墨爾本加油站罕見的5澳元硬幣用於支付，但它的價值非常非常高

澳洲皇家造幣廠去年發行了 5 美元的世界遺產硬幣，儘管看起來不像普通硬幣，但它被視為法定貨幣。

A rare $5 coin has been used to pay at a Melbourne service station but it is worth much, much more than its face value.

墨爾本一家加油站曾使用一枚罕見的 5 澳元硬幣進行支付，但它的價值遠高於其面值。

The $5 World Heritage Coin was released by the Australian Royal Mint last year and, despite not looking like a regular coin, it is considered legal tender.

澳洲皇家造幣廠去年發行了 5 美元的世界遺產硬幣，儘管看起來不像普通硬幣，但它被視為法定貨幣。

Alex Natoli and Doug Mcrostie founded their business Coinxchange a few months ago and are hoping to get the younger generation interested in coin collecting and rare coins.

Alex Natoli 和 Doug Mcrostie 幾個月前創立了他們的公司 Coinxchange，希望讓年輕一代對錢幣收藏和稀有硬幣產生興趣。

The Melbourne friends told Yahoo Finance they decided to try and spend one of the valuable $5 coins to see if it would be accepted.

墨爾本的朋友告訴雅虎財經，他們決定嘗試使用一枚價值 5 美元的硬幣，看看是否會被接受。

“It is technically legal tender. But because it doesn’t say $5 on it, people don’t really know about it,” Natoli said.

「從技術上講，它是法定貨幣。但因為上面沒有標明 5 美元，所以人們並不真正了解它，」納托利說。

The pair shared a video of Natoli attempting to pay for a coconut water using the coloured coin at a local service station.

兩人分享了一段納托利試圖在當地服務站用彩色硬幣支付椰子水費用的影片。

In the video, the worker said he had never seen the coin before but knew it was a $5 coin. He ended up researching the coin and, ultimately, said he wasn’t able to accept it.

影片中，這名工人表示，他以前從未見過這枚硬幣，但知道這是一枚 5 美元的硬幣。他最終研究了這枚硬幣，並最終表示他無法接受它。

Mcrostie said it was likely the first time someone had tried to pay with one of the rare $5 coins, given some can be worth as much as $300.

Mcrostie 表示，這可能是第一次有人嘗試用罕見的 5 美元硬幣付款，因為有些硬幣的價值可能高達 300 美元。

“It’s worth more to collectors if people want to buy and sell it. But technically I don’t think shops actually have to accept it but you can go to the bank and change it over because it is legal tender,” he told Yahoo Finance.

「如果人們想買賣它，它對收藏家來說就更有價值。但從技術上講，我認為商店實際上不必接受它，但你可以去銀行兌換它，因為它是法定貨幣，」他告訴雅虎財經。

Do you have a coin story to share? Contact tamika.seeto@yahooinc.com

您有關於硬幣的故事可以分享嗎？聯絡 tamika.seeto​​@yahooinc.com

How much are the rare $5 World Heritage coins worth?

罕見的 5 美元世界遺產硬幣值多少錢？

The Mint originally released the uncirculated $5 World Heritage Coin for $30. However, its value was soon pushed up as collectors clambered to get their hands on it, with some eBay sellers flogging the coin for as much as $600.

造幣廠最初以 30 美元的價格發行了未流通的 5 美元世界遺產硬幣。然而，隨著收藏家爭相入手，它的價值很快就被推高，一些 eBay 賣家以高達 600 美元的價格出售這枚硬幣。

One collector told Yahoo Finance she spent six hours trying to secure the coin, which features all 20 of Australia’s world heritage locations including the Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu National Park and the Sydney Opera House.

一位收藏家告訴雅虎財經，她花了六個小時試圖拿到這枚硬幣，硬幣上刻有澳洲全部 20 個世界遺產地點，包括大堡礁、卡卡杜國家公園和雪梨歌劇院。

McRostie said the coins currently had a market value of between $60 and $80 on the secondary market, but they could be worth more if they were graded.

McRostie 表示，這些硬幣目前在二級市場上的市場價值在 60​​ 至 80 美元之間，但如果進行評級，它們的價值可能會更高。

“I bought a few the other day at $70. I sent off five for grading to the company in the US called PCGS and they came back graded at an MS 69, which is the second highest grade you can get,” he said.

「前幾天我以 70 美元的價格買了一些。我將其中 5 個送到美國 PCGS 公司進行評級，他們回來後的評級為 MS 69，這是你能得到的第二高等級，」他說。

“Their market value is about $300. If you get them graded it adds a layer of authenticity to it and then increases the value as well.”

「它們的市場價值約為 300 美元。如果你對它們進行評分，就會增加一層真實性，然後也會增加價值。

The Mint only released 30,000 of the coins and McRostie said they were “extremely popular” due to their “beautiful design”.

造幣廠僅發行了 30,000 枚硬幣，麥克羅斯蒂表示，它們由於「精美的設計」而「非常受歡迎」。

Plans to use the rare $5 coin again

計劃再次使用稀有的 5 美元硬幣

Natoli said he was partly relieved when the cashier didn’t accept the rare $5 coin.

納托利說，當收銀員沒有接受這枚罕見的 5 美元硬幣時，他鬆了一口氣。

“To be honest, leading up to it I didn’t want them to accept it because obviously it is worth more than $5,” he said.

「說實話，在這之前我不想讓他們接受它，因為顯然它的價值超過 5 美元，」他說。

“When he said he knew it was a $5 coin, I actually expected him to still accept it because he knew about it. Whereas I feel like if someone didn’t actually know what it was, they would definitely not accept it.”

「當他說他知道這是一枚 5 美元的硬幣時，我實際上希望他仍然會接受它，因為他知道這一點。但我覺得如果有人不知道它是什麼，他們肯定不會接受。

Despite this, Natoli and McRostie said they planned to try and spend the coin again.

儘管如此，納托利和麥克羅斯蒂表示，他們計劃再次嘗試使用這枚硬幣。

“Our idea is that we’re going to go around to different shops and see how long it takes until someone accepts it. This weekend I’m going to go and try a few different other places,” Natoli said.

「我們的想法是，我們要去不同的商店，看看需要多長時間才能有人接受。這個週末我要去嘗試其他幾個不同的地方，」納托利說。

It's not the first time someone has used a rare coin to purchase goods in-store. Melbourne jewellery store Micheli Jewellery accepted a rare $200 gold coin from a customer as part of their payment.

這並不是第一次有人使用稀有硬幣在店內購買商品。墨爾本珠寶店 Micheli Jewellery 接受了一位顧客贈送的價值 200 澳元的罕見金幣作為付款的一部分。

Shop owner Darren Harris said the customer didn't just get $200 off their total bill, but he instead knocked $1,100 off.

店主達倫哈里斯 (Darren Harris) 表示，顧客不僅在帳單總額上節省了 200 美元，而且還節省了 1,100 美元。

If you took that coin into a bank, they would give you $200 because it's legal tender, that's the value of the coin to the bank," he told Yahoo Finance.

如果你把這枚硬幣存入銀行，他們會給你 200 美元，因為它是法定貨幣，這就是硬幣對銀行的價值，」他告訴《雅虎財經》。

"But we pay the value of the coin ... and those coins have probably gone up at least 30 per cent in the last five to six months because gold's gone up so much."

「但我們支付的是硬幣的價值……而這些硬幣在過去五到六個月內可能上漲了至少 30%，因為黃金上漲了這麼多。”

The $200 gold coins were released in 1983, with only 88,000 of the special coins produced by the Mint.

200美元金幣於1983年發行，造幣廠僅生產了88,000枚特種幣。

'Huge appetite' for rare coins

對稀有硬幣的“巨大需求”

McRostie said there was a “huge appetite” for rare Aussie coins.

麥克羅斯蒂表示，人們對稀有的澳洲硬幣有著「巨大的興趣」。

They share coin content on Instagram and TikTok, along with

他們在 Instagram 和 TikTok 上分享代幣內容，以及