IN YOUR FACE COIN GOD..quick, grab ya poppies

Fulvio · August 22, 2013, 01:39:02 PM

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='25818' dateline='1377140870'..thoughts please people

A good start would be some decent piccies.

ausjack · August 22, 2013, 01:48:44 PM

Yeah and then you'll swoop and find heaps and I'll miss out on my big bucks..nice try Fulvio but I'm on to you

and what's wrong with my pic's..I think I do ok....for a hack :laugh2:

I might make a comp out of it and see who can guess the year and where it is

This is just killin ya isn't it mate..all will be made clear soon :friends:

Fulvio · August 22, 2013, 02:58:52 PM

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='25842' dateline='1377145124'Yeah and then you'll swoop and find heaps and I'll miss out on my big bucks..

Seriously? :dodgy:

ausjack · August 22, 2013, 03:02:19 PM

now now, no need to be like that..well I thought it was a good story and I'm sticking to it :mocking:

MattGold · August 24, 2013, 09:09:41 PM

Nice find AusJack, I scored one in change maybe 4 days ago I think. I gave a 20 to the bottlo attendant for my 3 bottles of bourbon $18, when he was handing over the $2 coin I noticed the poppy flash as it exchanged hands. I thought to myself "cool, I haven't come across one of these since they first came out" I left the bottlo, looked at the coin and noticed to cud on the poppy along with maybe a weak strike on some of the legend on the Obv. I thought it was already a found variety so I didn't think much of it except to put it away lol.

Matt

trout · August 24, 2013, 09:12:32 PM

It's nice to see these are still out their for us to find :good:

Goldseeker · August 24, 2013, 10:09:40 PM

As fulvio said, WHERE'S THE PICTURE.................pretty please?:beg:

Fulvio · August 25, 2013, 12:23:34 AM

Quote from: 'MattGold' pid='26073' dateline='1377344381'I thought it was already a found variety so I didn't think much of it

Three of the petals are, yes. As is the filled lettering. But that fourth petal... well...

trout · August 25, 2013, 08:00:55 AM

I ended up with 50-60 of these from last year and I haven't put them under the USB gizmo yet.
What exactly am I looking for here ?, I pic would be AWSOME :ok:

Fulvio · August 25, 2013, 07:09:34 PM

Quote from: 'trout' pid='26094' dateline='1377383455'I ended up with 50-60 of these from last year and I haven't put them under the USB gizmo yet.
What exactly am I looking for here ?, I pic would be AWSOME :ok:

There's a pic of a Petal 4 cud in http://www.australian-coins.net/sendthread.php?tid=1266

The more common Petal 1 and 2 cuds have been posted by others. They all start the same way... where the lettering meets the petal, the die seems to disintegrate, forming first a small filled letter, then developing into significant cuds.

No sign yet of cuds on Petal 3.

Many of these coins also have filled lettering on the Obverse.

runway · August 27, 2013, 10:15:10 PM

Haven't seen a circulated Poppy 2 dollar unfortunately

Pedro · August 28, 2013, 02:34:41 PM

Great work Ausjack.

Got to admit to a "new" technique for "sourcing" $2 coins. Popped $4 into a drink machine and pressed the wrong button. Out came 2 x $2 coins - not the same ones I put in. One was a poppy.

Tried the same thing the next day and out came a 2011 $2. Also got my first 2013 50c in change from the same machine. Yes, I know I'm desperate. :dodgy:

Pedro

Robster · August 28, 2013, 02:38:27 PM

Good thinking Pedro.!!

Pedro · August 28, 2013, 02:54:26 PM

Robster, not sure much thinking went into it - more like I didn't have my glasses and couldn't read what the buttons were for! :blush:

However, once I mastered the "mistake" (ie technique) well, then we were onto something.

Pedro

Fulvio · August 28, 2013, 05:19:11 PM

I realise getting sacks is a bit wholesale for many, but don't you think raiding drinks machines is kinda micro-retail? :angel: