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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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The melbourne pennies are well struck, the perth pennies are colourful. Wouldnt it be great if they combined the two.
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Valued Member
 Australia
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It would be magnificent. When I got my first "weak 1" penny, I thought "yes, I've got a rare one here!", but alas, it was not to be.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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 to the Powerful Pastime of Procuring the Perfect Penny.!!  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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If your lucky enough ocassionally you will come across colourful Melbourne Pennies, I was very lucky to buy a roll that was full of colours & some full reds as well.   |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
750 Posts |
to CCF sfitzernator. Love the die clash Appleangel ... nice spotting, nice coin, nice pics, nice nice nice. |
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Valued Member
Australia
271 Posts |
Nice one, appleangel, a truly beautiful coin. Love the way you were able to bring out the rainbow patina in your photo, it really is stunning. I have a similar one that is full rainbow on the obv, but the rev is half rainbow and half natural brown, it looks like somebody stuck a thumb on the roo's body and tail, and spraypainted the rest with a rainbow.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Edited by appleangel07
04/13/2013 8:37 pm
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Both really nice appleangel Love the first one in particular! |
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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I don't think the line under the L of Elizabeth is a die crack simply because it is under the L. If it was a die crack it would be over the L. What I think it might be is a die polish line. I'm not 100% certain of that though, as DPL's are normally quite straight, and the line on your penny appears to have a small kink in it.   However, I do believe there is a nice die crack on the Rev as indicated below.   Either way it's a very nice coin! life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
Edited by Nevol
04/13/2013 10:06 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Possibly a fault in the planchet before minting.?
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Valued Member
Australia
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Thank you, Nancyc. It's a steep learning curve, this one, however, asking questions and seeking answers, and having others question your suppositions is the best way the learn. My reasoning behind the "L" die clash is the "blob" on the inside surface, and I agree, the blob does look like it's underneath. Although I don't understand how the metal managed to "flow" into that area. I think that the rev clash is a very fine hairline scratch, it looks to have a valley in it under magnification, and because of the shiny area where it crosses the denticles.  |
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Australia
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It's turning out to be a very interesting coin, usually a scratch would'nt be so smooth on the edges.
Mabye struck through a thin piece of wire or something ? it just does'nt look like a scratch.
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Valued Member
Australia
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It could be, but it would have to be a very thin piece of wire!
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Any self respecting Die Setter carries some 'steel wool' in his kit.!! Very thin.?
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Valued Member
Australia
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Nice bit of work, Robster, it could explain why the line is not straight, or curved, but has a few kinks in it
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