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Local coin collection on display at library By EMILY MIDDLETON THE historic hobby of coin collecting may have had a steady decline since the introduction of digital services. But one Narromine local is hoping to inspire future coin collectors, with his impressive collection on public display. Sebastian Sadgrove has been collecting 10 cent coins for almost 15 years, and his fi nal collection of 38 coins between the years 1966 and 2007, are now on display at the Narromine Shire Library. He said his interest in collecting coins came by chance, when he wandered into a Big W back in 2009. “I found a coin collection book to put the coins into back in 2009, when I was living in Muswellbrook, and I just started collecting from then.”. Mr Sadgrove found interest in the changes in the late Queen Elizabeth’s face, as it aged over time on the coins. He said it fascinated
him, and made him want to continue collecting until the book was complete. “The coins started off with Queen Elizabeth II as a young woman. So she had a very young looking face on the coin,” he said. “So throughout the decades, from the 1960s, 70s, 80s and so on, her face changed, and she started to wear a different crown. That’s the whole idea of coin collecting, to see the evolution. So, I just thought I’d collect it because it fascinates me and I’m curious.” Mr Sadgrove is incredibly proud of his collection, and says he has spent years saving up money to exchange into coins in hopes of fi nding what he needed. He says he is happy to see his collection on display, and that he hopes he can inspire others to get into coin collecting like him. “I like to show everyone, and I would like people to be inspired and as fascinated as I am.”
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Mr Sadgrove has collected 38 coins, noting that the late Queen Elizabeth II’s image changes throughout the decades.
Local man, Sebastian Sadgrove’s collection of 10 cent pieces from 1966-2007, are currently on display at Narromine Shire Library. PHOTOS: NARROMINE SHIRE LIBRARY.
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