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Australian Coins, Banknotes and Exonumia => Australian Errors and Varieties => Topic started by: stevo1962 on April 03, 2013, 08:26:10 AM

Title: mis-strike threepence
Post by: stevo1962 on April 03, 2013, 08:26:10 AM
This one just arrived but its a bit knocked around although for $16 I shouldnt complain  

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Title: RE: mis-strike threepence
Post by: Australian coin on April 03, 2013, 08:45:02 AM
I think I had a bid on that on eBay (yellow pic) yeah the marks are unfortunate, but its a good price
Title: RE: mis-strike threepence
Post by: stevo1962 on April 03, 2013, 08:57:32 AM
Quote from: 'Australian coin' pid='11288' dateline='1364940902'I think I had a bid on that on eBay (yellow pic) yeah the marks are unfortunate, but its a good price

Yeah that's the one,it had quite a bit of a crap buildup over the 5 but soaking it in acetone overnight loosened it up so it's not too bad although its a pity its been chopped up
Title: RE: mis-strike threepence
Post by: enworb on April 03, 2013, 12:15:23 PM
For $15 you cant go wrong
Title: RE: mis-strike threepence
Post by: accumulator on April 03, 2013, 01:31:57 PM
Yes it's unfortunate thats it's had a hard time at some stage,but it's possible they happened when mint workers were removing it from the machinery.

Are these raised like die cracks Stevo ? or are they scratches ?

(http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo339/appeangel07_photos/29-9-08/new%20coin%20album/2_zps24c7fdf2.jpg)
Title: RE: mis-strike threepence
Post by: stevo1962 on April 03, 2013, 01:54:59 PM
Quote from: 'accumulator' pid='11299' dateline='1364958117'Yes it's unfortunate thats it's had a hard time at some stage,but it's possible they happened when mint workers were removing it from the machinery.

Are these raised like die cracks Stevo ? or are they scratches ?

(http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo339/appeangel07_photos/29-9-08/new%20coin%20album/2_zps24c7fdf2.jpg)

I'll have a better look when I get home later today (and post a few more photos) as I didnt scrutinise it too much when it arrived because I was more interested in getting rid of the green baked on muck that was covering the 5