Halfpenny Errors

[robbiegal]

ha ha AJ
OK - self esteem point taken xx
just a joke around really  tho

[ausjack]

Yeah I know mate, but some people do have but you don't take me as being one :friends:

[robbiegal]

I used to have a friend who was legally blind & we were great mates at Uni - I used to take notes at lectures and read them to him + he had a big machine to blow up writing onto a screen
so we kicked around as study mates for a couple of years & I always used to tell him that I was beautiful

then one day he mentioned that I was blonde
I was like .. hang on mate - how do you know i'm blonde??

he proceeds to tell me that even though he can only see the equivalent of looking down a straw that is cut in half - he could see bits of me

I said darn it - i'm busted - all along you knew I wasn't beautiful ... how embarrassment!!  ha ha

[ausjack]

ah another blondie :winkextra:

HAHAHA you don't fool me mate, you have a really nice looking son so I don't believe you

[Robster]

Wonderful 1921 Robbie, looking at the 'denticles' the clash seems to match the 'inner ring' dots more than the outer denticles.!!  :idea:
I have been poring through Fred's book for the last two weeks and he believes they may be broken cogs from higher up in the workings.

[robbiegal]

yeah - my old retired mintie mates say the same

but the chipped rim is also another
they seem to come in various shapes

[robbiegal]

found my 1955 halfp with the dot between the half penny
reckon this is a slanted 5 variety Fordie?

[ausjack]

looks like it's got very pretty tones RG and what's the funny mark on the obverse that's running from the 'TH and around past the II to the DE" please as I can't quite work it out.

[robbiegal]

dunno AJ
you see that on the coppers quite a bit
sort of like a wrinkle in the edge of the planchet

[ausjack]

yeah I suppose that's the best way to put it, just looks a little funny as one part looks to be sunk in but then it raises so yeah very interesting.

[Robster]

Seems to appear where the denticles are weak or misformed. !!

[Fordprefect]

found my 1955 halfp with the dot between the half penny
reckon this is a slanted 5 variety Fordie?

I believe that it is a Fat Flat sloping 5 type.

The Standard 1955 Alignment 5
Straight line aligns with fat rim denticle.


The Fat 5 Slopes left aligns with thin seperator denticle.
Your Coin

[Robster]

Very helpful pics.!! Thanks for the effort.!:good:

[ausjack]

yes very helpful indeed having the lines showing where they line up, thanks FP

[interest]

A 1944 with a dot just before mouth


A 1942 with a dropped last "A" in Australia


A 1953 with an extra dot between the legs of "A" plus the dot after "A" is very high.