to split or not to split, that is the question

[trout]

I have edited my post just to keep the peace :ok:
If you think that I am going to apologise for standing up for a Mate, Then you are barking up the wrong tree with that idea.

[markn]

OK, I've deleted the last few posts that are nothing more than bickering.  If it continues I'll lock the thread.

[robbiegal]

I had a few of these a few years ago
they are an interesting error that I often suspect is mostly not an entirely natural occurrence
regarding values, I sold this one for about $35 or $40
it was still joined about 3/4 split but I didn't tinker with it at all
it was how I picked it up at an auction
a member here bought it of me, so maybe by now it has fully separated

[markn]

That's a nice one RG.  PPH and I picked up a number of them (in Canberra I think) a few years back, all for <$50.

[robbiegal]

probably from the same collection

[Triggersmob]

I found a few split planchets a few years ago, maybe early 2000s.
All were 20 cents and all were taken to with a screwdriver to finish splitting them.
Yes, I know better now, but I wasn't big into collecting then.
I haven't seen one since.

[Goldseeker]

Of all the coins I have recorded as noodled, I have never found a split planchet.