Having a great time trying to work out the progression of some of the more recent errors and found this quite interesting.
Way back on March I noticed an odd "boomerang" shaped cud on a 2009 pre rabbit ears die cracked coin. (Below is a link to the post).
http://www.australian-coins.net/showthread.php?tid=744&pid=68158&highlight=boomerang#pid68158 (http://www.australian-coins.net/showthread.php?tid=744&pid=68158&highlight=boomerang#pid68158)
Here's the same coin in the link photographed from a different angle.
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/11067/2009_1_re_pre_booma_3a.jpg)
Today I was taking pics of a 2009 rabbit ears for ebay and noticed the same "boomerang" so I went back and checked my previous pics.
So far I've only had three 2009 rabbit ears and it seems all of them have the "boomerang", though I obviously missed it the first two times.
The best part is that the three do show a progression in cudding.
All appear to have the fine splash cud on the second roo's back.
The second two below show a progression in an additional cud under the big roo's ear.
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/11067/2009_1_re_1.jpg)
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/11067/2009_1_re_2.jpg)
This is the one I was photographing today when I noticed the boomerang.
(http://www.australian-coins.net/gallery/albums/userpics/11067/2009_1_re_5.jpg)
Nice one Uni :good: I'll have to suss what I have, I like the one that someone called sunset and have a few of them now
Thanks AJ, yes, I think Goldie might have called it that. Looks like a bikini top blowing in the wind. I think Nevol has a pic in her 2009 onwards thread.
Looks like you are having some fun with these cuds Uni!
Pedro
:laugh2: yes I suppose it does look like that Uni but never thought of it that way :)
Sure am Pedro, I just like to try and see how they progress from broken die impressions, to die cracks to cuds, cuds and more cuds!!!
AJ, now had I said it looks like two beanies sewn together ......... :laugh2:
:blink: I prefer the first one :laugh2:
I just sussed mine and have 7 sunset/bikini/double beanie and 3 R/E and all have that funny mark :good:
:scratch_one-s_head: are they beanies for congealed fairies :D
:laugh2: Gotta look out for those fairies!!!
Thanks for checking AJ. I knew you had a 2009 r/e or so. So far that might mean only the one die broke to form rabbit ears. I think in 2010 every die broke :laugh2:
:laugh2: I think you might be right as I have a lot more 2010 ;)
I'm trying to avoid the fairies....and pink elephants :blink: