I just posted these images on CCF and realsised some of you wouln't have seen them yet. I first posted them on ACBO in late 2011.
I believe this to be a genuine error coin, but I'm no expert, so any and all comments welcome. I bought it off eBay in 2011.
I admit it has the appearance of having been 'heated' or 'burned' at the top of the Rev split, even so, I just can't figure how a coin could be cracked in half like this and both pieces still remain perfectly flat.
Aust 1947 Ha'penny – Cracked in two - Rev
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10007/Halfpenny_1947_Rev_-_Cracked_in_two_v2.jpg)
Aust 1947 Ha'penny – Cracked in two - Obv
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10007/Halfpenny_1947_Obv_-_Cracked_in_two_v2.jpg)
Aust 1947 Ha'penny – Cracked in two – Obv & Rev Together
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10007/Halfpenny_1947_Obv_Rev_Duo_Cracked_in_two.jpg)
Aust 1947 Ha'penny – Cracked in two – Side on Top & Bottom
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10007/Halfpenny_1947_Top_Bottom_View_Duo.jpg)
Aust 1947 Ha'penny – Cracked in two – Top section of Obv
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10007/Halfpenny_1947_Rev_Top_View.jpg)
Aust 1947 Ha'penny – Cracked in two – Bottom section of Rev
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10007/Halfpenny_1947_Rev_Bottom_View.jpg)
Aust 1947 Ha'penny – Cracked in two - Top section of Rev
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10007/Halfpenny_1947_Obv_Top_View.jpg)
Aust 1947 Ha'penny – Cracked in two - Bottom section of Obv
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10007/Halfpenny_1947_Obv_Bottom_View.jpg)
Aust 1947 Ha'penny – Cracked in two – Edges of both halves
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10007/Halfpenny_1947_Edges_of_both_halves.jpg)
Vary nice indeed Nancy.
Looks like the real deal.!! Wonderful. :ok:
We need a metallurgist to join this forum to explain how this coin and others get to do weird things.
That's a beaut Nevol ..... I love how it's cracked in "HALF"!!!
Quote from: 'Nevol' pid='46180' dateline='1397000973'I just can't figure how a coin could be cracked in half like this and both pieces still remain perfectly flat.
I'm with you on that. I've got a similar Florin split about half way through that I bought mainly to try and figure out how it could occur. Its still got me stumped, but I'll get there.
There is no doubt that they're genuine flaws though. Its impossible to fake the internal structure. A coin sawn in half would look entirely different.
Liquid nirogen?? or
Heated then rapidly cooled??
Quote from: 'jozk123' pid='46222' dateline='1397042095'Liquid nirogen?? or
Heated then rapidly cooled??
Hah! I wish.. I spent months trying to crack open a 20¢ with an internal split. No dice... :(
Where's Professor Julius Sumner Miller when you need him.
"Why is this so?"
Quote from: 'jozk123' pid='46231' dateline='1397080056'Where's Professor Julius Sumner Miller when you need him.
"I think he's dead, Jim..." :dodgy: