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* Estimated delivery dates – opens in a new window or tab, include seller’s return time, origin zip code, destination zip code and pick-up time, and depend on selected postal service and cleared proof of payment. Delivery times may vary, especially during peak seasons. In 2010, I saw the first “test strike” in Perth Mint metal in the auction lots of a well-known Queensland auction house. It is single-faced, made of aluminum and features the reverse design of the 10oz kookaburra coin. At the moment I can’t remember what year the “test strike” happened, but it was in the early 1990s. Over the next few years, I saw a few more pop up from time to time at auctions and on eBay. They sold for between $200 and $500 and were mostly found in the early 1990s. It always amazed me that so many “test shots” escaped into the wild, and I thought they weren’t tests at all, but felt pads. removed. The Perth Mint DO make paper money (see here for an example) and based on emails I sent to the Perth Mint they have been around for a long time.
However, the design of these “test frames” did not match the weights I found. “Proof strikes” are to be in 1kg or 10oz, 2oz or 1oz silver coins and as far as I can see all the notes sold by the Perth Mint are gold plated. Mystery Solved I gave up on the idea that the “test shots” were papers and maybe they were actually test shots. Until January 2015 when I was in Sydney at the Wynyard Coins offices and saw this:
This is a great marketing board (we now call them portfolio boards) showing all the coins available at the Perth Mint in 1993. made of some kind of white metal. I couldn’t help but suspect that the items shown on the silver coins were silver, rather than the items shown on the gold or platinum coins being gold or platinum! Here’s a closer look:
Oz Gold Coin 2020 Swan
I think this is a solved mystery regarding the Perth Mint’s aluminum test strikes. They are almost always pieces removed from these beautiful Perth Mint Port Folio boards.
A reader of this blog sent us Perth Mint promotional items which you can see below. He bought them at a dime store in Melbourne. The largest Uniface object weighs 7.32 g and has a diameter of 25.05 mm. It represents a 1994 1/2 oz platinum coin and was described by the coin dealer at the time of purchase as coming from a Perth Mint billboard similar to the one shown above. The smallest piece made of monkey has a diameter of 15.82 mm and a weight of 2.41 g. When purchased, it was described as a promotional item issued by the Perth Mint to international dealers to promote the 2004 Coin of the Month programme.
Now there is an important observation to be made about both of these things. Not aluminum either, because they are too heavy, so it’s made of metal. Not sure what they are made of, we will email the Perth Mint soon asking what they are made of. We also got to try the 1oz and 2oz promotional pieces and see what they’re made of!
We caught up with Pauline Burns, Senior Customer Service Officer at Perth Mint. Check out what he had to say about the two items in the photo above:
Specimen Penny Struck By Calcutta Mint
I have forwarded your email to our marketing department and confirmed the following. The Monkey Medal was silver and was struck as a promotional item by The Perth Mint. In 2004, the mint was the first colored Australian to touch the Moon. Koala facsimiles are copper-plated – they are affixed to portfolio boards for presentation at various conferences. They have been under construction for several years. Sincerely, Pauline Burns, Senior Customer Service Officer, Perth Mint
So answers the question about the small printed object, which is silver and labeled as a promotional item. Pauline also provided the Perth Mint’s production documentation via email, which describes the item as a miniature silver monkey medal, which is 999 silver and has a nominal mass of 2g (although our item weighs 0.5g more). He also confirms that the largest ‘Koala facsimile’ is a silver-plated copper object designed for a ‘Portfolio Board’. However, what is the question about aluminum uniface test shocks that drives this entire blog article? We sent Pauline another email and she responded very quickly:
Marketing has confirmed that the koalas are Silver Plated Copper, Gold Plated Copper Kookaburra and Gold Plated Copper Kangaroo.
The lottery. This is our answer, facsimile uniface kookaburras silver plated aluminum for portfolio boards. Facsimiles of gold kangaroos and platinum koalas are copper plated! mystery solved!
Perth Mint And Royal Mint Honour Fictitious Agent 007
As part of the Australian Coin Review’s online indexing project, we have confirmed that this issue of Perth Mint Facsimile promotional items has been around for over 20 years! On page 9 of the October 1994 issue
There is an article entitled “All That Glitters” about the plated copper facsimile coins made for the Monex Deposit Company in the USA. The article says:
They are about the same size as an ounce of gold and an ounce of platinum koala. The reverse design is similar with the metal specifications as well.
Apparently, these facsimile coins had similar obverse designs, and the only way to collect them from the real McCoys was to get them because they weighed about half an ounce instead of a full ounce. But here come the rubies, someone passed them off as real gold:
X 1 Oz 99.99% Silver 2020 Australian ‘red Kangaroo’ Bullion Coin Perth Mint
Sure enough, some bright spark led two dealers from California to load up a few pairs of these parts on other rods, and one of the dealers got pissed off.
It turns out that the Perth Mint thought that the difference in weight would be enough to make the origin of the items clear. Do not. The article goes on to say that Perth Mint promotional pieces will feature “Non-Gold Replica (or Platinum)” on the reverse. While not as much of an issue as the Uniface promotional pieces, it does highlight the dangers of not labeling items exactly what they really are!
On a recent trip to Melbourne, we saw a facsimile of the 1993 Platinum Koala in the window of a large dealer. It wasn’t for sale, but the dealer agreed to loan it to us so we could photograph it. We asked the dealer if he knew what the item was, and he said:
. Eureka! Word seems to be spreading about the true origin of these items. Even if it’s wrong, it’s silver-plated aluminum. Below you can see a picture of our promotional piece, which has a diameter of 73 mm and a weight of 111 g. Interestingly, it still has double sided tape on the back so it can be attached to a billboard.
Australien 1 Dollar Silbermünze
For those of you who like a bit of math, platinum has a specific gravity of 21.45 and aluminum has a specific gravity of 21.45
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