2009 Silver Koala - Photos
 

I would like to thank lumpOgold for a smooth silver trade experience this week. This was a nice addition to the collection. This is certainly not as pretty as some other silver from the Perth Mint but the background is very cool. I included the witch side only to keep the triptych theme on my flickr page going.

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Re: 2009 Silver Koala - Photos
 

That's quite the ugly beast,the koala is cute though.

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Junk Woody hit my reaction perfectly. Now you see why I have never spent time trying to capture the beauty of that image. Heh-- I've got a couple of earlier year Maples with the much more palatable younger queen version.

Good shot on the Koala though. I've been buying one Koala a year.

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Tom, I just enjoyed all 337 photos you have posted. Beautiful work. I must also say that your grandmother is one of most beautiful woman I have ever seen in a vintage photo.

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Just for clarification ,I love the young Liz image that was used from 1953-1964 on Canadian coinage.

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I don't understand how the Brits can use sexy Britannia on their bullion and then Canada and Australia use the old lady queen! :smile:

The modern US Liberty is quite the Amazon herself, and in the past she was quite pleasing to the eye.

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Thanks-----

My grandmother had a rare serenity that is captured in that shot, hard to define. If you saw my thread of around a month ago where I had found a letter my dad had written from a hospital bed after getting shot up in Normandy in 1944, that letter was to her.

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How about this Queen?

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She's OK I guess,Can't beat the teen queen portrait IMHO

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I have to say in my short time collecting coins, the Perth Mint stuff has really impressed me. Luckily the Koalas only started in 2007 so I can catch up quick enough, unlike the Kooks and some other sets (Pandas/Britannias) which will take some effort and coin to track down one from each year.

Great pictures BTW.

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I dread the portrait that will appear when she passes on...

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The Koala is gorgeous. Awesome metalcore pornography.

The Queen is a wreck. Even the young one looks inbred. Oh wait.... the Royalty IS inbred, isn't it?

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I always thought that was Ronald Mcdonald:sarcasm:

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Ever looked at the other side of a Britannia?

*!!SURPRISE!!* It's Queenie!