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Woo Hoo! Found A Wavy 1966 20c !!

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 Posted 06/21/2012  03:58 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add appleangel07 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The Mrs & I have been looking/noodling trying to find 1 of these SOB's for about 20 years & not one.
I congratulate those who have found them ( good onya's ) but this particular coin has frustrated us for many years,i'll probably end up buying 1 if I win lotto or something.
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 Posted 06/21/2012  10:59 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add awildeheart to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Of course both coins look authentic. I was never questioning this in the first place.


No worries Squire Wilson - just my lack of confidence showing. This is the first time I have shown my Wavy 20 to anyone at all (no coin fanatics in my area that I know of) and for a year now I have worried that I was mistaken in my assessment of it, based on internet research. And because I am a relative coin newbie, who really didn't know diddly squat at the time of identifying it, I could easily have been enraptured with a PMD instead of the real thing.

Phew, glad to see it gets the tick of approval.
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 Posted 06/21/2012  5:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Nevol to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Phew, glad to see it gets the tick of approval.
Rest easy, it's OK.
life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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 Posted 06/21/2012  6:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Frazzle to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice find..

Coin Hunters phrase "buckleys and none" was new to me,being from the US...Very Interesting!
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 Posted 06/21/2012  9:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Squire Wilson to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
awildeheart.

When I found my "wavy" last year I was also worried about its authenticity. So I took it to a reputable coin dealer who verified it for me.

Of course, that was before I joined the "Coin Community Family" . Now you have the experts on this forum giving you the "thumbs up"

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Coin Hunters phrase "buckleys and none" was new to me,being from the US...Very Interesting!
Very very common term used in Oz, not just by coin collectors.
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 Posted 06/22/2012  03:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add The Coin Hunter to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Very very common term used in Oz


and I am very very common
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I have taken some photos of the obverse (as requested)
Still figuring out the best way to get photos.
I used a bright LED torch for lighting as that seemed to help with focus.

Woo-Hoo!--Found-A-Wavy-1966-20c-!!

Woo-Hoo!--Found-A-Wavy-1966-20c-!!

It is interesting how differently the photos turned out when all that was different was the direction of the light (from the side or top), and the angle from horizontal (more straight on, or side on)
Direct light seems more harsh and more angled light seems to show the details of the coin better.
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06/22/2012 08:47 am
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Coin Hunters phrase "Buckley's and none" was new to me,being from the US...Very Interesting!

"Buckley's chance" means no chance at all In Aussie slang.
So Buckley's and none means absolutely no chance whatsoever
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Nice work/ I have found two (in diff ways) and my heart still skips a beat when I look at them in the folder :-)
(First by noodling and the second I got in change when I came here on work and then took back home to Scotland to put in a tub to be looked at 14 years later). I am taking a break from noodling just now as I am looking for a job and have bought a metal detector! Diggity dig dig....
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 Posted 06/23/2012  9:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ozcoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It is funny, when I was looking through 20c before I had no expectations of ever finding a wavy.
When Isaw "1966" there was no reaction...
Now when I see "1966" my brain goes "What if its a wavy?!"...
Just setting myself up for disappointment every time now!
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