower than the point where the third whisker and first claw meet its a MELBOURNE or CANBERRA





The gap between the first Whisker and the second whisker is about 1.5mm bigger on the MELBOURNE than on the PERTH & CANBERRA

Below are more PERTHS for you to practise on. look at you go. now go and check yours :)






The below publication has had it wrong for over a decade - and does nothing to change it.

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The Ram Annual Report 22/23
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Old Post Posted 10/21/2023  11:19 pm
AFL was there - just didnt scroll far enough .
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The Ram Annual Report 22/23
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Old Post Posted 10/21/2023  11:05 pm
The RAM annual report was released yesterday!

* 2021 1 $ looking good
* no 2022 10 cent minted
* 6 mil 2022 1 $
* no mintage figures for the AFL coins ?

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2022 Ten Cents - Anyone Seen Them Yet ?
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Old Post Posted 08/04/2023  5:25 pm
They have arrived ! That ends that mystery
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2022 Ten Cents - Anyone Seen Them Yet ?
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Old Post Posted 06/25/2023  4:26 pm
With 10c and 1$ so close in size keeping the colours different would be practical to avoid mistakes at the til. So using the same alloy that the 1$ is out . It also doesn't make it any cheaper than it is now to produce .

I imagine a total copper coin is not a popular option for cost and strength again .

That leaves aluminium and stainless both cheaper than copper / nickel / bronze - ali would be the go for lightness and discernibility - but may be easily damaged by the heavier/harder coins .

Stainless ?

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2022 Ten Cents - Anyone Seen Them Yet ?
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Old Post Posted 06/22/2023  5:33 pm
Still none that I have seen in change over in the west - we will start looking for 2023 soon ! - the RAM annual will be interesting
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2022 Ten Cents - Anyone Seen Them Yet ?
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Old Post Posted 05/03/2023  04:28 am
Gday crew ? Anyone seen them yet ?
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What's The Point Of Even Looking On Ebay Australia For Coins Anymore?
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Old Post Posted 02/08/2023  01:18 am
Like all treasure hunting its use common sense

I picked up 4 rolls of 1979 50 cents the other week on Ebay - 45$ each , on a hunch that they may be something else - sure enough they were all Double Bar variety, mint condition obviously.

Ebay , like all forums , has some BS to wade through but there are some gems hiding in there if you can put up with the rubbish .

Try looking at gumtree - lots more scoundrels there too , it seem like the con artists are all online these days
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Hh Sales Outpaces Red Poppy And 2020 75th For Total Sales Over 2 Years On Ebay
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Old Post Posted 01/30/2023  12:56 am
I think you may have missed the point Machinman - I def have not paid any money for a 1988-89 2 $.

And the reasons someone collects a certain coin is because they like them - I am a one cent man, there's nothing special about them really and there were certainly more minted than the 88-89 2$ and we only had a blunt whisker to get excited about ! let alone an artists not so subtle jab at our colonial history that forced his initials to be moved from his art.

It can not be ignored that it is one of the most collected coins in the past couple of years . now where's those 2022 ten cent hey ! I don't think anyones found them noodling yet. they are now selling for 50$ a pop
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2022 Ten Cents - Anyone Seen Them Yet ?
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Old Post Posted 01/26/2023  03:46 am
Gday OzCollection and Allcoinage -

Can you upload photos of your noodled 2022 ten cents please ?

You guys are the best - cheers

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