Top 5 Rarest and Most Valuable Australian Coins to Look for in your change

If you'd like to find out more about valuable coins to look for in circulation, visit:
https://australiacoins.org/PrintedBook


For the PCGS coins referenced in this video:
2020 2-header:
https://www.pcgs.com/cert/39284872

2014 mule:
https://www.pcgs.com/cert/38450225





Someone asked me a really interesting question the other day - if I could talk to myself from 10 years ago, what advice would I give myself?

It got me thinking about the questions people have asked me about coins. I've had a lot of people ask me over the years about which coins to collect, which coins are the rarest, how to find more rare coins.

So when I thought about what advice I would give myself, I wish I knew then what I know now about which coins to look for in my change.

Back then, I had no idea some of these rare and valuable coins existed. It's scary to think that I might have used some of these coins to buy a coffee.

So it got me thinking that I'd give you the same information - what are the top 5 coins that I would tell you to look for now?

And that's what I'll go through in this video.

Now these are not the only coins to look for, but they're the top 5 coins that I'd recommend looking for - if you find them in circulation, please hold onto them.

The big thing with the coins I'm about to go through is that they're easy to miss, unless you know what to look for.

The other thing is that these coins are still generally worth a lot, despite their condition. So long as they can be verified, they're still worth a lot in circulated condition.

I'll go through these coin in date order, so we'll start at the beginning back in 1966.

1966 Wavy variety of Twenty Cent coin.

First up is the wavy variety of the 20 cent coin from the first year of decimal currency, 1966. As you can see, this coin has a slightly different font on the number 2 on the heads side. It's very subtle, and easy to miss. Yet it's worth several hundred dollars, even in circulated condition. You're looking for this one with the wave in the number 2.

2000 Incused Millennium Fifty Cent coin.

The next coin is the incused variety of the Millennium coin from the year 2000. What you're looking for is these parts I've highlighted to be indented or incused.

In contrast, on the normal version of the coin, the Union Jack is not indented.

Another aspect of the incused version is that the main star is smoother, but for a coin in circulation, this may not be so much the case any more.

One Dollar Mule coins.

This coin is one of the more famous errors - the 2000 Dollar mule coin, with the 10 cent heads side. You can see the extra rim on the heads side.

What is not as commonly known is that there are a few 2014 ANZAC dollar coins with the same error.

There are not many known copies of this error, so check your 2014 ANZAC dollars.

2007 double headed Five Cent coin.

This coin could be worth a few thousand dollars if you find it. It's a 2007 five cent coin that has 2 heads sides.

2012 onwards: Bullseye error - any coloured coin.

One of the more recent errors to get a lot of attention is what's known as the bullseye error.

This error only relates to coloured coins, and it happens when the colour is printed on the wrong side of the coin. So you can see the colour is printed over the Queen's face instead of where it's meant to be on the tails side.


Bonus - The Envelope privy mark on the 2019 A Alphabet coin.

This is a Privy mark from the 2019 Alphabet set. This coin could be worth a hundred dollars or more - it was not released into circulation, but a few people have found this one in their change, so please check your letter A coins. You're looking for this envelope - the normal A coin hasn't got this mark on it.

At this moment in time, most of these coins I've mentioned can be worth hundreds or even thousands to the right collector. And yet as I said, you may not even notice them unless you're looking.

This is just the tip of the iceberg, and I imagine you've got your own top 5 list.

I'll give you details in the next video on where to look for coins. If you'd like to get notified when it's available, just visit:
AustraliaCoins.org/Pirate

In the meantime, put a comment below - have you found any of these coins? What are your top coins to look for?

See you in the next video.