Pair of Dollar coins

[S.George]

 

Dear Kitty:

Both coins are nice.   I like the  Olympic coin.

I do collect Olympic coins
Have
24 x 10 DM Olympic Proof Set of Germany
10 x 20$ Calgary Games Proof Set of Canada

George

[Muckeye]

Folders on their way last Thursday.
I just hope that Gary is feeding that turtle on good solid food.
The Kelpie gets fillet steak
May I suggest fresh squid
regards,

[Twoshadows]

I would think Gary would be feeding those Colorado turtles MOUNTAIN TROUT!!! They deserve the best for the long hauling they do!!!

[CoinCrusader42]

The turtles receive bite-size pellets made up of a variety of foods, including rainbow trout and squid.  They really like it.  As a matter of fact, you need to watch your fingers when hand feeding them.

Regarding Aussie Olympic coins, I had GregK find, purchase, and send me a Sydney Olympics coin ($5) depicting wrestling.  My brother coached high school wrestling for many years and was named National High School Coach of the Year several years ago.  I thought it would be a nice gift for him, and though not a coin collector, he appreciated it very much.

 

[ElleKitty]

Mr Muckeye, the packet arrived today!  I've really enjoyed reading through the articles.  Thank you very much. 

[Muckeye]

My pleasure Tracy.
regards.

Eight days,  full marks to the Turtle and the Kelpie.
Your turn to feed them ElleKitty.

[ElleKitty]

Both of them are fed up good, on Angus steak and Sushi!  And now more mouths to feed!  A second packet arrived, safe and sound with the cards for the Navy and Olympic coins, and two other cards for the Coat of Arms S mint and M mint!  Those two still have the coins in them.

Thank you so much for the early Christmas present, Mr. Muckeye Sir!

[Muckeye]

My pleasure Tracy,
regards.

[Brissyboy]

Tracy,

You might like to know that the Army C, the Navy and the Airforce dollars come in two obverse varieties. There is a slight difference in size of the effigy which can sometimes been seen by the text around the Queen being closer or further from the rim. The easiest way to tell which die variety you have is to look at the designer's initials "IRB" under the Queen's neck. The larger effigy obverse has the letters all spaced apart (I R B). The smaller effigy obverse has the letters joined or the last two joined (IRB) with the I and R having a slight gap and the R joining on to the B. The Army S  and the International Year of Volunteers dollars are only found with the IRB joined obverse. The Centenary of Federation dollar has both varieties but it seems the circulating coins only have the IRB joined while those in sets can have either type.

Cheers,
Wayne