Error Coin 1995 Weary Dunlop 50c Stamped Onto 20c Piece

Deathandwar

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Hi deathandwar, I would get it sold ASAP.

I went to a very small branch (that I don't usually go to) of my bank today to get coins to noodle and mentioned this coin in conversation. Unbelievably, they said a customer went in yesterday to cash in some coins from her travels and also had THREE of these coins that she asked about.

Of course I leapt on this and asked her is she still had them and she said she had directed the customer to the main branch elsewhere in the shopping centre for coin exchange. After my eyes retreated back into my sockets and my tongue rolled back into my mouth, the teller rang the main branch to see if the coins were exchanged.

... but evidently, the customer decided to hang on to them. Duh!

So it would seem that there at least three others of these coins out there.

I gave the teller my card and said if she remembered who the customer was - or if similar coins appeared - to let me know.

... In hindsight, maybe my asperger goggles were on and she was only taking the p*ss at my expense, but I don't usually go into this branch so I can't believe a teller would bullsh*t a customer she didn't know.

It is quite possible that the teller didn't listen properly as I find a lot of people don't pay attention to or comprehend finer details.

But because of that I do sometimes labour the point to make sure people get what I am saying if I suspect they can't take in a concept beyond what is familiar to their way of thinking. I did say "Are you sure it was a fifty cent Weary Dunlop design on a 20 cent coin" a number of times, and also made a point of saying 'coin' rather than 'planchet' in case that term confused her.

But even with hitting her over the head with a wet fish, it would still be very possible that while I'm saying "two blue squares" she is hearing "five red triangles". People hear what they want to hear ...