This 1973 20c has a strange indentation(bottom right) which looks like the start of a drill hole.Does anyone know what this is?
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Perhaps struck through a tiny blob of grease.
I have what looks like a perfect 1964 penny (well it does to me) and on the Queens jawline there is a mark that is really similar to that on your 20c field
for the life of me I haven't been able to figure out what it is
i 'll try to dig up a pic -
Appears to be a struck through error.
From what I've seen most of these errors are on the obverse which I believe is the bottom die so therefore much more prone to stuff falling onto it.
sorry
i resized the secon pic in photobucket and it is supposed to be much smaller than it's looking right now!
? not a photo whizz (yet!! ha ha)
(http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/vv93/ROBBIEWITHLUV/1964%20PENNY/penny_zpsc6a4877f.jpg)(http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/vv93/ROBBIEWITHLUV/1964%20varieties/adbb6606-c266-4303-b7e9-7d586ed6a7ac_zpsf57d40c9.jpg)
Nice colour Robbie :good: ,different & good little errors.
Something else to look for.
yeah it's a knock out - picture doesn't do the penny full justice
it's like that 20c - all glossy and just jumps out at you from the page
but this darn mark on her jawline has been driving me nuts
i'll see if the guys concurr that it's that same as Steves' coin
'i'll be pleased to have an explaination that is for sure
i had thoughts that it may have been a collapsed planchet bubble or die bubble
learn something everyday here
cheers robbie
Something sitting in the bottom of the die bed.!!:idea:
Definitely strikethroughs. I regard them as quite collectible, and have everything from oil to grains of dirt to bits of hair, fluff and wire. After you've seen a few they're really easy to differentiate from post-mint damage. The bottom die is more susceptible obviously, but you do get strikethroughs on both sides, sometimes even on the same coin.
Oh, and its a bonus if the offending object is still embedded in the coin, but that only really happens on UNC specimens.
Here's the coolest strike-through I've seen. Struck through a spring that's still there.
(https://www.northeastcoin.com/coinimages/181686501o.jpg)
WOW, thats extraordinary .
Something to get 'Wound up' about. :idea:
Quote from: 'Robster' pid='11973' dateline='1365898913'Something to get 'Wound up' about. :idea:
I am not sure how we can bounce back from that joke.
impressive March
so this may also be a struck through?
which is what I thought it is
KGVI needs a barber!
first pic uploaded and posted with my new computer
(http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/vv93/ROBBIEWITHLUV/1964%20varieties/1950pennyuncwithwire3_zps1af69b4c.jpg)
cool coins :good:
Quote from: 'markn' pid='11975' dateline='1365899434'Quote from: 'Robster' pid='11973' dateline='1365898913'Something to get 'Wound up' about. :idea:
I am not sure how we can bounce back from that joke.
careful Mark we wouldn't want any tension.
But no doubt you'll spring back
I would name it "Struck through Barber Shop Floor" variety.!!:laugh2:
That's pretty awesome, Mark. Here's one I just found a few minutes ago:
https://plus.google.com/100294995440554808691/posts/bCQQ7mJbKxo
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Zj6M2MLpokE/UWojPTBj9SI/AAAAAAAABTE/hO6l7ODMiD8/s736/2006.50cStrikethrough.JPG)
Hard to tell about George's neck, but some of the lines in the lettering look raised rather than indented. Does the coin have multiple problems?
Hi Fulvio
Nice coin there - I have a penny with what looks like wire but can't find the pic\here 2 shots of my KGVI with the steel wool looking pattern
does appear to have quite a scatter of light dies cracks on the obverse, so it was probably getting the end of the life for that die
(http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/vv93/ROBBIEWITHLUV/1964%20varieties/1950pennyuncwithwire_zpsda9c0e2a.jpg)(http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/vv93/ROBBIEWITHLUV/1964%20varieties/9b36dc04-c414-4a38-8196-fb9312a59f45_zpsa7ddbc6f.jpg)
Quote from: 'markn' pid='11971' dateline='1365888810'Here's the coolest strike-through I've seen. Struck through a spring that's still there.
(https://www.northeastcoin.com/coinimages/181686501o.jpg)
amazing
looks like a Picasso!
That nickel struck through the spring is up for sale on a US site for about $8k. A bit pricey for me :) Here's the best strike through that PPH and I have. We believe it was struck through a crescent shaped piece of planchet. Perhaps the moon shaped bit that is left over when an elliptical clipped planchet is formed.
(http://www.timeclockmts.com/coins/australia-1954-2s-struck-through-clip.jpg)
You have a 20c struck though something Mark, dig that out.
Quote from: 'purplepennyhunter' pid='12032' dateline='1365930579'You have a 20c struck though something Mark, dig that out.
This one:
(http://www.timeclockmts.com/coins/australia-1971-20c-strike-thru-wire.jpg)
And there's this threepence which has been struck through a folded scrap of metal. Perhaps part of a planchet.
(http://www.timeclockmts.com/coins/australia-1961-3d-strike-through.jpg)
Gorgeous, both of them.
Why is it I can never find anything remotely like that on UNC coins? Only the most used and abused, usually with cancer, malicious damage, or both. :(
hi fulvio , same here , I have never found any coin with a stand out error on it ,. maybe we don't have the right connections ,
even when I go to buy any of ebay , I always get outbid .so now I have given up on them .. ,, kel ,,
The 20c struck through wire came off of eBay. The threepence struck through debris came off of eBay. The struck through florin came from a dealers book at a Melbourne ANDA a few years ago. There's no black magic in finding these coins, you just need to look, search, keep looking, keep searching, and then look some more. And be patient.
thanks mark , I know that mate , and I am still looking all the time and even my wife and neighbours are helping me now ,. my wife just walked in and gave me a 1950 penny she found in the kitchen draw under every thing else and on sat my heighbour rang me and asked if a 1938 penny had any value .. ,, kel ,,
my wife just walked in and gave me a 1950 penny she found in the kitchen draw under every thing else and on sat my heighbour rang me and asked if a 1938 penny had any value .. ,, kel ,,
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:shock: what what what..I'd be rippin the rest of the house apart, rip the carpet up wall down, never know what ya might find..just don't get caught :winkextra:
ripped up the corner of the carpet , got nothing ,
what you talking about man , have you been searching in my house , ? A J .. how you know we hide our money there , under the corner of the carpet , please don't tell the p m Julia , or she will make me pay more tax .. ,, kel ,,
LOL! You guys are funny... :)
After going through my backlog of $2, $1 and 50¢, I've got maybe $800 to bank, and perhaps 200 "keepers". Those break down into aUNC, "common" errors, and a small handful of "finds"... things like planchet flaws, die cracks, that strikethrough... but all of the good stuff has pretty major damage of one sort or another, whereas a lot of what I'm throwing back is in really, really good nick.
Why couldn't the good stuff be the ones in top condition, and the rejects crappy instead of the other way around?
CURSE YOU, MURPHY, AND YOUR LAW! ;)