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[Fulvio]

You will laugh your head off when you see that email Mate

ROFLMAO! You're naughty... but funny. :angel:

[ausjack]

:winkextra: flook'em..can I say that :laugh2:

[Fulvio]

flook'em..can I say that

:off_topic: so no. :dodgy:
Besides, aren't flooks an endangered species? I heard there was only one small flock of flooks left, on a floodplain at the pointy end of a finnish fjord, no less. Word is they're pretty fooked cos of global warming.

[ausjack]

:laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2: love it :laugh2:

[Fulvio]

Just found one of these, a 2005 WW2.
Its a little different to the others posted previously.

The indent is the length of the word "REMEMBRANCE", and goes from half the thickness of the coin, to a sharp point. Nowhere as neat as the others either. Instead of a right-angled cut, its curved, and the thinner half has been sliced away and pushed down the face of the coin. The corner's also been crushed and bulged out. Bright shiny metal, so quite recent.

Whatever is doing this has to be applying a hell of a lot of force. I still can't see a vending machine having a meaty enough coin mechanism to do this, nor is it being done manually. So what handles coins and has that kind of grunt?

[Nevol]

Any noticeable damage on the opposite side? I expect there should/would be if the coin has been bashed on one side only to 'create' these marks.

[Goldseeker]

Those that I have found in my noodling only shows that pattern on the side of the coin and no visible damage anywhere else.

I believe, with the number I have, that it is due to some form of production fault.

I shall keep track from now on as to the coin involved.

[Fulvio]

Any noticeable damage on the opposite side? I expect there should/would be if the coin has been bashed on one side only to 'create' these marks.

Nope.


Whups. Sorry about that file size. I was working on it at 50% and forgot to resize. My bad.
As for the pic quality, well, I'm completely out of desk space, so it was perched on top of a 6" stack of coins... :dodgy:

Anyway, I've changed my stance on it being mint-induced damage. If it were, it would have had 8 years in circulation to take the shine off. Whatever happened to this is recent. Very recent.

[Nevol]

It looks as if there's part of the coin sheared off but still attached on the thick end of the piece, tapering off above anc.  Is that the case?

I see notches on the sheared off piece as well, and it does look like it's the result of a very recent event.

[Fulvio]

It looks as if there's part of the coin sheared off but still attached on the thick end of the piece, tapering off above anc.  Is that the case?

Correct. And comparing it to the other pics posted previously, the teeth are the same. I reckon the same machine did them all, or at least the same type of machine.

[kanjoe07]

Got two purple $2 coins in the last two days, brings my total up to...5. I plan to stop at 25 and then share them with my friends to promote numismatics.

I LOVE the way your mind works Mate :wavemulticolor:

Cheers Trout! I figured that one is enough for me. I promised to give one to my cousin in England when I see him in December and the rest will go to my friends and family (or if anyone from Perth on this forum needs one!). Need to keep this interest in numismatics in the community going!

[Ozcoins]

Re the 50c coins with damage.
I have found several.  My guess is some type of coin handling machine.. I think there is a toothed roller to guide the coins and the flat sides on the 50c causes them to jam against each other and then the roller puts those marks on the side.

[Fulvio]

Hmmm... Today's sack just coughed up a shiny EF-ish 1993 50¢... Definitely came out of a collection I reckon.

[Unicorn]

I was wondering where I put it ....... thanks for finding it Fulvio!

[Fulvio]

I was wondering where I put it ....... thanks for finding it Fulvio!

No probs mate, always happy to help. :angel: