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My Heart Attack Coin - 2000 50c Fake Or Genuine Error?

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awildeheart Valued Member Australia 295 Posts	Posted 02/26/2014 11:28 pm I replied to Downies' earlier response and subsequently they had a closer look at it and requested more images. So I scanned both sides of the coin at 90 deg rotations and sent them through yesterday. Downies got back to me today and have said "It looks to be struck on an underweight blank" and they need to see it in the flesh for a final decision. Wooooooooooohooooooooooooooooooooo! Now I don't feel so silly about doing that happy jig at the bank when I saw it. Step one taken towards a unique error - hope it passes step two. Fingers crossed. Report this Post to the Staff
The Unicorn Pillar of the Community Australia 750 Posts	Posted 02/26/2014 11:47 pm That is quite positive Awildeheart I really hope that works out to be the case! Report this Post to the Staff
awildeheart Valued Member Australia 295 Posts	Posted 02/26/2014 11:51 pm Thanks Unicorn, I like this comment a lot more than your last one Report this Post to the Staff
The Unicorn Pillar of the Community Australia 750 Posts	Posted 02/26/2014 11:52 pm ... thought you might. Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 03/01/2014 08:15 am I'm puzzled - at first glance, I thought this coin has been dipped in acid. I used to do it during high school experiment and the results look somewhat similar to what is shown. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
awildeheart Valued Member Australia 295 Posts	Posted 03/02/2014 12:08 pm Nnnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! gxseries, don't say it is so! I'm clinging to hope that it's a genuine planchet error - at least until my dreams are formally dashed by Downies. Report this Post to the Staff
deathandwar New Member Australia 36 Posts	Posted 03/13/2014 5:43 pm Downies have always been true and honest with me in all my correspondence, good luck with it. do they know what a thinner planchet is off, I would be keen to find out Report this Post to the Staff
awildeheart Valued Member Australia 295 Posts	Posted 03/13/2014 10:37 pm Hi, I'm expecting their verdict today. I mailed it a fortnight ago and they said they should be able to give an opinion last Monday. After not hearing anything, I emailed on Tuesday and they said I should know by today as they wanted someone to have a look at it. I'm like a kid waiting for Christmas and will post their assessment here as soon as I hear. Fingers crossed for a verdict today. Edited by awildeheart 03/14/2014 05:07 am Report this Post to the Staff
ozcoins Pillar of the Community Australia 1005 Posts	Posted 03/14/2014 04:51 am Good luck! I think people here would like to know what they say too. Report this Post to the Staff
awildeheart Valued Member Australia 295 Posts	Posted 03/14/2014 05:00 am Man! No email from Downies today. Hopefully, the guy hasn't run off to Brazil with my coin... I guess I'll have to wait until Monday now. Report this Post to the Staff
awildeheart Valued Member Australia 295 Posts	Posted 03/17/2014 01:46 am ... and the anticipation builds ... Just heard from Downies that they are xraying my coin tomorrow. Report this Post to the Staff
awildeheart Valued Member Australia 295 Posts	Posted 03/18/2014 01:29 am Just received Downies' evaluation ... Quote: My opinion is that it has been immersed in acid resulting in an overall weak image. Report this Post to the Staff
shanew Pillar of the Community Australia 1041 Posts	Posted 03/18/2014 07:06 am you never now if you don't have a go ha awildheart don't worry I feel like that all the time I post heaps of wierd one and one day I will find a great one my magnetic penny is in Canberra at the moment I wait just like you there opinion is why fake or forge a 1952 penny so send it down we would love to have a look so I wait and all the ones sitting there laughing at us fool who need to no how and why thing are why they are Report this Post to the Staff
awildeheart Valued Member Australia 295 Posts	Posted 03/19/2014 05:31 am Thanks for the kind words Shanew. I would do the same thing again without hesitation if I thought I had a one-off in my hot little hand. Report this Post to the Staff
ozcoins Pillar of the Community Australia 1005 Posts	Posted 03/19/2014 05:34 am Sorry it was not what you were hoping for. Keep looking, you never know what will turn up. Report this Post to the Staff
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