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20/08/2007: "MY 1930 PENNY ....... 1930 pennies - worth a fortune"
Before my skin diving career began, I saw an advert in a comic, maybe The Silver Jacket which offered two shillings for each 1930 penny.
Two shillings (20 cents) would buy a quarter pound block of Dairy Milk chocolate in those days, which would be, in today's currency about $4 or so.
So $4 for a one cent. Fantastic.
I looked hard for years to no avail.
Then one day on Sydney public transport I was given a 1930 penny in my change.
My search was over. (Actually it had taken about three years).
Much later I realised my penny was only a near-worthless British coin, not the valuable Australian version.
The limited edition Australian penny was so rare and valueable you could virtually buy a house with the sale proceeds, as one person did.
