9 January 2012

 

We'll be out of the office from Thursday 12th until Monday 16th January inclusive. Please feel free to place your order as we will be answering emails. Order placed and paid for in this time will however not be mailed before Tuesday 17th January. Thank you for your understanding.

 

1 December 2011

Welcome Summer 2011 and our submissions have been returned from PCGS in time for the festive period. As expected the New Zealand coins graded well, we expected this as Royal Mint coins often grade higher than local Aussie made coins. There's keen interest from collectors for us to continue slabbing some decimal issues so some lovely examples have returned in high grade with the red designation. Also slabbing well were some ever popular QEII proofs from 1963. We are in the process of listing up more pre-decimals so keep an eye on the newly listed category.

 

On a personal note we sent back for a second time some Aussie Perth copper from our own collections which had previously been rejected as "questionable colour", PCGS hasn't always recognised some of the stunning colours possible on Perth pre-decimal copper. These returned slabbed MS64RB so we're pretty happy that PCGS have come around recognising this.

 

1 November 2011

We've sent over a new submission to PCGS for grading to beat the Christmas rush. Our pre 1956 submission will take some time however with a current turnaround time of 57 business days. This will bring us well over Christmas for their return. The modern 1956+ coins will be back sooner just in time for the holiday period. It includes some lovely QEII proofs so keep an eye out for those. We're also dabbling in a little New Zealand coinage, the designs are so pretty and we hope for some high grades there.

 

We've also had some fantastic feedback on the mini albums. Thank you to everyone who has left us positive comments.

 

9 October 2011

Kathryn and Mark from The Purple Penny will be attending the ANDA Coin and Banknote Show in Adelaide next weekend. We'll be working with Gerry McGinley from 'At The Toss Of A Coin'. If any of our readers or customers want to stop in at Gerry's table and say a friendly hello then we'd love to see you there.

 

7 October 2011

We've been busy over the last 6 months designing and manufacturing a new mini coin album. From idea to finished product we've endured many teething problems and manufacturing issues but we're pleased to announce that we've had a production run made and they are now available .

 

13 September 2011

 

Now Available 2.5 inch Saflips. When a 2x2 just isn't big enough!

 

23 August 2011

You might have noticed things on The Purple Penny website have been a little quiet lately for new high quality PCGS graded coin stock. This is because PCGS are experiencing a high workload and the turnaround time for our coins has blown out for some submissions to over double what the usual time is.

 

Easily viewed on the PCGS Statistics page the grading times for regular submissions which is usually 15 business days has blown out over double at 33 business days and economy submissions at a target of 20 business days are coming in at 42 business days. Add a week each way for shipping and an extra week for PCGS to recognise our submission after delivery then you can see the turnaround for coins to be graded by PCGS can blow out to over 3 months! So be patient with us, new stock will be arriving soon.

 

On the other side of things accessory sales are doing well as collectors are realising the true value of ridding their collections of pvc storage accessories and housing their coins in our quality archival polypropylene alternatives.

 

We weren't able to attend the recent Sydney ANDA show but we'll be at Adelaide ANDA in full force in October.

 

6 July 2011

All the new coins have arrived back from PCGS and have been listed up. There's too many for the newly listed category so take a browse through our entire site for the most recent additions. Feel free to drop us an email or "enquire about product" if you'd like to make an offer on one of our coins. Our pick at the moment is the 1933 half penny MS65BN or the beautiful 1964y half penny in MS65RB. Also keep an eye out for more world coins listed up, particularly New Zealand coins like this 1943 New Zealand threepence in MS65.

 

23 June 2011

New Coins

We've just received in a large order back from PCGS all in the new pronged holders. We're busily listing them all up, at first without images then adding images over the coming days. If you have an interest in a particular coin then please drop us an email and we'll be happy to add images to those coins for you asap. See the Newly Listed category for this new stock. Overall we're really happy at the quality and grades of this submission with all coins achieving the expected grades or higher.

 

28 May 2011

PCGS MS62 $1/10c Mule Available Soon

You may or may not know that up until now PCGS has not recognised the 2000 $1/10c mule and and would only slab them as errors. They now acknowledge that these coins are a legitimate Australian issue and as a result quite a few 2000 $1/10c mules have now been graded. An uncirculated example slabbed by PCGS as MS62 will become available on our website shortly at $6,000. It's quite rare to find a mint state example of this key Australian decimal variety. If you are interested in purchasing this coin or want to be notified when images of it are available then please drop us an email.

 

20 May 2011

The Purple Penny are headed to the Brisbane ANDA Coins and Banknote show on this weekend. All orders, emails and enquiries will be answered Monday morning upon our return.

 

14 April 2011

More New Coins

Another batch of coins are headed back from PCGS, we're much happier with the grades assigned to these coins. If you have a interest in any of these coins please contact us for more information. They will be added to the website with images upon their return, if not sold earlier. (addition: all coins below are now listed on the website 1/5/2011)

1964M penny ms64rb 19711107 $35.00

1964M penny ms64rb 19711108 $35.00

1964M penny ms64rb 19711109 $35.00

1964M penny ms64rb 19711110 $35.00

1958 shilling ms66 19711102 $600.00 on hold

1957 sixpence ms65 19711099 $105.00

1954 sixpence ms64 19711101 $50.00

1943I halfpenny ms63bn 19711093 $79.00

1942M sixpence ms64 19711085 $205.00

1957 sixpence ms65 19711100 $105.00

1951M penny ms64rb 19711092 $120.00

1938 Crown au55 19711131 $299.00

1946 sixpence ms63 19711094 $130.00

1944 shilling ms62 19711088 $99.00

1956 threepence ms65 19711096 $125.00 on hold

1938 sixpence ms62 19711091 $85.00

1910 threepence au58 19711089 $80.00

1956 shilling ms62 19711090 $150.00

1938 florin MS63 19711086 $220.00 on hold

1936 threepence ms63 19711087 $185.00

1925 shilling ms64 19711130 $1,850.00 on hold

 

1 April 2011

New Coins -a preview

We’ve just received some grades on our latest batch of coins sent to PCGS and thought we’d give our regulars first option in securing these coins. We’ll have some more coins and grades to share with you in the next few days. These coins are not expected back in Australia for another 10-14 days, so if you’d like to purchase one of the coins please let us know and we’ll put a hold on it for you with a small deposit required. As you can see a lot of our coins don't even make it to be listed up for sale on the website before they are snapped up by collectors with an eye for the best.

 

Coin	Notes	Price
PCGS AU58 1922 Sixpence	Typical weak strike but better colour and lustre than you’d expect.	$1,595
PCGS MS63RB 1916I Half Penny	Attractive red-brown coin with typical glossiness you see on Indian minted coins.	$650
PCGS MS64 1936 Sixpence	Lovely bright sixpence we expected to grade a little higher.	$675
PCGS MS64 1917M Shilling	Pretty violet toned coin, great eye appeal.	$1,375 on hold
PCGS MS65 1927 Sixpence	Bright white and lustrous gem, one of 2 at this grade and only one coin finer.	SOLD
PCGS MS64 1913M Sovereign	Equal highest graded coin of the type, very pretty gold!	$995
PCGS AU58 1915H Florin	Attractive keydate florin with a hint of rub on the emu.	$2,395

 

23 November 2010

WE'D RATHER SELL IT THAN MOVE IT SALE!

 

The Purple Penny is very soon moving interstate so we're having a SALE!  If there's something on the site that you've had your eye on for a while then now is your chance.  We're happy to consider all reasonable offers, just contact us to discuss the newest addition to your collection.

Bank deposit payments only, must be received by 10th December 2010 when this offer closes. Includes coins and accessories.

 

September 2010

Things have been a little quiet lately and I'll put that down to the cold of Winter but now we've turned the corner into Spring a cheery disposition is warranted. We've recently sent over 4 submissions to PCGS with some returned already, some grades in and some still pending.  We get notification of the grading about 10 days before the coins actually arrive back to us, thus some coins already sell to our regular customers before the coins are even back into the country and they never even make it to be listed on the website.  Top population coins and high grades particularly sell quite quickly.  Amongst the grades we've been notified of already are a 1951PL 1/2d MS65RD, 1947 & 1948 3d MS65, 1951PL 3d MS66, 1952 3d MS65, 1952 & 1958 2s MS64, 1948m & 1950m & 1951PL 1d MS64RB.

 

18 May 2010

We've just got a few more grades back from PCGS, items of interest are a MS65RD 1951PL Penny (SOLD), a nice MS63 1916 Shilling (SOLD), and a nice gem MS65 1962 sixpence (SOLD).

 

May 2010

Keep an eye on the website for newly listed PCGS graded coins that have just arrived back from PCGS in the USA.  We're continuously updating our shop with new stock as they return from their Californian holiday.

 

13 December 2009

Slab Storage Options

 

We've just written an article about storage of your coins in slabs. Have a read and even drop us a line about how you store your slabbed coins.

 

 

21 October 2009

Come and see us this Saturday and Sunday 24/25th October from 10am to 4pm at the Torrens Parade Grounds, King William Street, Adelaide. Admission is FREE. We'd love you to stop by for a chat if you live nearby, maybe purchase an album or pages if you are running short.   We'll have a display of Coin albums, Pages and Coins for sale at the show.

 

14 October 2009

Saflips now instore

Now available in store are 2x2  Saflips.   Available in packs of 50 these archival coin safe double pocket flips are an affordable alternative to cardboard 2x2's.

 

29 September 2009

Latest Grades in from PCGS

We've just our latest set of grades back from PCGS.  Highlights include the finest graded 1916I Penny in MS65RB (sold), the finest graded 1962 sixpence in MS67 (sold), and a lovely choice uncirculated 1959 penny in MS64BN (sold).

 

21 September 2009

Drop by your local dealer to get The Purple Penny products.

These Coin Dealers currently stock The Purple Penny Albums and Pages:

• Downies -Melbourne

• Downies -Sydney

• At the Toss of a Coin -Adelaide, SA

• Newcastle Coins -Newcastle, NSW

If the postage costs are a bit much for you, why not drop by your local friendly coin dealer to pick up one of our albums or replenish your supply of album pages.  There you can view our albums and pages and see for yourself the quality of our products. They will be only too happy to help you with your enquiries.

 

15 August 2009

Some new items listed include an 1797 8 Reale from Bolivia in NGC XF45 (sold), a 1798 8 Reale from Bolivia in NGC AU50 (sold), and a nice VC Dollar in a folder (sold) for well under CV.

 

 

6 July 2009

We've just listed up some new coins.  Highlights include an uncirculated proclamation rupee (sold), a 1930 Half Penny in PCGS AU58 (sold), and a nice choice uncirculated 1959M Penny (sold).

 

16 June 2009

The Purple Penny website and eBay Auctions go live.  We've taken delivery of the first of our archival coin folders and have listed our first coins for sale.