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Pushthatbolder New Member Australia 38 Posts	Posted 08/11/2013 04:09 am Australian 10 cent coin ... I've never seen one like this. The thickness is uniform and unlike any other hand filed coin. The texture is unlike any other 'homemade' job I found it in my sorting pile .. http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums...IMAG0639.jpg[/IMG] * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

Pushthatbolder New Member Australia 38 Posts	Posted 08/11/2013 04:15 am Oh, its 1976 http://s1116.photobucket.com/albums...IMAG0642.jpg Report this Post to the Staff
Pushthatbolder New Member Australia 38 Posts	Posted 08/11/2013 04:16 am The good face http://s1116.photobucket.com/albums...IMAG0641.jpg Report this Post to the Staff
appleangel07 Pillar of the Community Australia 1607 Posts	Posted 08/11/2013 04:45 am Hi Pushthatbolder,it's actually one half of a coin that has split in half,it's caused by the metal not mixing properly or some foreign matter has gotten into the metal. Probably worth in the area of $15 to $25. Nice find Report this Post to the Staff
enworb Pillar of the Community Australia 4411 Posts	Posted 08/11/2013 05:19 am Thats an awesome find! Report this Post to the Staff
Pushthatbolder New Member Australia 38 Posts	Posted 08/11/2013 05:19 am Is there a technical term for it? Report this Post to the Staff
Pushthatbolder New Member Australia 38 Posts	Posted 08/11/2013 06:01 am What are the odds, I have found another one... This time its from Zambia (Africa).a 1964 coin... Do inpost again to ask value ? How rare are they ? Report this Post to the Staff
Pushthatbolder New Member Australia 38 Posts	Posted 08/11/2013 06:07 am http://s1116.photobucket.com/albums...IMAG0647.jpg Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16883 Posts	Posted 08/11/2013 06:25 am The technical term for such errors is "split planchet". I personally don't consider them a true "mint error", since they usually do not manifest themselves until long after the coin has left the mint. And while they can occur naturally, anecdotal evidence says that it is all too easy to "create" one, simply by hurling enough perfectly normal-looking coins against a concrete wall or floor. Kids apparently did this with their pocketmoney back in predecimal days; if they got lucky, they'd wind up with two sixpences to spend instead of just one. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
appleangel07 Pillar of the Community Australia 1607 Posts	Posted 08/11/2013 9:28 pm I agree that it is a flaw in the metal & not a mint error but still very collectable. Report this Post to the Staff
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