Noodling finds

[Steveqld]

Gotta be happy with anything that costs 5 cents.

Not sure if that blob of metal at 4.00 o'clock on the obverse and the line across the rim at 3.30 on the reverse suggests it had also been double struck.  Any suggestions?

[robbiegal]

one heck of an interesting coin there Steveq

[Nevol]

Looks like my 3 recent Partial collar 5c's. Nice find for 5 cents! :yahoo:

I don't think it's double struck, but what does the edge look like?  Any disturbance to the milling?

[Steveqld]

Looks like my 3 recent Partial collar 5c's. Nice find for 5 cents! :yahoo:

I don't think it's double struck, but what does the edge look like?  Any disturbance to the milling?

No milling and appears to be about .75 - 1mm larger in diameter (Now wish I had a micrometer) so suspect it was struck completely out of collar.  The coin is 12 years old so any milling may have been worn off but then it would have been about 21mm in diameter.  Weight is correct at 2.86grams.  Definitely not a partial collar.

[Ozcoins]

Nice find Steve!

[Fulvio]

The coin is 12 years old so any milling may have been worn off

No way that coin's had 12 years of wear! Or even one. It looks to have been struck yesterday, so probably spent its life in someone's collection I'd say.

Doesn't look double struck, but I'd like to see the edge also.

[Steveqld]

Close ups attached with the coin next to another 5 cent for comparison of width:

images at 3 o'clock and 6 o'clock



Images at 9 o'clock and 12 o'clock



And a couple of closeups of the "mess at 4.00o'clock on the obverse and marks under the effigy.  Those rounded marks under the effigy are stamped into the coin and there appear to be 3 of them.  I suspect they were made by the edge of the die.

[markn]

Looks out of collar to me.  Nice.

[Fulvio]

I suspect they were made by the edge of the die.

Yep, that's what it looks like. The "mess" is just the way the unrestrained metal flowed I reckon.

[Australian coin]

cool 5c

[Unicorn]

An excellent find Steve, keeps the hopes alive!!!!

[Goldseeker]

Better than the finds I found today.

1 x 2001 COF Upset at 4 O'clock.
1 x 2010 Spew Roo $1, (Small).   (That makes a large and small spew roo now).
1 x a "C" Waltzing Matilda.

Further, A Philipino lady sold me $44.00 worth of 1 and 2 cent pieces at face value.  

Now have to noodle them.

[Fulvio]

While it probably doesn't count as noodling, I came up with Coronation rolls and 2013 $1 bags.

[Goldseeker]

I am just going through the 1 and 2c pieces I got from the lady yesterday and I have found a coin for my coolection.

That is a NO "SD" 1981 2c piece.   See below:

[JeffH]

And the coin looks good condition too, assuming obverse is similar.
Nice find.