I have a 1979 Australian Queen Elizabeth the 2nd coin?

Question

I have this coin and don't know much about it it has the bust of the queen on the front and on the back it has a 10 can any one tell me any thing about it. It appears to be made of silver. And maybe it's value.

Answer 1

A wonderful coin indeed dear boy. It is a 10 cent coin and coincidentally, it is worth 10 cents. The bird is called a lyrebird and in 1979, there were 37 million of the coin produced. The SD stands for Stuart Devlin, who designed and sculpted the Lyrebird design. Sadly, the coin is not made of silver. It is made of 75% copper and 25% nickel.





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The 10 cent coin was first introduced with decimalisation on 14 February 1966. The original reverse design has not been changed since the introduction.



All of the first issue of 10 cent coins in 1966 was produced at the Royal Mint, London. Since the first production from London, 10 cent coins have been produced by the Royal Australian Mint and the Royal Mint, Llantrisant.



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Answer 2

If it's like the one pictured at site below, then it's a 10 pence (10 penny) coin. It's value should be 10 pence. Thirty years or so really isn't all that long in the life of a coin.

Answer 3

Now now dear Tom, it is most ungentlemanly to discuss matters such as Her Majesty's bust on these regal pages. This is a refined forum for refined people. Now, one suggests you consult with a qualified numismatist as to the true value of the coin, though one imagines it is worth very little - unless Her Majesty's bust does indeed appear on the aforementioned coinage.

Answer 4

This is royalty. We are here to discuss ROYALTY, not numismatics.



And coins from 1979 are generally still in circulation, the queen of Australia is STILL Queen Elizabeth, and the coin is surely worth face value...or possibly a tiny bit more.



It's not made of silver. No country has minted real silver coins since the early 1960s.



@Tom...that's a BRITISH 10 NP coin.



*edit* This it? http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS415US415&biw=1173&bih=664&tbm=isch&tbnid=Iy-AC5Q0MoIEkM:&imgrefurl=http://coinedformoney.blogspot.com/2010/08/1989-australian-10-cents.html&docid=sgJqtWKQEvyp2M&w=1011&h=1008&ei=YfaITrTUEpSMsAKazNChDw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=100&vpy=299&dur=3128&hovh=224&hovw=225&tx=67&ty=123&page=1&tbnh=145&tbnw=145&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0



Up to about a quarter US.

Answer 5

Ten cents. Buy yourself a brain and stop spamming the royalty forum.

Answer 6

congratulations