50c Incuse rarity/scarcity questions

[Hercules]

How many 2000 50c pieces have you looked at Hercules? I've found one and it was the 90th one I looked at since I started counting (though I'd looked at a few before that).

I've noodled 116 of the millennium ones. I checked most of them for thick lettering, of which I found 3, and for doubling on the reverse, of which I found one, but the incuse flag still continues to elude me.

[trout]

These have been pulled from circulation by collectors for over a decade now and are getting harder to find also finding one in halfway decent condition from circulation now is a pretty big call after 17 years of rattling about in peoples pocket change.
I do think that there are still many of these incused 50c still "In the Wild", It's just that they are getting thinner on the ground now :ok:

[gnome]

The other thing to remember is the Olympics were on as well, so how many went back overseas and are sitting in the foreign change jar.

[Ozcoins]

How many 2000 50c pieces have you looked at Hercules? I've found one and it was the 90th one I looked at since I started counting (though I'd looked at a few before that).

I've noodled 116 of the millennium ones. I checked most of them for thick lettering, of which I found 3, and for doubling on the reverse, of which I found one, but the incuse flag still continues to elude me.

Keep going Hercules, you WILL find one, but they are difficult.

[Hercules]

Keep going Hercules, you WILL find one, but they are difficult.

Thanks, Ozcoins. I'm pretty sure I will find one, even if it takes a few more years. What I'm most concerned about is the Wavy 20c. After 50 years of circulation, I'm sure there can't be too many left, especially in the higher grades.

The other thing to remember is the Olympics were on as well, so how many went back overseas and are sitting in the foreign change jar.

It would be interesting to know just how many $1/10c mules went overseas during the Sydney Olympics, but seeing that they were released in Perth, I think the number would be negligible. Has anyone tried to figure out where the incuse flag coins were released, or is this too difficult considering the late discovery of them? Does anyone know where the wavy 20c coins were released, or was this not documented at the time?

[Mister T]

I'm pretty sure a gent by the name of Drew Jackson or mad budgie discovered the incused 50 cent. It was confirmed, from memory now, by  Jon Saxton, and either Pra and/or cobwebs, but not 100% sure about the last bit.

Thanks - I found http://web.archive.org/web/20091015085125/http://members.optusnet.com.au/~ihartshorn/feature/fb4.htm but there aren't many details.

[gnome]

Thanks for the link,