10 cent reverses, which mint.

[gnome]

Looking for confirmation on this reverse please. Canberra or London.

   
On another note, which is rarer for clipped 10 cent pieces dated 1966, the London minted or the Canberra ones, or no difference. Just curious

[ausjack]

I think it might be london G, not sure about the second part of your question but most probably about the same.

[gnome]

Ok thanks, AJ. The obverse to this one is 1982.
   
This was just a really quick scan, appologies for the bad pic.

[r9453]

According to Fulvio's PDF all 1982 10c were RAM (Canberra).

[gnome]

Thanks, r9453, that was the impression I was under as well.

[Fulvio]

which is rarer for clipped 10 cent pieces dated 1966, the London minted or the Canberra ones, or no difference. Just curious

Since clips are flaws produced at the planchet cutting stage, the question is irrelevant really.

If the planchets all came out of the same factory (and they probably did), it wouldn't matter where they went from there. Besides which, its a random event.. may as well ask whether its rarer for a plane to drop through your roof in Melbourne or Sydney.

[gnome]

If it didn't matter to me I wouldn't have asked the question but thanks for your response. Pretty sure the RAM were rolling there own sheets back in the early days and punching their own blanks. They finished doing this about 1983 or 84 from memory. Not sure how the London mint produced or received the 10 cent blanks  for that year.

[ausjack]

Very interesting that it looks like a london but it's not a 66 like I thought it must have been. I'll suss out a few coins and see what I come but with but hopefully someone here might already know something about this

[gnome]

Thanks aj. My 10 cent coins are very limited so don't have a lot to check.

[ausjack]

Same here mate but I do have a couple.
I just sussed'em out and found a couple and also looked at 80 and 81 and they all have 5 spikes so they must have changed the canberra from 4 spikes to 5 somewhere along the line. They might have mixed the london in with the canberra, who knows, the mint wouldn't because they're bloody useless :winkextra:
Sorry I can't be of any more help than that G

[gnome]

Appreciate the effort and help, thanks.
It looks like the Canberra Mint may have only used the 4 spikes for 1966, a one time use only. Just checked a few others myself and they all seem to have 5 spikes now. Have never taken a lot of notice of the tens previously. You learn something different every day.

[Hercules]

Very interesting that it looks like a london but it's not a 66 like I thought it must have been. I'll suss out a few coins and see what I come but with but hopefully someone here might already know something about this

The London mint sold its machinery to the Canberra mint, so it's not surprising that they look the same. All standard circulation coins dated 1967 onwards have the so-called "London reverse", bar some of the 2c coins (which were made in Perth) and some of the 1981 coins (which were made in Wales and Canada). :good:

[ausjack]

That explains it Herc :good:

[gnome]

Thanks very much, appreciate that.