Noodling Stats - First 3 Weeks of January 2017

Hercules · January 23, 2017, 01:47:53 PM

I know some people hate stats, but here's my latest set of noodling stats for those who are interested.

All coins (and notes) were noodled in Brisbane between 1 and 21 January 2017.

Sample Sizes:
5c: 960 ($48)
10c: 960 ($96)
20c: 960 ($192)
50c: 960 ($480)
$1: 720 ($720)
$2: 1500 ($3000)
$50: 103 ($5150)

Foreign Coins:
5c: 8 Kiwi
10c: 2 Kiwi
20c: 4 Kiwi, 1 Fijian
50c: 2 Fijian

Please feel free to leave your comments below. :winkextra:

kchan1111 · January 23, 2017, 02:42:25 PM

Thanks for sharing this. Fantastic!

ausjack · January 23, 2017, 03:22:09 PM

Bloody hell Herc you sure did go to town mate, well done :good:

Pedro · January 23, 2017, 06:53:23 PM

Great stuff Hercules :ok:

Pedro

Mister T · January 23, 2017, 09:04:50 PM

Keep up the good work!

Hercules · January 23, 2017, 10:15:36 PM

Thanks for all your replies. Keeping it up is going to be quite a challenge, due to the amount of work involved, and the continually diminishing returns. When I started noodling in February last year, I had at least 10 gaps in my collection. Now, I've filled them all, bar the Wavy 20c and the Incuse 50c.

I found another Coronation coin on Friday, which means that I've noodled at least three of each circulating $2 coin, including the Olympic/Paralympic ones. Upon further investigation, I realised that I now have at least three copies of each circulating coin, except the 1985 10c (bar varieties and errors, and bar some of the 2016 releases). As such, I really can't see myself noodling for that much longer. Noodling requires lots of motivation, and I'm rapidly running out of it. The more I look at it, the more I realise that it has been a victim of its own success.

robbiegal · January 23, 2017, 10:46:34 PM

i like bar graphs
they work really well with my brain

great job!!

redlock · January 23, 2017, 10:55:30 PM

Great job!
Very interesting stuff.

brismike · February 04, 2017, 02:27:00 PM

Yes very interesting. Helps to see which ones are the hard to find ones and obviously keepers if you come across them and which ones are not worth bothering about. Top work mate.

Cheers Mike

nealeffendi · February 04, 2017, 03:44:54 PM

Surprised you have not had any 2016 5 cent coins. I get them all the time in Sydney.

Hercules · February 08, 2017, 11:58:36 AM

Quote from: 'nealeffendi' pid='104860' dateline='1486185294'Surprised you have not had any 2016 5 cent coins. I get them all the time in Sydney.

I think there are a very small number floating around, but they haven't yet made it into the rolls. I prefer to noodle rolls over bags, because it helps to ensure that I get a random sample. My entire family has only found two 2016 5c coins so far - a plain one in Brisbane and a Changeover one in Melbourne.

Mister T · February 12, 2017, 07:46:22 AM

I've seen 10 plain and 2 changeover so far but I've been regularly looking at $10 to $12 worth of 5c pieces a week.

Hercules · February 12, 2017, 10:32:53 AM

Quote from: 'Mister T' pid='105187' dateline='1486847782'I've seen 10 plain and 2 changeover so far but I've been regularly looking at $10 to $12 worth of 5c pieces a week.

How many of the Changeover 20c have you found? They seem to be very common down south, but almost nonexistent up here.

Mister T · February 14, 2017, 09:20:54 PM

Two, but I don't look at as many 20c pieces as I do 5c pieces.

Hercules · February 14, 2017, 09:32:53 PM

Thanks, Mr T. If you saw the other thread, you'd have seen that I just found my first 2016 5c, plus 7 others (all plain). I've just finished checking my batch of dollars, and there aren't any Changeover coins in there, either. Do you think it's possible that all the Changeover coins could be low mintage?