Pirate Guide to Collecting Australian Coins Paperback: 2023-2024 Edition

Includes Free Postage with tracking anywhere in Australia!

This book lists all Australian decimal coins currently in circulation, including the coloured $2 coins released by Woolworths as well as the dinosaur coins, alphabet coins, and Aussie big things coins from Australia Post.

Features in the Pirate Guide:

The Pirate Guide to Collecting Australian Coins is a 128-page full colour paperback book.

There are large, high quality images of the actual coins, so you can see exactly what to look for, plus mintages so you know which coins are rarest.

This book covers every Australian coin released into circulation by the Royal Australian Mint in the following denominations from 1966 to the end of 2023, with a chapter for each coin:

• 1 & 2 Cent
• 5 Cent
• 10 Cent
• 20 Cent
• 50 Cent
• 1 Dollar
• 2 Dollars

Each chapter has:

• High quality photos of every coin design in circulation since 1966
• Latest mintage (rarity) for each coin (where it has been revealed), updated at the end of 2023
  
• Scoreboards comparing the mintages for the coins with special designs
• Valuable Errors and Varieties unique to specific coins, including how to spot them!

The Two Dollar chapter also includes details of the following special releases from Woolworths (with photos and mintage details):

• 2016 Olympics $2 set
• 2017 Possum Magic $2 set
• 2018 Commonwealth Games $2 set
• 2019 Mr Squiggle $2 set
• 2019 Wallabies coin
• 2020 Women’s Cricket coin
• 2020/21 Olympics $2 set
• 2021 Wiggles $2 set
• 2022 Commonwealth Games A/U/S $2 set
• 2022 Socceroos coin
• 2023 Vegemite $2 set
• 2023 Matildas $2 and $1 set

The One Dollar chapter includes the Australia Post Alphabet series from 2019, 2021 and 2022, with photos and mintage details of all 26 coins from these sets. It also includes the Dinosaur series from 2022, and the Aussie Big Things series from 2023.

Valuable error coins to look for:
There are sections on the errors, varieties and mintmarks unique to each coin, including the Mule Errors from the dollar coin, the valuable "alien" die clash error (and many others) plus how to identify these errors/varieties.

Updates in the 2023-2024 edition:

• All of the new coins put into circulation in 2023
• Updated mintages from the RAM report
  
• New info on how to get the most from the book
• A new section on ‘general errors’ to check on all coins
• Scoreboards to easily identify lower mintage coins
• New details on errors, varieties and mintmarks and how to verify them (including where to look for the C-Mintmark on the relevant $2 coins)
  
• Information on the various Heads sides in 2023 (including King Charles III)
• Plus a few extra surprises

 Sneak peek of the Pirate Guide:

This information is really hard to find in one place, especially with photos of the actual coins. This book brings all the information together for you in one place, and is up-to-date as of the end of 2023.

This is the perfect book for beginners and seasoned collectors alike. Click 'Add to Cart' to grab your copy!

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Includes Free Standard Postage within Australia

Your book will be carefully packaged to protect it during shipping. We ship all items via Australia Post and you will be emailed with a tracking number.

Express Post is also available for a few extra dollars.

If you purchase 2 or more copies of this book, you will receive a 10% discount! Discount will be automatically applied at checkout.

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Reviews

Being new to collecting, it was suggested to me. So now my copy is highlighted, has small notations written and is starting to already appear over used. It’s my run to guide. I am beyond happy to have had it recommended to me. Brilliant is an understatement, so perfect for newbies.
- Jocelyn

This is an amazing book, definitely recommend to anyone who likes collecting coins. Received in pristine condition and delivery time was very fast. Also the updates for delivery were greatly appreciated.
- Diana