$1 MOR ...... So what years have rabbit ears

[Pedro]

Good to see you back noodling Goldie :good:

Pedro

[Fulvio]

You forgot the img tags....

[robbiegal]

i saw one like that on facebook - but not the same year
it's huge isn't it?
makes me wonder just where the quality control is at these days!!

There is none, because they sacked all the public servants who were in charge of quality control. :rolleyes:

don't believe so
i have met one of the quality control guys some time back
i think he has since left
but i did read the advertised job description so i believe it is still a viable position

ps being a local, i can say that the RAM is self funding - so technically folks can't be quite so high and almighty about them being 'public servants'. my hubby also works in a self funding government organisation & he cops the i pay your wages bullshit when his salary and taxes are all from a revenue base that has nothing to do with the public purse either

[Goldseeker]

The only reason I resumed noodling was because other members of the forum were finding varieties that I needed in my collection.   Now I am finding a few of those that I need myself and if I find multiples then I can offer paybacks to those that have helped me.

All good.

[JeffH]

I have found (so far but, hopefully, more to come) one 2016 rabbit ear. Smaller than yours Goldie but similar appearance (like some of the 2010 ones).
I would say an earlier stage of die degradation than the one you found. If that is the case then there should be a reasonable number floating around.

[purplepennyhunter]

Noodled a 2009 mob of roos that needed closer inspection. Looks to be the beginnings of the backpack which Mark has called the stegosaurus backpack.

[Goldseeker]

For Fulvio:   I didn't forget to put the img on the links.   I left them off so people would go to my Gallery and look at the coins that I had linked and also to see the other variety/error coins that are pictured there.

[Unicorn]

Cool PPH, that one has also been referred to "bikini top" and "sun flare". Originally I hoped that it would be the start of a reverse arch resulting in a set of rabbit ears but all the 2009 rabbit ears I've seen are relatively small (and hard to come by) and don't include this so it seems to have ended it's run there.

Don't ya just love noodling!!!
Additional: Nevol referred to it also as "Floating Mouse Ears" in her 2009 errors thread.

[Fulvio]

Noodled a 2009 mob of roos that needed closer inspection. Looks to be the beginnings of the backpack which Mark has called the stegosaurus backpack.

Nice. Hard to tell from the pic, but I'm guessing that's a depression, not a raised bit? Which would suggest the usual chrome bubbling, except its started to break away leaving the flat 'steggy' cuds.

I very much doubt it would survive very many strikes like this before letting go completely, which would make this rarer than most.

Goldy: Ohhhhhhhh.... :dodgy:

[Unicorn]

PPH, does your coin also have a small round cud on the bottom of the large roo's stomach between the front and rear legs? (Closer to the front legs than the back though).

I've just dug mine out ..... have a few that have the die crack from the roo's back to the stegosaurus scales and some that just have the scales. Also some that have a curved die crack in roughly the same spot & shape, but without the scales.

Progression seems to be stomach cud & scales, then the die crack.

[Fulvio]

Progression seems to be stomach cud & scales, then the die crack.

Been a while, but IIRC mine has just the stomach cud.

[Unicorn]

Dig em out McDuck!

The ones with the stomach cud, scales & die crack also appear to have a very fine splash cud on the top of the big roo's back, just to the right of it's nose tip.

[Fulvio]

Dig em out McDuck!

The ones with the stomach cud, scales & die crack also appear to have a very fine splash cud on the top of the big roo's back, just to the right of it's nose tip.

Easier said than done.

I won't swear to which is which, or what combos they come in, but yeah, those two, plus a big cud on the back of his head on the right, and a small one above the O, making him a 'little boy' if you know what I mean. :dodgy:

Oh, and of course the tail cuds.

[Unicorn]

Easier said than done.

:laugh2: .... Just pullin' ya chain ......

I just tried to scan all mine to show the progression of each of the 3 types mentioned above (too busy to photograph them all) but gave up as the scans aren't that clear but I have worked out that the leftmost scale and stomach cud comes first, then the right scale, then the die crack from the back to the right scale & the splash on the big roo.

With the arch die crack ones (similar to that the joins the right scale) it is obviously a different die as none of the 5 I have involve the scales or the stomach cuds.
All is not lost ...... I had a photo on file showing the left scale & stomach cud version .....

[trout]

An animation using images of the different stages of the dies demise would be AWSOME , I am certain that we have people here that are skilled enough to produce one  :good: