5¢ Serendipity

[Fulvio]

Some days just seem to be good days...

While noodling a couple bags of 5¢ (I've run out of $2 for now), I noticed a few odd soft strikes. The only spot what seems weak is the lower left, at the edge of the back foot. All the rest of the detail on the coin appears normal.

So of course I rechecked my reject tub, and pulled out the following:
1977, 1979, 1980, 1983, 2004, 2008, 2009
with identical errors.

Plus, 1992, 1996 and ten IRB obverses with slightly heavier strikes where a faint remnant of the side of the leg is visible.

So, to illustrate the point, I grabbed a random shiny coin out of the tub for comparison:



See the difference? The 2009 with no leg and the 2010 with a fully-formed leg.

So far, so good.

Then, as I was angling for a better view, the scope slipped onto the front claw:



Well, blow me down! By now, I'd already looked at this coin a couple times, and hadn't seen anything. If I'd picked a different coin out of the tub, it would have gone into the pond tomorrow, and me none the wiser.

Just goes to show you can never look too carefully, huh?



:wavemulticolor:

[ausjack]

back in the pond they go..they're too small for my squinty little eyes

[Unicorn]

Well found Fulvio ....... I am constantly amazed and very impressed by some of the pics that Nevol posts and how she managed to see them in the first place!

Now that the picture is 10x it's original you can see it, but without, so easily thrown back.

That isn't the start of a lamination crack to the left above the right eye?

Long live the cud-a-scope!

[Fulvio]

That isn't the start of a lamination crack to the left above the right eye?

Nup. Sadly, its impact damage.

[Unicorn]

Thanks Fulvio ....

It was the yellow one below that I thought might be, the red one definately looks like an impact. (Just in case I wasn't too clear ....... which I'm not at times :angel:)

[Fulvio]

(Just in case I wasn't too clear...)

Nope, I knew what you meant. Here's a different angle to show that it really is an impact. See the teeth from the milling?



Sorry about the haze. Its been bagged and tagged, so I'm now shooting through plastic.