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RickyDesilva New Member Australia 27 Posts	Posted 06/06/2011 08:35 am I found this 5 cents with some other coins and have compared it to a 1993 that it was found with it. As far as I can tell its a 1996 5 Cent Piece, with obvious flaws... - Less Detail - Thinner - no rim markings any help to explain what happened to this coin, or is it a genuine mint error? any help is appreciated Report this Post to the Staff

wesley Valued Member 195 Posts	Posted 06/06/2011 08:47 am PMD and eroded by an unknown source Report this Post to the Staff
RickyDesilva New Member Australia 27 Posts	Posted 06/06/2011 08:54 am Cheers Wesley Report this Post to the Staff
Zaggy Valued Member Australia 432 Posts	Posted 06/06/2011 09:55 am yeah, that has been dropped into and floated around in some sort of machinery for a while... Like a Steel Tubbed Clothes Washer or Clothes Dryer. But have a lot at how the rim is more worn that then middle of the field - suggests its been sitting inside some sort of cylinder as it works; else we would have lost more of the details... Depending upon what sort of abrasives were in the machine and how the coin was tossed around, it could have happened quite fast (days) or take ages (months, years)! The colour is interesting too - may help you figure out what sort of environment it was in. I'm sure there are ppl here who are better versed in chemistry than I, who could suggest why the CuNi has been turned brown... Report this Post to the Staff
Murazor Valued Member Poland 114 Posts	Posted 06/06/2011 09:55 am Yes, just totally worn out. Report this Post to the Staff
RickyDesilva New Member Australia 27 Posts	Posted 06/06/2011 09:57 am Great Thanks so much for the help guys! Very much appreciated Report this Post to the Staff
Gecko Valued Member Australia 278 Posts	Posted 06/06/2011 11:23 pm also (get ready to cringe) the metal detector guys like to tumble their coins that they find. Yes you heard right any 'dirty' coins they will just chuck into a rock tumbler with cleaners and clean the coins so they can spend them without looking like that they got the coins from a wishing well.... Report this Post to the Staff
RickyDesilva New Member Australia 27 Posts	Posted 06/07/2011 10:12 am haha crazy stuff what's a rock tumbler? Report this Post to the Staff
Loz New Member Australia 11 Posts	Posted 06/08/2011 03:16 am Haha! The colour is almost definitely due to the coin being in the ground for many years before it was recovered by somebody. Possibly with a metal detector I would also bet on it having been through a rock tumbler. Metal detecting in Australia can be quite lucrative with our 1 and 2 dollar coins being a big part of our day to day currency. many pockets have holes in them and recovering $100.00 or more in an outing is more common than you would believe. Can't wait for $5.00 coins Some detectorists I know just dump all their coins in a jar when they get home and when the jar is full, or the bills are due, they do put them through the rock tumbler, bag them up and take them to the bank. Our banks can be a little funny with dirty coins, and will sometimes make you go through a damaged currency process which could result in it taking some time before you get credited for your coins. Report this Post to the Staff
biggfredd Rest in Peace United States 9104 Posts	Posted 06/08/2011 06:27 am rock tumbler is just as it sounds. take ragged rocks and bang them around with an abrasive agent. eventually, you get pretty polished smooth stones. Report this Post to the Staff
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