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1987 5 Cent Varieties?

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 Posted 05/16/2013  05:18 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Squire Wilson to your friends list
I see what you mean .

Check up the Coin Community Forum discussion link "Australian 5 cent die changes and coin varieties" at "https://goccf.com/t/57054"

I hope this helps

Squire

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 Posted 05/16/2013  05:33 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add NoodleHead to your friends list
I've read that...it doesn't help identify this...
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05/16/2013 05:37 am
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 Posted 05/16/2013  07:10 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Mr T to your friends list
Hard to say. There are two different varieties of the 1987 5c (see http://www.thesandpit.net/index.php...nt_echidnas) but on-screen the difference doesn't seem that obvious.
If you look at them from a distance is the different gap between the SD and rim really obvious?
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 Posted 05/16/2013  08:24 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add NoodleHead to your friends list
How do you think I noticed it :)
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 Posted 05/16/2013  08:31 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add NoodleHead to your friends list
I hate to state the obvious, seems to be the trend here though, but I said I'd been keeping my eye out for the 1987 Large/Small aka High/Low. Why are you directing me to sites telling me there are varieties with this coin? I know that, that's why I'm here.
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 Posted 05/16/2013  6:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Nevol to your friends list
If you have a digital caliper, try taking all relevant measurements for both coins: top â€" Bottom and side â€" side as well as the gaps between the top â€" Rim, bottom â€" Rim, plus SD â€" Rim.

That should either prove or rule out the High/Low variety. the High variety is said to be extremely rare.

I don't recall if there are 2 sizes with the SD or not.
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 Posted 05/17/2013  01:19 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add airgem to your friends list
with Nancy.The high design of this year is a lot scarcer than people think.Well worth hanging on to
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 Posted 05/17/2013  07:29 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add NoodleHead to your friends list
Thankyou very much :) I will try to make time for that tomorrow.
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 Posted 05/18/2013  8:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Mr T to your friends list

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I hate to state the obvious, seems to be the trend here though, but I said I'd been keeping my eye out for the 1987 Large/Small aka High/Low. Why are you directing me to sites telling me there are varieties with this coin? I know that, that's why I'm here.


I wasn't clear but in the photo on that site the difference is clear. I think it's harder sometimes to tell the difference when just looking at one part of the coin.
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 Posted 05/20/2013  08:20 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add NoodleHead to your friends list
I havent taken pics good enough to put on here yet, but at 12 oclock they are the same, at 3 oclock the higher one is further from the edge, theres the difference shown above at 6 oclock, and again they are the same at 9 oclock. I will try to do the pics tomorrow.
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 Posted 05/21/2013  06:25 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Mr T to your friends list
Good luck with it being the rare variety. Not sure why there'd be a difference in the gap size if it isn't though.
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 Posted 05/21/2013  08:57 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add NoodleHead to your friends list
I dont know how to add another photo..
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 Posted 05/21/2013  09:02 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add NoodleHead to your friends list
Ok here are the pics, had to take both aangles to get the whole coin...you will see how its around 3-6 oclock where the different distances to the rim occur, 9-12 are the same.
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1987-5-Cent-Varieties?
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 Posted 05/21/2013  09:03 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add NoodleHead to your friends list
It's not as big as the difference on the 1984, but it's there!
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 Posted 05/22/2013  01:09 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Mr T to your friends list
Good find.
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