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Australian Coins, Banknotes and Exonumia => Australian Errors and Varieties => Topic started by: Mister T on December 27, 2013, 05:47:45 PM

Title: 2001 20c large and small sd
Post by: Mister T on December 27, 2013, 05:47:45 PM
Anyone had any luck finding a small SD 2001 20c in circulation?
And is there any easier way to tell a small SD from a large SD than the size of the letters? It looks like the large SD platypus has shifted to the right slightly but it isn't that noticeable.
Title: RE: 2001 20c large and small sd
Post by: emu666 on December 27, 2013, 07:59:42 PM
Quote from: 'Mister T' pid='38253' dateline='1388128665'Anyone had any luck finding a small SD 2001 20c in circulation?
And is there any easier way to tell a small SD from a large SD than the size of the letters? It looks like the large SD platypus has shifted to the right slightly but it isn't that noticeable.


We have at least one of each combination involving large and small SD and serif and non-serif IRB in at work. I'll have a look at them for you on Monday.
Title: RE: 2001 20c large and small sd
Post by: Mister T on December 27, 2013, 10:36:34 PM
Hey thanks. Do you know if they all came from circulation?
Title: RE: 2001 20c large and small sd
Post by: emu666 on December 28, 2013, 11:02:05 AM
Quote from: 'Mister T' pid='38280' dateline='1388145994'Hey thanks. Do you know if they all came from circulation?


What do you mean by "from circulation"?
Title: RE: 2001 20c large and small sd
Post by: Fulvio on December 28, 2013, 01:24:42 PM
Quote from: 'emu666' pid='38296' dateline='1388190725'What do you mean by "from circulation"?

Not from a mint pack.
Title: RE: 2001 20c large and small sd
Post by: Mister T on December 28, 2013, 01:37:39 PM
Yeah basically not from mint/baby sets. I've got 100+ 2001 20 cents saved up to look at and I don't want to waste my time looking for something I won't find.
Title: RE: 2001 20c large and small sd
Post by: Mister T on January 11, 2014, 01:59:15 PM
Is there a third obverse too?
Title: RE: 2001 20c large and small sd
Post by: Mister T on February 21, 2015, 02:59:38 PM
Quote from: 'Mister T' pid='39417' dateline='1389410955'Is there a third obverse too?

After doing some reading and looking through some 20c pieces it seems like there were three obverses, but I think only two were used for 2001. Pre-2001 an obverse with unjoined, sans-serif IRB was used. Early in 2001 an obverse with small serifs and the IRB ever so slightly joined was used, then for the rest of 2001 and into the future an obverse with serifs and the IRB joined was used.