When Josh (Josie’s brother) said he wanted a song about coin collecting I knew I would have to do my research.
You see Josh is a keen student of history and has a very good memory for facts. Unfortunately, I don’t have a good memory for facts. I would rather use my imagination and make things up. But, I realised that making up stuff about coin-collecting would be insulting to Josh and all the other coin collectors who might listen to this song.
So, I jumped onto the internet and did some research on Australian coins, both pre-decimal and decimal, and uncovered some interesting facts. For example, the most valuable Australian coin is the 1930 Australian penny. That’s because they are very rare.
I also learnt from Josh that holey dollars, the first currency of New South Wales, are sometimes found in old Hills Hoists. That’s because they were used as washers to repair the winding mechanism. Who knows, you might have a holey dollar in your old Hills Hoist clothes line at home.
Josh
Hi, my name is Josh and I am 12 and my favourite things are coin-collecting, fishing, playing the flute, history, motorsports and soccer.
The things I dislike include avocado, art and crafts, cleaning my room, superheros and most of all… wasps! My favourite type of music is classical music. In lockdown the only good things (in my opinion) were seeing neighbours more and increased video gaming.
The bad things were homeschooling, seeing less friends and boredom.
Coin Collector Game
This is an easy game for anyone 7 years and older. The game is for 2 or more players.
All you need to play is a copy of the Coin Collector colouring-in picture.
Version 1
Each player competes to find the largest group of coins that are in a continuous line (they can be in a continuous line and go around a corner). The coins can be grouped according to shape, size, origin, denomination, pictures on the coin, etc.
All the players get 3 minutes to find the largest group of coins in a continuous line. Any arguments about classification must be resolved with the flip of a coin.
Version 2
Basically the same game as version 1 but instead of finding the largest group of coins in a line each player must compete to find the smallest group of coins in a line.
Credits
Written by Lucky Jim. Arranged by Lucky Jim and His Imaginary Friends
Lucky Jim – Acoustic guitar, percussion, lead vocals
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Imaginary Friends
Dan Kempers – Drums
Simon Milman – Electric Bass
Matthew Lustri – Electric guitar
Ben Foster – Keys
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Special guests
Matthew Nightingale, Jacqui Bradley, Gillian Cosgrove – Backing vocals
COIN COLLECTOR
Coin collector, coin collector
I collect coins, I’m a coin selector
Coin collector, coin collector
I can find coins like a metal detector
Coin collector, coin collector
I keep my coins, I'm the coin protector
Coin collector, coin collector
I'm not scared of the coin inspector
I don’t keep fakes or forgeries
Cause all my coins have guarantees
I collect with ease, any coin I please
From the land of Oz or from overseas
I keep them in a folder all safe and sound
Six sixpence and one one pound
A shilling and a florin and a 38 crown
I’m a coin collector of some renown
Coin collector, coin collector
I collect coins, I’m a coin selector
Coin collector, coin collector
I can find coins like a metal detector
Coin collector, coin collector
I keep my coins, I'm the coin protector
Coin collector, coin collector
I'm not scared of the coin inspector
I’m the king of coins, I’m the Ayatollah
I know coin facts cause I’m a scholar
I see a piece of eight and I cry “Hola!”
hole in the middle – it’s a holey dollar!
A 1930 Australian penny
They’re worth a lot of money cause there’s not very many
Half a mil’ for a head and a tail
When it’s M66 on the Sheldon scale
Coin collector, coin collector
I collect coins, I’m a coin selector
Coin collector, coin collector
I can find coins like a metal detector
Coin collector, coin collector
I keep my coins, I'm the coin protector
Coin collector, coin collector
I'm not scared of the coin inspector
