Page 6 of Australian Rare Coin News & Research
We research and write regularly about the history and rarity of the items we handle. We write about news in the Australian numismatic market as it unfolds. We also write on what it takes to be a successful collector.
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2019-11-23 00:00:00
Anyone Got A Lazy A$25 million to invest? The Australian Rare Coin & Banknote Fund Is Interested in
November 20, 2020 | Andrew Crellin
For those of you that aren't already aware, over the past few decades, several groups of people have attempted to formalize institutional interest in the Australian numismatic market by getting an investment fund off the ground (whose sole purpose is to profit by taking a position in the market f...
2019-11-23 00:00:00
The Best Laid Plans of Mice & Men - Noble Sale #84
November 20, 2020 | Andrew Crellin
In his famed poem "To A Mouse" , the Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote words to the effect that no matter how well prepared a person is for an event, things can still go awry. Burns actually said "The bes...
2019-11-23 00:00:00
Prices Realized for Downie’s Auction 294 Are In - The Bargain of a Lifetime?
November 20, 2020 | Andrew Crellin
I came very close to (involuntarily) spitting a mouthful of hot Moccona Espresso all over my MacBook this morning when I started going through the prices realized for the Downie's auc...
2019-11-23 00:00:00
The Cooper Review into Self Managed Superannuation - What It May Mean for Australia's Rare Coin Mark
November 20, 2020 | Andrew Crellin
If you haven't been following the financial news in Australia over the past few months, you may not have heard of the Cooper Review into Australia's superannuation system. The Cooper Review Panel has made no less than several hundred recommendations about the way that our superannuation system sh...
2019-11-23 00:00:00
The 2011 ANDA Trade Show for Melbourne @ Caulfield Racecourse - Will We Be Racing?
November 20, 2020 | Andrew Crellin
The third ANDA trade show for 2011 is to be held at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne in a week or so, and I guess the question on everyone's mind at the mome...
2019-11-23 00:00:00
A Profile of the Landmark Rare Coin Auction Held in March 1989 - the Pratley Collection of Australia
November 20, 2020 | Andrew Crellin
There are certain auctions that capture the zeitgest or mood of a particular period of activity in the Australian numismatic market, the auction of the Pratley collection of Australian half sovereigns, held in Sydney in March of 1989 by Spink Auctions (Australia), certainly captured the mood of t...
2019-11-23 00:00:00
Australia's Rarest Twenty Cent Coin Issued Into Circulation - the 1966 Twenty Cent Wavy Baseline
October 15, 2021 | Andrew Crellin
The 1966 wavy baseline 20 cent coin is counted among Australia's rarest decimal coins issued for circulation. Although 58.2 million 20 cent coins were struck dated 1966; very, very few of these feature what collector's describe as a "wavy baseline".
How to Identify the 1966 Wav...
2019-11-23 00:00:00
The Type Two Unissued £1,000 Specimen Note - A Legacy of Australia’s Transition to Central Reserve Bank
August 9, 2021 | Andrew Crellin
The Unissued Type Two One Thousand Pound Specimen note is one of Australia’s most important currency notes - it is by far the highest denomination in the Australian monetary system, it is unique in private hands, it may well have a provenance linking it to Austr...