1992 Australia "mob of roos" $1 coin

Hi

I think that the year 1992 needs to be added to the years that the Australian "mob of roos" $1 was minted.

There were only 8000 minted that year - see information from the Royal Australian mint website:

http://www.ramint.gov.au/designs/ram-designs/1dollar.cfm

kind regards,

Sparkyrock

I think that is a mistake on the RAM Website. No 1992 MOR $1 coin has ever been seen as far as I know. I will provide more info when I get a little more time.

cheers Mike

As far as a know it is also listed in the new catalogue by Greg MacDonald - there may be some info in that catalogue?

This is what is known about the mystical 1992 MOR coin. I have copied this from Greg McDonalds Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes 22nd Edition (The Latest)...

The official Royal Australian Mint suggests that just 8,000 1992 one dollar coins with the Mob of Roos reverse were struck in aluminium bronze for general circulation. This seems like an impossibly small number of coins that is at odds with other mintages that often run into millions of coins. The situation becomes more complicated in that the best known 1992 one dollar coin was the Barcelona Olympic Games commemorative issue. It appears in a number of collector orientated issues, but again, was not released for circulation. Over the years collectors generally agreed that the entry (8000 1992 MOR coins) was simply an error. It seemed most likely that the small mintage was somehow connected with "restrikes" of 1984 or 1985 'roo' reverses that were produced for the "Five Dollar Folder" set that was released in 1992. However even this plausible explanation was put to the test. In auction sale 310, Downies Australian Coin Auction offered one of the elusive Roo reverse dollars as lot 2493 with an estimate of $750. The coin was described as being struck on a partially prepared proof blank and extremely rare. The coin sold for a total of $1190 including buyers premium. The author (Greg McDonald) would welcome any information regarding this intriguing oddity.

None have ever been found in circulation and if they were released into circulation they would not have been pressed on a proof blank. I hope this helps to dispel the urge to add the year 1992 to the Australian MOR $1 coin list.

Cheers Mike

yes - it's probably not a genuine issue into circulation

Hi all for your knowledge I have a myth busted $1 1992 mob off roo’s purchased last week enjoy

Thankyou for that Renzoe01 - So who purchased the coin and what evidence is there of it? The screen shots you included in your post are not images of an actual coin and prove nothing.

I have heard other mentions of this on another coin website and apparently it has been mentioned on a coin facebook page, but no actual proof that it is real, yet.

Cheers Mike

I cannot remember at this moment where I saw it, just I have read from a reputable source that a specimen version of this coin sold at an auction some years ago.

looking at the pictures provided. The detail in the strike looks too good to be for a circulating coin but does not show the usual characteristics of a standard Australian proof or UNC coin. I believe the coin pictured is a specimen coin (and possibly the same one that sold at auction some years ago). A main feature that gives this away are the die polishing lines that were struck to the surface of this coin.

If it were up to me all specimen, proof and UNC coins that share the same design as a circulating coin should get their own coin page here on Numista. However, that is not the custom on this site. I will have to talk to some people to see if this coin will be added as just another year line to an existing coin page or if it will get its own page because it is a specimen.

I had purchased it from downies last week along with the sort after 1988 coat off arm 50 c