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Valued Member
Australia
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true pd ,but still a veriety and if you need every one then these are a must have ,..
i am still looking for 1 plus the 2010 spew roo and I have looked through 100,0s of them ..
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I just found one today, in the Greater Brisbane area.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I like em  and you don't need a Lupe to see them, I have dodgy eyes and I can see the bubble without a Lupe. Just ebay noodled 2 more in EF  Makes 4 so far  The "Bubble" is clearly visible without a Lupe , look at these examples.  Edited by trout1105
07/13/2012 6:17 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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The Mrs noodled a 100 bucks worth of 20 cent coins on the weekend & got 2 bubbles & a few other good errors. Gave me a chance to have a good look at the bubble,they bear an uncanny resemblance to the little round flowers ? ( don't know if thats what they are supposed to be ) on the end of the stalks in the middle of the 2011 volunteers 20 cent coin IMO. There must be a fair few getting around the Brisbane area,one brisbane seller has sold 22 since april in lots of 2,3 & 6,selling from $1.50 each up to $5.00 each,except the 1st lot which sold for $5.65 each.     Edited by appleangel07
07/15/2012 2:12 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Ha ha that's funny.
It looks a little similar.
The bubble defiantly looks raised and part of the die.
Did a quick search to find out the designer of the volunteers 2011 20c and who could have been making dies at the mint and if it's the same designer that would be cool, Vladimir Gottwald or Wojciech Pietranik was retiring maybe one of them wanted to go out with a little fun, I would leave an Easter egg too.
There's nothing to say that someone couldn't have done a platypus die, and it has been paired it with the 2010 face, after all the mint has to continually make dies as they fail.
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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I do have a theory as to how this circle or 'bubble' came about.  This is in addition to my previous opinion on P2 of this thread. One original die had a gas or air bubble that was not visible when the die was made. As this one die got used and suffered some wear and tear, the outer ring of the 'bubble' burst and started to open up and an incuse ring began to form. The more wear it got, the more it opened up, until eventually there was a full incused ring with a raised centre. And that dear friends is how we got our cute little 'bubble' on the coin (imho)  .  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I got 2x $100 bags of 20 cent coin from Caboolture yesterday,i opened one bag last night,i only noodled 3 or 4 hand fulls ( $15 )of the first bag & I got 2 bubble coins.
So Kel they are around Caboolture if you want them.
I also got $200 of $1 coin & I got 16 X 2010 in that & in good nick too.
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07/19/2012 7:04 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Ended up with 3 bubble coins out of the 1st $100 bag,so only got 1 more today.
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Valued Member
Australia
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thanks apple , I will start my run tomorrow morning from the credit union and post office in morayfield and work up towards caboolture .. ,, kel ,,
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I got my coins from King street which bank - commonwealth Kel Heritage Building Society in the Morayfield complex have security bags of new coin but they would'nt sell me any because I don't have an account with them,not fair but thats the rules apparently.   |
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Formerly nancyc
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Ended up with 3 bubble coins out of the 1st $100 bag,so only got 1 more today.  Well done! life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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good effort AA! More and more turning up in Qld |
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Valued Member
Australia
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Found my second bubble today. Not a big deal for you Queenslanders, who are rolling in them but they are very scarce here in the southern states.
TCH
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Valued Member
Australia
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i have been through $ 80 so far for nil , just have to keep looking ,, kel ,,
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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TCH,
Where are you located?
It sounds like we see similar distributions of coins.
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