How are all the noodlers going?

[JeffH]

What site are you using to load the picture Kel?
I find the forum gallery the easiest way (link at top of this page). The picture file should be less than 1MB and 1500 pixels on longest side. You computer will surely have one, if not several photo programs on it that allow you to shrink or compress the picture, if needs be.

[keldaw]

i know the forum gallery is good for me to look at others pictures Jeff , other than that I have no idea ,how they work . I think this happened to me once before years ago and I had to go back through the files and delete some of my pictures , so I will try that again , all I do Jeff I take a pic with my camera then after I have a few then I plug my camera into my p/c then it tells me to import the pic over to the pc , so that is what I do with the camera , now with my scanner , I open the lid , place the item on the glass , close the lid then hit scan , it then scans the pic and that puts it over on to the same page that my pictures goes on to from my camera .

 is the sig of     J C  the designer   , is it the one with the older queen on it with the necklace hang down with the pendent on it hanging off the bottom , I want to go through my bottle of 5 cent pieces , and there many many of them  to look at .

thanks Nancy and Jeff ...     kel .

[keldaw]

[attachment=3944]Haven't seen any JC coins in Sydney as yet.

Pedro

  pedro , is this the  J C  portrait  you are talking about .

[Pedro]

Yes, that's the one.

Kel, as Jeff said - if you save your photos to a gallery then you don't have to worry about the attachment limits. I had the same problem some time ago and have saved photos to a gallery since with no further issues. As you say to retrieve attachment space you have to delete some photos that you previously posted.

Pedro

[Mister T]

I got to go through a roll of $1 coins and a roll of $2 coins that a family member had been saving for a market - I found a 2019 U $1 and an Invictus Games $2 which was much better than I was expecting.

[keldaw]

Yes, that's the one.

Kel, as Jeff said - if you save your photos to a gallery then you don't have to worry about the attachment limits. I had the sac3me problem some time ago and have saved photos to a gallery since with no further issues. As you say to retrieve attachment space you have to delete some photos that you previously posted.

Pedro

I will go and have a look at the gallery now again and try to work it out .VTtv

[Ozcoins]

I have handled almost no coins (or banknotes) at all, let alone done any noodling.
One person left $11 in an envelope on the doorstep for a contact free pickup of an eBay item, but that is pretty much it for cash in the last month.
I wonder how many people staying at home will be sorting out change jars etc to drop off to the banks?
Maybe there will be some long hidden gems going back into circulation once things free up again?

[JeffH]

With finances being so tight for so many people, at present, some "rainy day" stashes and jars of commemoratives might start being cashed in too.

[fred lever]

I withdrew $300 in $1 coins for petty cash and went through them just looking for upsets or any mules!
My eyes are not good enough to look for those "spew roos" and other minor things.
Being a Bower Bird I put aside the shiny ones, about aUNC, and found:

2019, 5 roo, 1 jack and jill, 1 x cricket, 1 x thong.
2018, 5 roo, 2 x Anzac, 1 x gold coast.
2016, 1 x roo.
2014, 1 x Anzac.
2013, 1 x roo
1986, !!!!!

Comment.
Amazing that a 1986 would have been hiding somewhere unused.
Maybe in a collection and finally spent?
Also I found 2 with lamination errors a 2005 and 1984.
The lamination faults were straight lines across the faces of the coins.
I do not have a catelog and could not be bothered looking at the Goverment coin acts but it seems the Mint is using any old dies from playtime design to put funny reverses on the coins?

No wonder i lost interest in decimal coins somewhere around  Y2000!
Fred.

[Basil]

No wonder i lost interest in decimal coins somewhere around  Y2000!
Fred.

Same here Fred,big culture shock for me was my prized collection of yearly Mint releases from the 1960's onwards that i sorted every year or so with pride,and $ signs in my eyes,were being traded on Ebay Oz. from 1999 for less than i paid for them in many cases or modest increases at best. That was the end of my interest in Decimals and back to my first love,pre-Dec.
Friend has the local TAB Agency and collects Coins for myself,amazing what goes thru his tills,20-30 year old Coins that are close to UNC,people throwing them in a jar or draw and only spending when money is tight,so that is about my only interest in Decimals at the moment,i hope the TAB Agencies open soon ,miss my weekly Coin run...

[JeffH]

Fred,
You touch on an interesting point. Minor cuds -how big* does a cud have to be to be worth keeping?   *Or perhaps how obvious to the eye?
I have lately been sorting out ones I have noodled and, with some of the more common cuds, only keeping those that are good condition coins with the cud obvious. I do keep some smaller cuds where I can put a series together to show the progression of die damage over time.
I have never looked for reverse cuds on 10¢ coins although they are apparently not hard to find. The detailed design is a natural for cuds but also they will tend to be very tiny.

I seem to recall Goldie saying that if he needs a magnifying glass to see an error he is not interested in it (or words to that effect).

[Unicorn]

Geez Jeff! Twins ..... I've been doing exactly the same. Working through them by year, type and progression, keeping only the better ones where I have ones identical. :good:

[Unicorn]

btw: If you ever want to do your head in ...... try and sort progressions of die deterioration out on the reverse of the 2007, 2008 & 2009 50c ........  :swoon:\

[fred lever]

Re die damage, I suppose the point with pre-decimal coins  is die failure was usually BIG with cracks widening to breaks.
Some dies would get pretty rough in modern terms but look perfect to our eyes back then.
Modern dies get a bit of pitting and everybody goes mad!
When I did statistics on unsorted bulk lots of predecimal coins up to 20% had some form or variety or error such was the relative crudeness of the manufacturing. A minor CUD that is causes collectors to faint now  was pretty much the normal on a production pre-decimal.
What is really interesting now  is to tip out an old box of scrap 1/2ds and 1ds and go spot the errors!
I did that about 10 years ago and could not believe what I had missed, having been re-trained to the decimal standards.
After carding about 50 coins I came to my senses and threw the rest back in the box.
When I look at the complex designs on modern coins, yes like the 50c!, its no wonder die deterioration stands out.
I reckon if the fault stands out like dogs balls in natural size,  that is worth keeping.
If you need I microscope to see it, forget it.
Fred.

[Pedro]

There must be a tribe of us doing the same thing!

Smaller cuds are out the door and only keeping the best of each year by denomination. Common errors (eg doubling on the 2009 50c) I am restricting to the best example I have and the rest go. I am not so much into progressions so the error needs to impress me otherwise only the full-blown error is being kept. Trying to sort out 2012 - 2015 50c and 2014 - 2016 $1 errors is a nightmare.

It's no small task and as Fred says there are some surprising finds that you make when re-inspecting coins.

Pedro