different obverse on 1966 proof 50c?

Mister T · January 27, 2020, 06:15:55 PM

Does anyone have a circulating and proof 1966 50 cent handy? I was reading https://www.sterlingcurrency.com.au/blog/news-research/decimal-coins-banknotes/the-pattern-australian-silver-50-by-machin/ and looking at https://www.sterlingcurrency.com.au/assets/files/old-images/50CU66OBV.jpg and https://www.sterlingcurrency.com.au/assets/files/old-images/50CP66OBV.jpg it looks like the legend on the proof is further from the rim. I don't have a proof to check myself (and don't want to shell out $200+ for a maybe).

Basil · January 27, 2020, 08:43:35 PM

Gone fishing.

Basil · January 28, 2020, 09:08:24 AM

I'll still post here but i surely hope this Forum matures over the coming years.
Posting here after the Stamp Forums is like going to a different country,but still, they have been going for over 20 years.

Mister T · February 01, 2020, 01:13:01 PM

Quote from: 'Basil' pid='121231' dateline='1580120015'Gone fishing.

Do you have some to look at?

Basil · February 01, 2020, 08:53:46 PM

Quote from: 'Mister T' pid='121280' dateline='1580524981'
Quote from: 'Basil' pid='121231' dateline='1580120015'Gone fishing.

Do you have some to look at?

Mate,it took me half an hour to find them and dig them out and then you disappeared.
Brother said you may have been caught up in the fires or something.
Anyway,plenty of images on Google but if you can't find anything suitable i will get them out again but they are slabbed so images will probably be not so good.

Mister T · February 02, 2020, 11:42:50 AM

No, no bushfire trouble for me.

I've been looking at images but it's hard to tell - maybe they are the same?

Basil · February 02, 2020, 08:48:39 PM

Quote from: 'Mister T' pid='121296' dateline='1580605970'No, no bushfire trouble for me.

I've been looking at images but it's hard to tell - maybe they are the same?

AFAIK they are the same,but that doesn't mean much,LOL,surely there is someone on here that would know.

trout · May 14, 2020, 05:14:10 AM

Here you go, Images curtesy of PCGS

Basil · May 14, 2020, 09:04:17 AM

He's back........

JeffH · May 14, 2020, 10:15:07 AM

Obviously the fish aren't biting today.

gweidion · May 14, 2020, 06:10:01 PM

Might be a trick of the light but from those images I'd say the letters are further from the rim in the proof. Expanding those images up and looking at the T in Australia it is definitely further from the edge.

Mister T · June 08, 2020, 03:05:21 PM

Quote from: 'gweidion' pid='122305' dateline='1589445601'Might be a trick of the light but from those images I'd say the letters are further from the rim in the proof. Expanding those images up and looking at the T in Australia it is definitely further from the edge.

Yeah I think you're right - hard to say with the different finish and different lighting though.

Mister T · June 22, 2020, 08:14:47 AM

I got a look at 1966 50c proof and I think it is a trick of the light - the obverses appeared to have the text the same distance from the rim.