Noodling finds

[ausjack]

ok as it's a bit yucky here today I thought I could do with a rest after going so hard so here's two nice little finds, sorry they're just quick scans but you should be able to see a little cud under the elbow of the roo and it's a 2013

and here is an 03 with the best die crack I've found that run down the left side about the adult and two kids running down on to the top of the head of the mother and baby and then another that runs from the little house thing down to mother and kid so pretty happy with these so between getting things done and a couple of nice noodle finds I'm going ok

[Fulvio]

an 03 with the best die crack I've found

That's not a crack, its a die scratch. One of several similar ones on this coin if memory serves. I'm sure Nancy is already riffling through her piccies as we speak!

Nice find on the '13. I haven't even started looking at these yet. Never do until I've got a reasonable stash, actually.

You claiming naming rights? Or leaving it up to Larena? :diablo:

[markn]

You claiming naming rights? Or leaving it up to Larena? :diablo:

2003 Volunteers Speared Mother Variety©

[ausjack]

:laugh2: yeah not bad, thanks Mark :good:
:scratch_one-s_head: so a die scratch is straight lines like these and die crack are crooked is that right ?

[markn]

:laugh2: yeah not bad, thanks Mark :good:

No worries I'll send you my bank account details so you can deposit 20c in it every time you think that name.

[Unicorn]

Good spotting AJ!

[ausjack]

Gee Mark so who's gonna police my thoughts as I can't :laugh2: but I'll put 20 cents in everytime I write the words :winkextra:

Thanks Uni, wish I didn't have to look at so many coins to find one or two, but them's the breaks livin in the thriving metropolis :mocking:

[Fulvio]

so a die scratch is straight lines like these and die crack are crooked is that right ?

No....

A die scratch is generally a straight line, from a harsh cleaning. Sometimes you get many parallel lines. Speared roos for example often have multiple scratches.

A die crack can be anything, from a tiny straight line like on the millennium flags or smithy's wingtip, to some of the monster lightning bolts you see on predecimals.

Its not the shape, but the look of them that tell you which is which. Cracks are generally more random.

Oh, and Mark, he gets naming rights on the new one, not the volunteers, which is well-known already.

[Nevol]

an 03 with the best die crack I've found

That's not a crack, its a die scratch. One of several similar ones on this coin if memory serves. I'm sure Nancy is already riffling through her piccies as we speak! Nice find on the '13. I haven't even started looking at these yet. Never do until I've got a reasonable stash, actually.  You claiming naming rights? Or leaving it up to Larena? :diablo:

I have at least 6 of the 2003 with the Die Polish Lines (DPL's) through the design on the left side.  I could put up piccies, but they're all basically the same as AJ's, but one of mine looks like the die was very worn.

Haven't seen the 13 cud before though. :angel:
This has a lump of metal on the design as indicated.  I have about 4 of these, but I think they all occur separately from the DPL's.

50c 2003 Vol Rev Metal in Design c2

[Fulvio]

50c 2003 Vol Rev Metal in Design c2

Drat! Another one I missed.

[ausjack]

That was a 2013 50 cent with the cud on under the elbow Nevol

Gee Fulvio I'm gonna have to come down and suss out what you have missed

[Nevol]

That was a 2013 50 cent with the cud on under the elbow Nevol

Thanks AJ, I fixed it! :angel:

[ausjack]

once AC has been for a visit next year I'll pick some out like that that you might not have and send up :good:

[Fulvio]

Gee Fulvio I'm gonna have to come down and suss out what you have missed

Heh. Even I don't know what I've missed. Or haven't missed, but can no longer find.

[Australian coin]

hi AJ