@etb321 wrote:
I remember, in my pre-internet youth, a 1930 penny would turn up once every five to ten years or so. Being mildly interested I would read the newspaper articles of the auction; of collectors travelling to Melbourne or Sydney to attend, and of the coin selling for tens of thousands of dollars.
Searching ebay today, it would seem this extremely rare coin has gone from one turning up every five to ten years to being commonly available.
A lot of collectables that were once considered rare are now a lot more commonly available due to the internet. This is particularly evident with rare books. Rare first editions of Australian books ( explorers etc ) are coming out of the woodwork on international dealers sites and finding their way back to Australia. Before the internet, these would have been lost to the Australian market.
I have purchased a few of these books over the years from OS dealers and sold them in specialist Australian book auctions and done very well out of them.
As for 1930 pennies, yes there are fakes for sale on ebay, but there are a lot more genuine coins in circulation than once thought. As collectors age, families are selling private coin collections and many 1930 pennies are going to investors rather than collectors. These tend to re-surface quicker than coins held in genuine collections.
There may be another 1930 penny in circulation soon. The father in law has recently passed away and has one in a collection he has held for over 70 years. Another coin that has not been known of before.
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