painting miniatures for TTRPGs | collecting coins
One of my favourite coin collecting categories is '19th century US' and another is what I'm calling 'Early Australian' so I get a buzz from pieces that undoubtedly fall into both and the coin in the photos is a good example. It's an 1830 silver Half Dollar in pretty good condition for its age. The … Continue reading US Halves are also Australian
Florin 1928 rev in VF20-25Florin 1928 obv in VF20-25 This appears to me as one of the unloved KGV Australian florins, which means it should be gettable in EF but I haven't actually seen any like that recently! Grading The coin in the photos comes up as being in solid Fine condition - VF20-25 on … Continue reading Raw Coin: Standard 1928 Australian florin in F
I came across a copy of the 1975 'Renniks Australian Coin Guide Part 1' by Dion H. Skinner the other day, which prompted me to consider more closely the latest release, available for a few months now - 'Renniks Australian Coin & Banknote Values 30th Edition', subtitled 'The Leading Guide for Australian Coin & Banknote … Continue reading Latest Renniks (with hindsight)
Australia Florin KGV 1916m - 1919m KM# 27 Arguably these are the first fair dinkum Aussie florins, minted in Melbourne and marked with a tiny “M” on the reverse below the date - the 1910 - 1915 issues being produced in England and sent out. The coin in the photos is a 1919m in aEF, … Continue reading ‘True Blue’ -1910s KGV florins
I don't think it's possible to over emphasis the importance of being able to assess a coin's grade and despite what some people would have you believe, it's not all that difficult to do. We have all made mistakes though - I admit to a couple of costly errors of judgement (oops!, oh well..). Anyway, … Continue reading Avoiding costly mistakes…
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