Oh oh - looks like a dryer coin. Sold for less but still.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Year-2000-AUSTRALIAN-50-CENT-ERROR-COIN-VERY-RARE-50C-COINS-MISS-STRIKE-/121827751206?hash=item1c5d7ff526%3Ag%3AmDgAAOSwgyxWW4QL&nma=true&si=yqjwrxJLj4D9ckYl3Yv8ZFBgp8E%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Pedro
Quote from: 'Pedro' pid='86938' dateline='1460284447'Oh oh - looks like a dryer coin. Sold for less but still.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Year-2000-AUSTRALIAN-50-CENT-ERROR-COIN-VERY-RARE-50C-COINS-MISS-STRIKE-/121827751206?hash=item1c5d7ff526%3Ag%3AmDgAAOSwgyxWW4QL&nma=true&si=yqjwrxJLj4D9ckYl3Yv8ZFBgp8E%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Pedro
are you sure? I never could tell with 50 cents if they are rotations or washer machine coins
they look similar to me especially when in circulated condition
This is a "dryer coin"
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how can you tell?
Quote from: 'serial' pid='86948' dateline='1460287752'how can you tell?
This has either been "Spooned" or is a dryer coin .
Look at the displaced metal where the "Points" of the coin should be, if this was struck on a round planchet this would not be there :ok:
From what I've been told serial ramstrikes usually have the foldover points on the flat edges rather than the corners and are also on one side of the coin.
Pedro
Yes correct Pedro, I thought I had one ages ago and Mark was kind enough to show me what they look like so now I know what to look for they're easy to pick :good:
Anyone wants me I'll be in the shed making, cough cough, "ramstrikes" :laugh2:
Check this one out: http://www.australian-coins.com/blog/2010/06/50c-ramstrike-coin-error.html
"This error can be mislabelled by dealers or sellers not familiar with this tpe of error as a 'scalloped edge (http://portlandcoins.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/wavy-edged-coins.html)' error which is the term for a different type of coin error altogether." Those are not errors.
So what is a scalloped edge error?
downies does call the 1981 20 cent wrong planchet a scalloped edge
https://downies.wordpress.com/tag/20c/
Quote from: 'Pedro' pid='86950' dateline='1460288423'From what I've been told serial ramstrikes usually have the foldover points on the flat edges rather than the corners and are also on one side of the coin.
Yes, this coin is PMD. Quite obvious when compared to a real ramstrike.
However, its not necessarily one side only. I've got one with points on both sides.
Quote from: 'Fulvio' pid='86994' dateline='1460336855'However, its not necessarily one side only. I've got one with points on both sides.
How would that work?
I see the "points" happening when the corners of the blank are pushed up by the collar that the points are not correctly inserted into.
How would they occur on more than one side?
Can you show us some pictures to see how it looks?