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New Member
Australia
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I don't know what a common hackers metal detector is but yes an experienced metal detectorist with a decent metal detector would be able to give you a pretty good guess to whether its gold or not.
Forget jewelers and cash converters, Not sure what state your in but someone like ABC Bullion in Sydney or Cashforoldgold in Melbourne have the equipment to test this for you without damaging the coin, Take the coin in and I'm sure they would be happy to help, When you have such an unusual item you will find most people happy to help out if they can.
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Valued Member
Australia
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david , I think he is in gatton queensland , up near toowoomba, you are talking about a long way away , sydney or melbourne .. ,, kel ,,
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New Member
Australia
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I was just making the point to use a gold bullion company and not a hock shop or a jewellery. I'm in sydney so I used examples of places I know and use.I wasn't specifically telling him to use those places just pointing him in the right direction. Its a simple question, Gold or not? can be worked out very easy and quickly by going to the right place first. http://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&tbo...w.r_qf.&fp=b987864691354c7e&biw=1920&bih=938 Edited by david36
01/21/2013 02:26 am
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Pillar of the Community
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GOLD GOLD GOLD took the coin to a brisabne bullion company today they tested it 24 ct 21.46grams solid gold so I guess its from a 2006 gold set I think they had a gold $1 there is a story going around in the lockeyer valley about a gold coin collection being washed away in the grantham floods were the hole town was washed away I will let you now as I find out more about this story also heard off a huge note colletion in brisabne that was thrown out not insured and the bloke was 88years old and had been collecting all his life and had some very old stuff from his father thrown on the heap out the front by brisbane mud army helpers story goes he was in hospital in bris with heart problem and his house was flooded and his niece thought she would clean out his house and fix it up from the floods before he got home everthing with mud and water damage was put in front of the house for the bobcats to clean up and take to land fill well I guess lot off valuble stuff was washed away as people in the lockeyer valley didnt get time to even save there lives 9 people lost there live in the valley I will cash this coin in and donate the money to valley recovery appeal
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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And clearly that weight is within the expected tolerance for a production proof.
Congratulations on the find!
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Australia
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GOLD GOLD GOLD took the coin to a brisabne bullion company today they tested it 24 ct 21.46grams     Fantastic result shanew  I had a gut feeling about this coin from the beginning of this thread, Well done Mate  I posted this 8 days ago Quote:
It would be outstanding if the op's coin is a real gold dollar tho
The truth and the facts normally wash up in the end with these sort of coins.
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01/24/2013 6:05 pm
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Valued Member
Australia
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yes a good find and great result well done ErikP
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Well done. The weight is much more accurate now.
Where exactly did you get it weighed the first time? I'm going there to sell my gold if their scales are off by 4 grams lol
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Pillar of the Community
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first weigh was at a little watch and jew shop in stanthorpe were I work she is a lovly little old lady been there for ever the scales have a lot off dust on them if you now what I mean taking coin to roxburys next week for them to have a look still I will sell and donate mite have something for show and tell next week I'm going to look at a mates dads coins he want to sell he has a original mint bag off 20c 1966 all wavey base coins never seen light he got them from the bank the first day off decimal he had a hardware store and they fell down the back of a old safe his son now took over the business and done up the office and they had to move the safe 1.3 ton of safe and they found all these bags off coins at the back of it well see what happens
shane
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New Member
Australia
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Congratulations on this great find! Worth noting that there are coins like this out there waiting to be noodled!
About 4 months ago I walked into a local bank and asked if they had any round 50 cent pieces.
Right time - right place.
I walked out with $23 face value of 1966 50 cent pieces. At that stage they were selling for around $12 each!
46 coins! Cost me $23.
Certainly worth asking about at your local bank!
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01/25/2013 05:01 am
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Assuming its a $4 bag of 20c and theyre all wavy baseline and UNC theres probably $50,000 of value there. Are you sure they are all wavy baseline?
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I didn't think that bags came out until the 1980s, it was always paper RAM rolls? But then again I've been wrong about 87 times so far this week.
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Typical tolerances (particularly precious metals) tend to be within 2%. Figures in the vicinity of 20% tend to be in the realm of BS or seriously dodgy scales...
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You are certainly having some luck with amazing coin findings Shanew  A bag of 1966 wavy's sounds incredible  ! It would be great if you could take some photo's of one of the wavy rolls when next you visit your mate's dad. Cos' "a picture is worth a thousand words"  And I for one would love to see it... Squire |
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