最有价值的澳大利亚硬币以及如何识别假币

澳大利亚人是世界上最热衷的钱币收藏家。对于许多人来说，这只是一种爱好，但对于真正的爱好者来说，这是一种经济激励，因为众所周知，一些最稀有的硬币会升值，可能价值数千美元。

Australians are renowned for being the world's most enthusiastic coin collectors.

澳大利亚人以世界上最热情的钱币收藏家而闻名。

For many, it's simply a hobby, but for the truly passionate, there's a financial incentive. Some of the rarest coins are known to appreciate in value and can potentially be worth thousands of dollars.

对于许多人来说，这只是一种爱好，但对于真正热情的人来说，这是一种经济激励。众所周知，一些最稀有的硬币会升值，可能价值数千美元。

There are coins of a particularly low circulation that can be worth their weight in diamonds today - but on the other hand some coins thought to be valuable are hardly worth more than the denomination stamped on the side.

有些流通量特别低的硬币今天的价值可能与钻石等重——但另一方面，一些被认为有价值的硬币几乎不比侧面印有的面值更值钱。

Scammers have even capitalised on the hype surrounding certain coins, using nail polish remover to trick potential unsuspecting buyers into parting with their cash.

诈骗者甚至利用围绕某些硬币的炒作，使用指甲油去除剂来欺骗潜在的毫无戒心的买家，让他们放弃现金。

As a general rule, the most valuable coins tend to be the products of mistakes or even sabotage at the mint, says Tomas Rodriguez, the director of Aussie Coins and Notes who is a member of the Coin Dealers Association of Australasia.

澳大利亚硬币和纸币主管、澳大利亚硬币经销商协会成员托马斯·罗德里格斯 (Tomas Rodriguez) 表示，一般来说，最有价值的硬币往往是铸币厂失误甚至破坏的产物。

'It's an illegal thing from the employee but that's what creates the intrigue and the interest,' the Canberra-based coin dealer tells me.

这位位于堪培拉的硬币经销商告诉我，“员工的这种行为是非法的，但这正是引起阴谋和兴趣的原因。”

'Error coins is a whole category of collector.'

“错误币是收藏家的一个整体类别。”

Errors have been very rare since the Royal Australian Mint opened in February 1965, in the Canberra suburb of Deakin, in time for the start of decimal currency in February 1966.

自澳大利亚皇家铸币厂于 1965 年 2 月在堪培拉郊区迪肯开业以来，错误一直非常罕见，正好赶上 1966 年 2 月开始使用十进制货币。

A 2000 $1 coin with a double rim is a particularly valuable 'error coin', with examples in mint condition even fetching $10,000 to $12,000

一枚 2000 美元的双边硬币是一种特别有价值的“错误硬币”，完好无损的硬币甚至可以卖到 10,000 到 12,000 美元

But that's exactly why certain coins produced unintentionally have become expensive collector's items.

但这正是某些无意生产的硬币成为昂贵的收藏品的原因。

'This is what we call "mint sport" - someone's been cheeky at work and we think intentionally made a coin that was an error,' Mr Rodriguez says.

罗德里格斯先生说：“这就是我们所说的‘造币运动’——有人在工作中厚颜无耻，我们认为故意制造了一枚硬币，但这是一个错误。”

'They're not supposed to: they do get into trouble, they can even face legal consequences for that but for that to be done, the Mint has to know who did it and that can be difficult to work out.

“他们不应该这样做：他们确实会遇到麻烦，他们甚至可能因此面临法律后果，但要做到这一点，造币厂必须知道是谁干的，而这可能很难弄清楚。”

'Normally, we accuse the junior toolmakers - the 18-year-olds or 19-year-olds - of being cheeky as they are learning how to become toolmakers.

“通常情况下，我们会指责初级工具制造者——18 岁或 19 岁的人——在学习如何成为工具制造者时厚颜无耻。

'We never know what caused it - it's all speculation. We have robots that literally scan every coin - it's not easy to get error coins out.'

“我们永远不知道是什么原因造成的——这都是猜测。我们有机器人可以扫描每一枚硬币——找出错误的硬币并不容易。”

The $1 coin from 2000

2000年的1美元硬币

A 2000 $1 coin with a double rim is a particularly valuable error coin, with examples in mint condition fetching $10,000 to $12,000.

一枚 2000 美元 1 美元的双边硬币是一种特别有价值的错误硬币，完好无损的硬币售价为 10,000 至 12,000 美元。

'That is a pretty collectable coin,' Mr Rodriguez says.

“这是一枚非常具有收藏价值的硬币，”罗德里格斯先生说。

To collectors, this coin is known as the '2000 $1, 10-cent mule' - describing how a mould meant for the 10 cent coin was used to stamp $1 coins.

对于收藏家来说，这枚硬币被称为“2000 年 1 美元 10 分骡币”——描述了如何使用 10 分硬币的模具来压印 1 美元硬币。

'You know how mules carry loads?'

“你知道骡子是怎么驮东西的吗？”

On the head side, featuring the late Queen, there is a double rim that's different to the standard rim of the usual $1 coin.

正面有已故女王头像，有一个双边缘，与通常 1 美元硬币的标准边缘不同。

Only 3,000 to 5,000 of these error coins were believed to have been made when a worker at the Mint put the wrong mould, also known as a die, into the coin-making machine.

据信，当造币厂的一名工人将错误的模具（也称为冲模）放入造币机时，这些错误硬币中仅铸造了 3,000 至 5,000 枚。

'That mold was fitted into the machine only for a portion of the year 2000,' Mr Rodriguez says.

“该模具仅在 2000 年的一部分时间内安装到机器中，”罗德里格斯先生说。

'What they actually did, they put the die for the 10-cent coin went striking the $1 coin.'

“他们实际上做了什么，他们把 10 美分硬币的骰子放到了 1 美元硬币上。”

A junior toolmaker was rumoured to have caused the error.

据传是一名初级工具制造商造成了这个错误。

'They think it was someone working at the Mint - maybe a junior toolmaker; they do something to cause an error and a few thousand of them escaped the Mint unnoticed,' Mr Rodriguez says.

“他们认为这是造币厂的工作人员——可能是一名初级工具制造商；他们做了一些事情导致了错误，其中几千人在未被注意到的情况下逃离了造币厂，”罗德里格斯先生说。

The most valuable $1 error coin from 2000 has a double rim that goes all the way around, and not just part of the way.

2000 年最有价值的 1 美元错误硬币有一个双轮缘，整个轮缘，而不仅仅是部分轮缘。

'On this particular one, what you're looking for is for the doubling to go the entire way around the rim,' he says.

“在这个特殊的球上，你需要的是在篮筐周围完成包夹，”他说。

'The ones that are graded by their authentication - the highest grade ones, they're worth up to $10,000 - even $12,000.

“那些通过认证分级的——最高等级的，它们的价值高达10,000美元——甚至12,000美元。”

'As the coin is more perfectly centred, or as the condition increases to a higher condition, then all the way up to $12,000 on the highest end of the scale.

“随着硬币更加完美地居中，或者随着状况提高到更高的状况，那么价格将一路升至 12,000 美元的最高端。”

'You're not going to find one anymore in that condition.'

“你再也找不到这样的人了。”

The coins fetching top dollar would need to be certified by the Professional Coin Grading Service, an American third-party group that gives a coin a grading based on wear.

价值最高的硬币需要经过专业硬币评级服务机构的认证，这是一家美国第三方组织，根据磨损程度对硬币进行评级。

A particularly valuable coin would have an MS60 grade signifying no circulation wear.

一枚特别有价值的硬币具有 MS60 等级，表明没有流通磨损。

Collectors began gathering at Perth's Crown Casino

收藏家开始聚集在珀斯的皇冠赌场