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Worldwide Coins & Bank Notes => Australian Coins => Topic started by: nuggethill on May 29, 2009, 08:50:44 AM

Title: "200 Years of Postal Service in Australia"Perth mint $1.00 coin
Post by: nuggethill on May 29, 2009, 08:50:44 AM

G'Day all this is my first try at posting a coin here so bare with me,

The 200 years of postal service coin is to celebrate the Australian post  and the first post master Isaac Nichols (post master from 1809 to 1819),the coins reverse depicts a colored representation of Isaac Nichols from an art work by R.Shackel also around the boader is the heading for this thread.

The obverse depicts the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the year.

This coin is a Perth mint proof with 1 oz of 99.9 silver and 7500 mintage.

The reverse first

(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w266/4224nugget/POST001.jpg)

The obverse

(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w266/4224nugget/POST002.jpg)

hope you like oh and as Muckeye said on another site the color is brighter than this photo shows

Title: Re: "200 Years of Postal Service in Australia"Perth mint $1.00 coin
Post by: Triggersmob on May 29, 2009, 12:07:44 PM

Thanks for posting, Harry.
Nice looking coin and good job with for first pic post.

Title: Re: "200 Years of Postal Service in Australia"Perth mint $1.00 coin
Post by: Nighthawk on May 29, 2009, 11:03:23 PM

Thanks for sharing!  :)

Title: Re: "200 Years of Postal Service in Australia"Perth mint $1.00 coin
Post by: Muckeye on May 30, 2009, 12:04:10 AM

Great first effort, congratulations.
regards,  muckeye. :)

Title: Re: "200 Years of Postal Service in Australia"Perth mint $1.00 coin
Post by: CoinCrusader42 on June 12, 2009, 04:59:48 PM

Perfect first effort I'd say!!

 :) :) :) :)