thommo59
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I've been doing a little park digging since it's winter here and the beaches have gone quiet. Always find the usual, couple coins, 8 guzzillion ring pulls, a few odds and sods but yesterday, my best park find ever.
No it's not gold or a ring, it's a small coin, an 1835 sixpence actually.
So what I hear you say, that's not very old.
Well consider this, *here in Australia, it was only settled in 1788
*the first bank in the country opened in 1822
*Melbourne did not even exist.
*Australia was actually 'New Holland" until the early 1800's
*The entire population was less than 1.5 million in 1835
So to me this is cool, I would love to know it's history.
No it's not gold or a ring, it's a small coin, an 1835 sixpence actually.
So what I hear you say, that's not very old.
Well consider this, *here in Australia, it was only settled in 1788
*the first bank in the country opened in 1822
*Melbourne did not even exist.
*Australia was actually 'New Holland" until the early 1800's
*The entire population was less than 1.5 million in 1835
So to me this is cool, I would love to know it's history.
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