Sorry about the poor pic's as usual but wondering what you'd call this, it's an 81 50 cent
(http://i45.tinypic.com/awdbug.jpg)
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Possibly a poor quality in the metal mixture.
hi jack
the picture is HUGE on my screen
but it looks to me like the rim has a ridge which ultimately could become a split planchet the coils of metal for the planchet are rolled and rolled and rolled
so a mix that is partially separating can result in tears in the metal, and ultimately in planchet peels or shatter
the '81s show up with a lot of errors and i've been told it was because there a was a strike at the RAM and the apprentices were running the minting show
AJ does it sound normal when you tap it?
I had a few coins like that, back in the 80s and 90s.
When you dropped them, they sounded hollow.
Before I started collecting seriously, I would wedge a
screwdriver in them and finish splitting them.
sounds same hit with hammer :)
Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='10370' dateline='1364016418'sounds same hit with hammer :)
WOW love your delicate way of testing AJ :laugh2::laugh2:
just a little tap, I was gonna drop it on the concrete but thought better :blush2: I was gonna try Steve's idea, I like his stye as well :good:
I heard someplace that repeated boiling/freezing can make these split. I would imagine it would take an awful lot of cycles so I've never tried, but its got to be better than dropping them on concrete, no?
:mocking: I'm pretty bloody rough Fulvio but not quite that rough..yet
QuoteI heard someplace that repeated boiling/freezing can make these split
We had a member here who tried that, but I think he ended up putting the coin back in the wild.
:fie: I didn't do it, I didn't do it, wasn't me..who else could it be?
I was the silly bugger who tried the freezing then heating method. My coin looked a lot more split that yours is and it didnt work on that one.
Thanks enworb..saved me a bit of trouble mate :good:
That may be where I remembered it from then.
But... why toss them back? I work on the principle that you can keep a coin many times, but you can only throw it away once. Therefore only actual junk gets rejected. Not like they're ever going to be worth less than face value, right? :)
I found this today, the mark is raised.
is it a die crack or a slight planchet flaw?
I am leaning towards the latter :ok:
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Quotea slight planchet flaw
Yep, that's it! :whistle2:
These planchet flaws seem to show up first as discoloured stripes, then the stripes sort of bubble up, and finally break the surface like yours. They can range from a flake or two to a split all the way across the coin. I've got many examples, mostly 20¢ & 50¢ from the eighties, which seem most susceptible.
It would be nice if the progression was consistent and predictable, so we could "farm" them, eh? :)
I have heeps of $1 coins showing the same sort of thing.
Goldy, you have heaps of $1 coins, period. I hear Armaguard visit you when they run short... :)
Nah, not true. Over the past couple of years my NOODLING has somewhat slowed down.
The only heaps of $1 coins I have are errors, flaking, rabbits etc.