Strange Groove Around Edge Of $1 Coin, Added Scan

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intentcity3 New Member Australia 30 Posts	Posted 08/27/2008 10:39 pm im not sure if this is a minting error or post, other side seems normal, any ideas? its a 1985 Image: 1.jpg 70.3 KB Image: z.jpg 21.6 KB Edited by intentcity3 08/28/2008 10:23 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 08/28/2008 12:53 am G'day, haven't noticed one like that before. I'd hang on to it, and let the error-collectors debate it. Looks to me like the planchet has been struck with something circular, but of smaller diameter, before the MoR die came down. I'm speculating that the something was a 10-cent coin, or a 10-cent planchet. The groove seems to vary a bit, but that might be a trick of the light. The groove seems almost absent between 2&3, and again between 4&5. But note that the ear near 2 seems to be struck over the groove. The upper paw at 4 is more difficult to interpret. Peter in Darwin Report this Post to the Staff
intentcity3 New Member Australia 30 Posts	Posted 08/28/2008 12:59 am thanks peter, I found it noodling at the pokies, I think your right as I cant think of any other way it could happen. Report this Post to the Staff
justabeginner Pillar of the Community Australia 1014 Posts	Posted 08/28/2008 07:12 am Is it indented? Or is it like toning? Cause I have one like that except I think its toning.. Not indented Report this Post to the Staff
intentcity3 New Member Australia 30 Posts	Posted 08/28/2008 07:29 am i just ran a tooth pick around it and you can feel the groove ( that would be a great name for a song) cheers Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 08/28/2008 09:35 am There is a possibility that the damage was created by those shopping carts that require you to put in a dollar or two dollar coins before you can use them. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
intentcity3 New Member Australia 30 Posts	Posted 08/28/2008 09:43 am maybe, though I think you would see a lot more of them. Report this Post to the Staff
intentcity3 New Member Australia 30 Posts	Posted 08/28/2008 10:29 pm on closer inspection the groove seems to be raised so it must be mint damage, very strange, maybe the die struck a 10c planch and got damaged and then struck this planchet. Edited by intentcity3 08/28/2008 10:32 pm Report this Post to the Staff
tyjulie New Member Australia 42 Posts	Posted 08/29/2008 05:13 am please explain more don,t under stand what you mean Report this Post to the Staff
intentcity3 New Member Australia 30 Posts	Posted 08/29/2008 06:19 am the coin has a strange ring just inside the edge of the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Fulvio New Member Australia 14 Posts	Posted 01/06/2010 10:20 pm Hard to tell from the pics, but is this like the ring which was very common on 1984 $1's? Never did get a definitive answer on what the cause was, but you could feel a slight depression on both sides of the coins. Report this Post to the Staff
markn Pillar of the Community Australia 1295 Posts	Posted 01/06/2010 10:30 pm Almost certainly from a coin rolling machine. Report this Post to the Staff
jackool Valued Member Australia 70 Posts	Posted 01/07/2010 02:51 am I found one like this ages ago, I will have to dig it out and have a look. Report this Post to the Staff
Nevol Formerly nancyc Australia 5385 Posts	Posted 01/07/2010 4:06 pm It's definitely damage from a coin rolling machine as per Markn's post. It would have been an end coin in the roll & the obverse was not exposed, so it didn't get damaged. Many coins are damaged like this, I've seen hundreds of them. life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved Report this Post to the Staff
latman100 Pillar of the Community Australia 1040 Posts	Posted 01/07/2010 10:05 pm I used to try and put sets together that had the circles from the rolling machines. Report this Post to the Staff
markn Pillar of the Community Australia 1295 Posts	Posted 01/08/2010 3:55 pm I've since been told that this mark on 1984 and 1985 dollars may well be from the offsetting press (the machine that puts the rim on the coin). Report this Post to the Staff
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