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baker_boy0 New Member Australia 26 Posts	Posted 07/15/2015 04:21 am Found some nice 20c coins recently... My first MSO coin! Report this Post to the Staff
Nevol Formerly nancyc Australia 5385 Posts	Posted 07/15/2015 6:56 pm Well done on the 1990 coin. It looks pretty good too. Check the Bradman well as it has a known error, filled R in Australia on the Obv. life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved Report this Post to the Staff
baker_boy0 New Member Australia 26 Posts	Posted 07/16/2015 01:59 am Thanks very much. I recognised the 1990 20c as an MSO as soon as I saw it, and it is in nice condition. I didn't know about that error with the Bradman though - I will keep an eye out for that as I seem to find Bradmans quite often when noodling. I also found my first 1995 UN 20c coin - I've been looking for ages and was beginning to think they were a myth! I found some nice surprises when going through $400 of 50c recently too. I've had a lot luck with CoF 50c recently, and I scooped up my first 2015 dated coin, but the pick of the bunch is the fantastic rotated 2010 50c! I think that calls for a dancing orange?! Edited by baker_boy0 07/16/2015 02:01 am Report this Post to the Staff
baker_boy0 New Member Australia 26 Posts	Posted 07/17/2015 01:30 am Well some weeks just seem to be luckier than others...! I went through another $200 bag of 50c last night, and my run of CoF 50c coins continues. I also found a nice variety of good quality commemoratives and earlier years, plus two 1993 50c pieces. Still looking for the elusive 1985 though... Report this Post to the Staff
baker_boy0 New Member Australia 26 Posts	Posted 07/21/2015 01:51 am Well I finally found it - I finished searching $534 worth of 5c coins last night (that's 10,680 coins!) and noodled my first 1972 5c. What hit rates are other people getting for this coin? It seems they are getting harder to find as time goes by due to wear, loss, removal by collectors, and dilution with foreign coins and newly minted years? Report this Post to the Staff
Pedro Valued Member Australia 176 Posts	Posted 07/21/2015 05:04 am Well done baker boy - your persistence paid off! Pedro Report this Post to the Staff
Nevol Formerly nancyc Australia 5385 Posts	Posted 07/21/2015 8:00 pm baker_boy0, I would have thought you'd find more than 1 x 72 amongst $534 worth, but maybe they are drying up. Well done anyhow. life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved Report this Post to the Staff
baker_boy0 New Member Australia 26 Posts	Posted 07/21/2015 10:36 pm Thanks Pedro. Thanks Nancy. Persistence certainly did pay off, but I too was surprised it took so long to find! I am highly suspicious that there is another collector who frequents the same banks as I do. Anyway, I have another $66 of 5c to go through (I stopped partway through a $100 bag when I found the 1972 and did a little dance of joy and went off to look at 10c and 20c coins instead!). I don't fancy my chances of finding another 1972 in the remainder of the bag though, but you never know...! I did find some low mintage years within a $100 bag of 10c coins too. And for a total of only $400 of 10c coins ever searched, I have two complete circulated sets of 10c now. It seems 10c are easier to find, or are just not as collectable?! Report this Post to the Staff
baker_boy0 New Member Australia 26 Posts	Posted 07/23/2015 01:08 am Crazy days. I retract my earlier statement - Quote: I don't fancy my chances of finding another 1972 in the remainder of the bag - Just $40 later and I've found my second 1972 5c! Report this Post to the Staff
Pedro Valued Member Australia 176 Posts	Posted 07/23/2015 11:43 pm Gee baker_boy you have done really really well with your 5 and 10c noodling! Pedro Report this Post to the Staff
karloning Valued Member Australia 401 Posts	Posted 07/26/2015 02:39 am I have never acquired bulk 5 cents pieces to noodle - but in 6 years I have found 14 of the 1972 just by checking my change. Report this Post to the Staff
Mr T Pillar of the Community Australia 2180 Posts	Posted 07/26/2015 9:47 pm Quote: I have never acquired bulk 5 cents pieces to noodle - but in 6 years I have found 14 of the 1972 just by checking my change. You're lucky! I've found one from bank bags from five years of infrequent searching and one in change from nearly 16 years of searching. Report this Post to the Staff
baker_boy0 New Member Australia 26 Posts	Posted 07/28/2015 05:19 am Thanks Pedro. Yes, I've had a lot of good finds recently. I seem to come across lots of the 2011 10c despite the low mintage. I actually put them back into the 'pond' now when I see them! I'm focussing my efforts on 20c and 50c now - looking for examples from 1985 for both. Report this Post to the Staff
karloning Valued Member Australia 401 Posts	Posted 07/28/2015 08:11 am In my golf club we all bet 20 cents with each other. Its a good way of catching up with each other and see who scored what. I didn't do well today but the last two collects I had were a 2001 Tasmania 20 cent, and a 2008 20 cents with the water gap. Took the edge off a lousy score. :) Report this Post to the Staff
Mr T Pillar of the Community Australia 2180 Posts	Posted 07/28/2015 9:07 pm Quote: I'm focussing my efforts on 20c and 50c now - looking for examples from 1985 for both. The 50c shouldn't be too hard but I honestly think that the 1985 20c is a mint set only coin - in 16 years of looking I have never seen one. Report this Post to the Staff
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