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It is not the country thats important, it is the Rotation.!! Good Find.!  |
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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Great find!   life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Ain't she a beauty?  PS I didn't realise how tricky it is to take a piccie using a mirror and a KB digi microscope while trying to hold one hand steady with the coin and focus and click with the other ... |
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United States
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Awesome find awildheart. Your picture taking idea with the mirror is creative, looks harder than I have the patience for, but highly effective. |
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United States
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"Done with mirrors~srorrim htiw enoD"...sounds like an album...Aerosmith (1985)
Nice fifth of a pound!
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03/19/2013 1:49 pm
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Australia
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Because its a foreign coin I reckon you can pardon yourself. I've made similar mistakes with foreign coins before. Did you know that when I first started collecting I was blessed enough to have all of my 10 or so US coins rotated 180 degrees?! lol |
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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This is the normal orientation of the UK 20p with the part shield on the Rev. Seven sided heptagon with the point above QEII's head at 12 O'clock. I never noticed the Cuds all over this one until taking the pics just now, bonus!   life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Australia
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Could someone pass that dear old lady a tissue please.!  |
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Australia
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Excellent cud-a-scope work Nancy. Robster, itsnot for the beginner these UK coins. (We are pleasantly amused .... royal wave  ) Awildeheart, I'd have said the same if I'd seen it  ! (PS: Do you have the full shield set? Just curious, nice idea). |
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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These are the coins that make up a shield, but these aren't all from the same year. I just grabbed one of each denomination to make it up. Lazy bones. Left to Right, Top to Bottom ......One Pound Ten Pence - Two Pence ......Five pence One Penny - Twenty Pence ......Fifty Pence  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Australia
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That's excellent! Thanks for posting that Nancy . (I'll know now that I'm not seeing things when I come across some). |
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Australia
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... I'm nearly over my disappointment and embarrassment  OK ... well, maybe not quite yet ... ... and now I am slightly even more embarrassed - by The Unicorn. Yes, you! Can you believe I actually bought a UK mint set only a few months ago and totally forgot I had it so didn't even think to compare the coin I had with the one in the set ... now where is that 'blonde moment' emoticon? Nancy, great Cuds! What a great score. And Enworb, Quote:Did you know that when I first started collecting I was blessed enough to have all of my 10 or so US coins rotated 180 degrees?! lol  I couldn't believe my "luck" in the US with their "rotated" coins either. Funny though, I went to the UK after the US and while I noticed the orientation of the US coins, the UK coin orientations went completely unnoticed by me while there (and here).  |
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Australia
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I never ever realised that their coins made up a larger piece.
Maybe Australia should do it with states (like a commemorative map)? That would be very cool.
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Australia
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now I am slightly even more embarrassed - by The Unicorn. Yes, you! It happens to us all awildeheart. I have my trusted 1930 penny (altered date, proper penny) sitting on my desk that reminds me of just that! (Talk about a heart flutter) (Stevo, might have to list it and see if it gets pulled eh?) |
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