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Australian Coin Variety Books, Guides and References
Books on wishlist include:Mostly Small Change"Fred Lever is also putting a book out very soon, which from initial reports should be quite good.
Renniks
Australian Pre-decimal Coin Varieties
Ian McConnelly2005
1st Edition
Renniks Publications
3/37-39 Green St
Banksmeadow NSW 2019
ISBN Softcover 0 975224514
A more recent attempt to try and catalogue the huge amount of pre-decimal varieties that are out there. It does a very admirable jobs in its first incarnation.
There are a few mistakes and contentious issues but overall a good attempt at a mammoth task that can only lead to better things.
A Search for Minting Varieties on
Australian Pre-decimal Coins 1910-1964
Mostyn Arthur Byrnes2000
1st Edition
Cosmos Collectables
PO Box 188
North Ryde NSW 1670
ISBN Softcover 0 646638 943 2
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Foster's Catalogue
of
Australian Coin Varieties
Derek J Foster1966(?)
Blacktown Auctions
170 Main St
Blacktown NSW
Australia
This updated version was once also considered essential for the variety collector, a few more recent publications may have started to supersede it, although many still refer to the Foster's Catalogue Numbers.
Foster's Catalogue
of
Australian Coin Varieties
Derek J Foster1964
Blacktown Auctions
170 Main St
Blacktown NSW
Australia
Once considered essential for the variety collector, a few more recent publications may have started to supersede although many still refer to the Foster's Catalogue Numbers.
Publication CodeCAB - Australasian Coin and Banknote MagazineACR - Australian Coin Review JNAA - Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia |
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| Date | Publication | Page | Article | Subject | Author | |
Decimals, 20c,1981 Scalloped 20c |
1986 December |
ACR Volume 23 Number 6 |
p39 | "Letters" | A letter to the Royal Mint and reply by G.P Dyer regarding the scalloped 20c coins, not much info. | David Prince & G P Dyer |
Forgeries and Fakes |
2006 February |
CAB Volume 9 Number 1 |
p47 | "Not What it Seems" | Discussion on rise of fabricated errors. | W.C. Holt MA |
General |
2003 |
JNAA Volume 14 |
p41 | "Numismatic Information from the Study of Coinage Errors" | Yadda Yadda. | Paul Holland |
General |
2006 March |
CAB Volume 9 Number 2 |
p56 | "Soft or Weak strikes in our Australian Coinage 1910-2005" | Fred Lever looks at strike variations. | Fred Lever |
General |
2006 February |
CAB Volume 9 Number 1 |
p28 | "Varieties of North Queensland Part 3: The Mongrel and it's mates" | This story covers a friend of this site's personal collection. | Ian McConnelly |
General |
2005 December |
CAB Volume 8 Number 11 |
p20 | "Mr Sold Strikes Again" | Bum plumbing of Gone by McConnelly, rather sickening really. Pity the coins are not discussed more, some nice ones here. | Ian McConnelly |
Overdates |
1965 January | ACR Volume 1 Number 7 |
p1 | "Editorial" | Overdate fever hits Australia, 1922/1 3d, 1933/2 Penny, 1925/3 Shilling etc | John Dean |
Pennies, 1933/2 |
2002 |
JNAA Volume 13 |
p19 | "The 1933/2 Overdate Penny" | Detailed research. | Paul Holland |
Pennies, 1955-1956 |
2001 |
JNAA Volume 12 |
p39 | "The Perth Mint "Mules" of 1955-1956" | Detailed research on different dies used. | Paul Holland |
Pennies, 1911-1936 |
2006 March |
CAB Volume 9 Number 2 |
p10 | "Which Obverse is which?" | Discusses the penny obverse varieties 1911 to 1936. | Ian McConnelly |
Shilling, 1914 |
1965 January | ACR Volume 1 Number 7 |
p5 | "Variety Corner" | Wide and Narrow Date 1914 Shiling | Staff |
Shillings1920's Shillings |
2003 |
JNAA Volume 14 |
p32 | "The 1925 Shilling" | Detailed research on 1920's shillings mainly 1925 and 1928. | Jon Saxton |
Threepence,1942 |
2005 December |
CAB Volume 8 Number 11 |
p80 | "The 1942 Threepence" | Discusses some varieties in Australia's WWII silver coinage, lots of pictures of mint marks etc | Surjit Wadhwa |