1972 & 1966 AU pennies 1 1

[Mel_in_PNW]

Are these worth anything/collectable?

Thank You.

[l.cutler]

Certainly collectable, but worth anything, just face value.

[Mohawk]

Yep.  In circulated grades, they don't really have any premium.  But they're fun to have, nonetheless.

[Mel_in_PNW]

Thanks.

[Jason Abshier]

You can do this everyday asking if something is collectible , everything is collectible if one put their heart and mind to it …. Now worthiness? That only learned by doing research if you ask on here a lot and not do your homework eventually folks are going to get tired answering it over and over on here . Seems like a lot new people on here are only worried about if something is worth $$$$ instead of really learning the history of numismatic and why we collect numismatic , YouTube ! And others lame videos have ruined this hobby over last several years . Every new person thinks they have double die or some rare “needle in hay sack” coin when it’s not …

But if you stick around on here and wanna take collecting a little serious and buy coins that are worth money you’ll learn a lot on here from some of us who been doing it for many years 

[Mel_in_PNW]

Thanks Jason. I wasn't particularly interested in whether my Aussie and Canadian coins were valuable. I've been doing this on/off (mostly off) since 2010. I showed the AU and CA coins to a dealer in a shop in Seattle and he said I should ask around as he knew nothing about circulated coins from those countries. I'm keeping the coins, no plans to sell, I just like having them. In the past I've bought a couple of books on numismatics and still refer to them but they're exclusively for US coins and both are over a dozen years old.

Thanks Again.

[Modwriter]

Here is a link to the Numista page for the Australia 2 cent coins: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1558.html

As a buyer and seller of world coins, I always find interesting comments and history when searching numista.com For instance:

"Normal circulating 1 and 2 cent coins were removed from circulation in February 1992 and the coins were melted down to make bronze medals for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia."

There are also some coin values listed.

 

[Mel_in_PNW]

Oh cool, I did not know that. I think the animals on their coins are so cool. I might make jewelry out of some. Don't see a bloody frilled lizard on a coin everyday.

[Modwriter]

I have sold coins on eBay from Australia, Mexico, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands in the last month. I found it interesting that one of the buyers is a jeweler in New York City.

 

[Jason Abshier]

On 10/11/2021 at 6:10 PM, Mel_in_PNW said:

Thanks Jason. I wasn't particularly interested in whether my Aussie and Canadian coins were valuable. I've been doing this on/off (mostly off) since 2010. I showed the AU and CA coins to a dealer in a shop in Seattle and he said I should ask around as he knew nothing about circulated coins from those countries. I'm keeping the coins, no plans to sell, I just like having them. In the past I've bought a couple of books on numismatics and still refer to them but they're exclusively for US coins and both are over a dozen years old.

Thanks Again.

If you want a book about world coins look into Krause world coin book … those books are size of an old phone book. Some dealers only deal in US coinage only they don’t know much about world coins. World coins are definitely cool some are worth something and some ain’t worth anything . I myself changed over and left my US coin collection behind about 10-12 years ago I mostly focus and collect on old/modern German coinage 

[Modwriter]

On 10/11/2021 at 3:49 PM, Jason Abshier said:

If you want a book about world coins look into Krause world coin book … those books are size of an old phone book. Some dealers only deal in US coinage only they don’t know much about world coins. World coins are definitely cool some are worth something and some ain’t worth anything . I myself changed over and left my US coin collection behind about 10-12 years ago I mostly focus and collect on old/modern German coinage 

Wow. The 2020 Krause World Coin catalog is 2,400 pages and 5.45lbs. That is like half a case of copy paper. Im sure it is printed on telephone book lightweight paper.

[Jason Abshier]

On 10/11/2021 at 7:18 PM, Modwriter said:

Wow. The 2020 Krause World Coin catalog is 2,400 pages and 5.45lbs. That is like half a case of copy paper. Im sure it is printed on telephone book lightweight paper.

There’s also the DVD version