Coin and Banknote Magazine, Articles of Interest

[trout]

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/RARE-1933-3-2-AUSTRALIAN-OVER-DATE-HALF-PENNY-VARIETY-/251176031817?pt=AU_Coins2&hash=item3a7b421649

Here's another one and I think this seller should know better. :dodgy:
The top of the 2nd three looks like it's taken a hit and has a small cease as a result. Very :dodgy:

Amazing a EE61 half penny:yahoo:

You would have thought the selller would at least take a pic of the coin the right way up:laugh2:

[wwwww]

Mark it was IAG with the alleged 1924/3 shilling overdate if I recall correctly.

Also the 1933/2 overdate half penny does exist, here's an illustration of an example:
http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/57452/coin-halfpenny-australia-1933

Note the doubling of the top of the 2nd 3 and the tip on the right of the bottom loop of the 3.

[markn]

Mark it was IAG with the alleged 1924/3 shilling overdate if I recall correctly.

Also the 1933/2 overdate half penny does exist, here's an illustration of an example:
http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/57452/coin-halfpenny-australia-1933

Note the doubling of the top of the 2nd 3 and the tip on the right of the bottom loop of the 3.

Thanks Walter!  I am still to be convinced as I cannot make out much from the images there.

[gnome]

Yeah, I'm not sure about the 33/32 1/2d myself, either. Think there was a reference to a 1916, long 6 possibly over a 5, somewhere as well.

[trout]

Mark it was IAG with the alleged 1924/3 shilling overdate if I recall correctly.

Also the 1933/2 overdate half penny does exist, here's an illustration of an example:
http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/57452/coin-halfpenny-australia-1933

Note the doubling of the top of the 2nd 3 and the tip on the right of the bottom loop of the 3.

The (9) is also affected, may simply be a case of a doubled die! and not an overdate

[emu666]

Mark it was IAG with the alleged 1924/3 shilling overdate if I recall correctly.

Also the 1933/2 overdate half penny does exist, here's an illustration of an example:
http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/57452/coin-halfpenny-australia-1933

Note the doubling of the top of the 2nd 3 and the tip on the right of the bottom loop of the 3.

The (9) is also affected, may simply be a case of a doubled die! and not an overdate

If an overdate is formed by striking say with a 1933 dated transfer punch onto a partially completed 1932 dated die, then doubling on other numerals can occur. There is doubling on the first 3 on some of the 1933/1932 pennies.

[markn]

If an overdate is formed by striking say with a 1933 dated transfer punch onto a partially completed 1932 dated die, then doubling on other numerals can occur. There is doubling on the first 3 on some of the 1933/1932 pennies.

So does this overdate exist or not PRA?  If anyone knows you do.

[Russ e]

i read the article and whoever scratched the die done a good job of making it look like a 3 in this shot

[trout]

i read the article and whoever scratched the die done a good job of making it look like a 3 in this shot

Looks like 1933/4 overdate 3d to me :good:

[Russ e]

i might of mixed it up and posted the 3d, but i did buy one of the shillings cheap not long back, and may of  posted that one thinking it was the shilling.

[gnome]

I have a  supposedly 33/34 shilling as well, somewhere. We should post pics for comparisons, maybe.

[emu666]

i read the article and whoever scratched the die done a good job of making it look like a 3 in this shot

Looks like 1933/4 overdate 3d to me :good:

Have you ever noticed how you can see a tiny part of the 3 inside the central part of the 4?

[bellyflorin]

Interesting read , 5 coins that might change Australian  history
http://www.smh.com.au/national/ancient-discovery-set-to-rewrite-australian-history-20130519-2juck.html

:icon_razz: if article is right lucky we all aren't speaking  Swahili now :yahoo:

[ausjack]

who's up for a quick trip..you in goldie or can we lend ya detector

[Unicorn]

Thanks bellyflorin for posting that link. I probably would not have found the story otherwise. What a great read  .... more than enough to wet the Wessel of anyone interested in lost history.
AJ, gee don't I wish I had the time and money. I'd be there with you in a flash. Funny I only realised that my Minelab GT 16000 has mysteriously stopped working yesterday. (It's old now, but cost me a fortune when I was younger).

Had to Google Earth it ....... this caught my attention straight away .... that's one heel of a footprint!


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