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An AB57 94 $10 Bicentennial Note - An Oddity or An Important Exception?

andrew — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:46:45 +1000

The 1827 Penny From Great Britain - Unique in the Australian Colonial Series

andrew — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:47:55 +1100

As someone that has been exposed to a reasonable number of coins on a daily basis for well over a decade now, it isn't often at all that a heavily worn penny registers as being of any import or int

A Profile of the Landmark Rare Coin Auction Held in March 1989 - the Pratley Collection of Australian Half Sovereigns

andrew — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:35:04 +1100

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 soverei

Provenance and It's Importance in Numismatics

andrew — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:34:00 +1000

Many dictionaries state that the word “provenance” comes from the French word “provenir” (to come from), and is variously used to describe the origin or the source

"Who Will It Be?" It Turns Out It Was Mr Les A. Cobon of Port Melbourne!

andrew — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 09:50:37 +1000

The Background to Melbourne's The Star Newspaper

The Background to Australia's WWII Internment Tokens

andrew — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:25:21 +1000

Much of the following information first appeared as an article in the Australasian Coin & Banknote Maga

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The 1976 DBP $1 Note - A Million Dollar Test

andrew — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:51:50 +1000

The DBP $1 note is one that has been enthusiastically pursued by decimal note collectors for decades, although it's perhaps only in the past five

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Serial Numbering Methods Used on Australian Banknotes

andrew — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:38:41 +1000

The general public today is quite used to seeing our notes printed with uniform serial numbers - nearly all Australian notes issued since 1988 feature a four-digit prefix and a six-digit serial num

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Australia's 1988 Bicentennial $10 Note – An Elaborate Field Test

andrew — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:49:03 +1000

It's long been thought that the ten dollar note issued in 1988 by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) simply honoured the 200^th anniversary of European settlement in Australia.

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The New (Counterfeit) Kids on the Block - Chinese Dud Coins

andrew — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:55:12 +1000

As someone that attends all of the major numismatic trade shows around the country; as a dealer that interacts with dozens of collectors of all stripes each day of the week; as an active read more