2000 50c Misstrike

Pedro · April 10, 2016, 08:04:07 PM

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

serial · April 10, 2016, 08:39:14 PM

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

Ozcoins · April 10, 2016, 08:42:27 PM

This is a "dryer coin"

serial · April 10, 2016, 08:59:12 PM

how can you tell?

trout · April 10, 2016, 09:10:20 PM

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:

Pedro · April 10, 2016, 09:10:23 PM

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

ausjack · April 11, 2016, 02:12:25 AM

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:

Nevol · April 11, 2016, 07:06:12 AM

Check this one out: http://www.australian-coins.com/blog/2010/06/50c-ramstrike-coin-error.html

JeffH · April 11, 2016, 07:13:07 AM

"This error can be mislabelled by dealers or sellers not familiar with this tpe of error as a 'scalloped edge' error which is the term for a different type of coin error altogether." Those are not errors.
So what is a scalloped edge error?

ausjack · April 11, 2016, 08:27:05 AM

downies does call the 1981 20 cent wrong planchet a scalloped edge
https://downies.wordpress.com/tag/20c/

Fulvio · April 11, 2016, 10:37:35 AM

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.

Ozcoins · April 11, 2016, 11:09:14 AM

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?