10 cent errors

[accumulator]

Here are some shots of one of my 10c Die clashes. I have 3 like this, 1 x 2001 and 2 x 2005. Others years with much less clash to be seen are 2003, 2006, and 2008.

Rev clashes can be found, but it's nowhere near as good as the obverse ones.  Rev years are I've found are 1988, 2000, 01, 03, 04,  05, 06, 07, 08.

10c 2001 Obv Die Clash Duo 1.1


10c 2001 Obv Die Clash Duo 1


10c 2001 Obv Die Clash Duo 2

10c 2001 Obv die Clash v6

Excellent die clash Nancy,if i had 2 good arms i'd be inspired to do some noodling.  :wavemulticolor:

[Nevol]

Here are some images of 10c Rev Die clashes. They're a bit harder to spot as the rev is so 'busy'.  

This is the partial outline of HM’s forehead and nose to the right of the 1, 2nd image is a normal 2006 coin, same area
10c 2005 Rev D.Clash V 2006 Normal v1


Top pic shows tiny bits of HM’s hair between all the barbs of the feathers, bottom pic is a normal 2012 coin, same area
10c 2005 Rev D.Clash V 2012 Normal Duo v1.jpg



This is the partial outline of HM’s chin and neck going into the Lyrebirds beak, 2nd image is a normal 2012 coin, same area
10c 2005 D.Clash V 2012 Normal Duo v4


This shows a partial outline of the back of HM’s head in the large curved feather, 2nd image is a normal 2012 coin, same area
10c 2005 Rev D.Clash V 2012 Normal v5.jpg


This is another view of the top of the 0, plus the area to the right that shows bits of HM”s Hair between the barbs of the feathers.
10c 2005 Rev D.Clash v6 (2).jpg

[Ozcoins]

Excellent posts!
I have never looked for the feather cuds before, and found my first one last night!

[Nevol]

Well done!  Some are fairly common, some are hard to find, but now that you've found your first one, others will follow for sure. :winkextra:

[Goldseeker]

Please tell me how the heck you can spot so smaller details that is different from the norm.   Have you got Maganifaction Eyes or something?

Regardless, all nice finds.

I can only find the larger type errors.

I shall post some pictures of some of my errors a little later.

[Ozcoins]

Would love to see your ones Goldy.
I am sure they will be worth looking at!

[Nevol]

Please tell me how the heck you can spot so smaller details that is different from the norm. Have you got Maganifaction Eyes or something?

All my noodling is done with a 5x Loupe that has a 26mm lens and I can see the entire side of any coin, even a Crown. I do my noodling sitting in my favourite armchair with a soft light coming from behind my left shoulder.

I have paid up to $9 each for some of my Loupes, of which I have about 15, but I only ever use the 26mm ones, and would not use anything else. It has two 5x lenses, but I only ever use one. A few years ago, these cost $2.95 at either Dollars & Sense or Dollar Dazzlers, but they might cost a bit more now.  

The hinge tends to become very loose so I just wrap an elasticed hair band around it as many time as it will go.  Rubber bands will serve the same purpose, but they deteriorate and end up sticky.  

[Fulvio]

We use magnification, Goldy. I have a x10 loupe which is excellent, even with my degraded eyes.

Apologies for not posting those cud pics yet, I've been a bit AWOL, and I'll try and do it tomorrow. Meanwhile, I found a very nice 1999 tail cud which looks like it was struck through the cud. The bottom half has been flattened, though oddly the detail of the feather rib is visible. Almost as if the cud broke off to reveal the intact coin beneath, though that is of course impossible.
Y'know Nevol, I've never ever been able to get the hang of that style of loupe. No idea why, I just seem incapable of operating them. The type I use has the clear bottom half, and is used for looking at slides on a light table.

[Nevol]

The bottom half has been flattened, though oddly the detail of the feather rib is visible.

Fulvio, Does it look like this one where it seems the whole ‘fat’ cud was there initially, but the bottom bit came away and left just the outline?

10c 1999 Rev Half ‘Fat’ Cud v2


My theory of this is that there are two sections of the ‘Fat’ cud that  melded together over time and that this is a precursor to the melding.

10c 1999 Rev ‘Fat’ Cud v2

[Goldseeker]

Surely a quick look at the above coin would reveal that cud without any magnification at all?

[Nevol]

Surely a quick look at the above coin would reveal that cud without any magnification at all?

Yes that one would be hard to miss, but  I can't even make out the dates on the smaller coins without magnification, so I'd be flat out seeing most cuds, die cracks, partial collars, die clashes etc etc. :winkextra:

[Fulvio]

Here, finally, is a (crappy) pic:



Three 1999's, the middle one being the one with the break or strikethrough, then the 2008 and 2012. Sorry for the focus on the 2012 closeup... light was terrible, and I was having trouble focussing.

If that IS a piece of the cud broken off, I'd like to know how its possible to have detail underneath it. It just doesn't look right to me. Perhaps I need to study the mechanics of cud formation in greater detail?
Oh, and Goldy, while you can see these cuds unmagnified (its about equivalent to looking at the above image I guess), can you see all eight cuds, the doubling on two of the 1999's, the spike in the middle of the flat part of the tail on the top 1999, or the strikethrough to the right of the 2012 cud? I certainly can't without magnification.

[MattGold]

Maybe I should put more effort into looking for these errors as all I really do is lay about 20 coins at a time in front of me on the desk, heads side first, browse thoroughly over them without any magnification, once dates and errors have been checked I flip the coins over and do the same but with a little more attention to detail as there is more to look for on the reverse I reckon. When all coins are back in the bags I than get out the magnifier and squiz at what I think I have found.

So pretty much I find all my errors with the NEKED eye unless I really need to look at a coin during search. It doesn't really strain my eyes at all not using the magnifier I guess I just have good scanners :angel: lol..

What kind of camera do you use Nevol? Just asking because I was looking at buying the same kind of loupe as the one you pictured but I just didn't think it would do the job but looking at yourr photos I guess I am wrong:dodgy:, they seem to go alright by the pics.

[Nevol]

I have a USB Microscope. Read a bit about them here.
http://www.australian-coins.net/showthread.php?tid=971&highlight=Kaiser

http://www.australian-coins.net/showthread.php?tid=395&highlight=Kaiser

[Nevol]

Here are most of my 10c Die Cracks:

10c Rev F1 - F3 Example forwhen I refer to F1, F2 and F3


10c 1980 C12 Rev D.Ck Rim-Thr 3 Fthrs


10c 1980 C23 Obv D.Ck Thr A +


10c 1981 C13 Rev D.Ck Bet F1 F2


10c 1998 C14 Rev D.Ck Thr F2


10c 2001 C1 Obv D.Ck Rim-1-Jaw


10c 2001 C2 Obv D.Ck Rim-Neck-up


10c 2001 C3 Obv D.Ck Rim-1+


10c 2001 C15v1 Rev D.Ck Rim-Thr F1-Barb


10c 2001 C15v2 Rev D.Ck Rim-Thr F1-Barb Close-Up


10c 2001 C16v1 Rev D.Ck 1-F1


10c 2001 c16v2 Rev DPL Beside 1
 

10c 2001 C17 Rev D.Ck Thr F3
 

10c 2002 C4 Obv D.Ck Rim-Neck
 

10c 2002 C18 Rev D.Ck LB's Neck-Fthr-Foot-Rim
 

10c 2003 C5v3 Obv2xD.Cks Back of Neck-LI-Rim Thr U-Hair Duo
 

10c 2003 C6 Obv D.Ck Rim-Neck
 

10c 2004 C7  Obv D.Ck Rim-Neck
 

10c 2005 C8 Obv D.Ck Rim-Neck+ Up
 

10c 2005 C9 Obv D.Ck Rim-Neck
 

10c 2005 Rev D.Ck + Cud C1v1
 

10c 2005 Rev D.Ck + Cud on inside edge top of 0 C1v2
 

10c 2006 C10 Obv D.Ck Rim-Thr I, Hair-Tiara
 

10c 2006 C11 Obv D.Ck Rim-Thr A, Hair
 

10c 2006 C19 Rev D.Ck Rim-Thr 3 Fthrs
 

10c 2006 C20 Rev D.Ck Bott 0-LB's Beak-Rim
 

10c 2006 C21v1 Rev D.CkRim-Thr F1-0
 

10c 2006 C21v2 Rev D.CkRim-Thr F1-0
 

10c 2008 C22 Obv D.Ck Over ETH II