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Valued Member
Australia
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Hi All,
New to this forum and looking for some advice, I have found a brown? 20c australian piece in my change, dated 1967, there is small damage along one side of the coin and it is all brown throughout, similar to the 1&2c pieces, I have weighed the coin and it is 11g similar to a regular coin.
Any idea how to find out if this is worth collecting? Or perhaps just dirty from age?
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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Hi Matt_J,  to CCF. The coin has probably been immersed in something that has affected the surface, maybe even buried for a while. I doubt that it will have any premium over 20c, but just in case, can you put up a picture? life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
674 Posts |
Matt, look forward to a photo.! |
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 Australia
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The coin has probably been immersed in something that has affected the surface, maybe even buried for a while. Agreed. These are by far the most common causes of "copper-looking" cupronickel coins: being buried (the cupronickel reacts with humic acid in the soil, staining the coin brown) and being stuck at the bottom of a chlorinated pool or fountain for a long time. A mint error is a remote possibility, but extremely remote. Especially if the size and weight are otherwise correct for a 20 cents. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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New Member
Australia
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hi,
spilver here, long time reader, first time poster.
i got to this site through my main hobbie, metal detecting.
i put dozens of coins looking just like this one back in to circulation through vending machines every month.
it's a noodling sideshoot.
i take my baggie of fresh dug coins to the shopping centre, while Mrs. spilver amd jr. spiler are shopping, feed them in to the vending machine, press return $ button and voila,
clean cash ready to be noodled,
rinse and repeat.
the vending machine man where I work is on to it and puts the dirty ones back in.
it's a silent war.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
515 Posts |
This 10c had been lying out in the sun for a while, found at the park. Took a photo of it just for this sort of occasion.  |
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New Member
Australia
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Ive got a few spares :)  Edited by david36
12/03/2012 08:16 am
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
4411 Posts |
Are you going for the most corroded set of 20c ever put together david? I like it lol
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1607 Posts |
WOW they are niiice,all the colours  One can only imagine where you got some of those lovlies  |
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Valued Member
Australia
295 Posts |
Welcome Spilver Quote:
... it's a silent war. Sound's very Woody Allen-esque. |
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Valued Member
Australia
428 Posts |
love the blue one thats a keeper ..   |
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