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1978 Proof Set Error

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 Posted 04/15/2014  10:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add appleangel07 to your friends list
with Peter,not an error.

Anybody got a theory on how the smaller denominations rotate in the packaging ?
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 Posted 04/15/2014  11:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add The Unicorn to your friends list
Less surface area perhaps?
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 Posted 04/16/2014  02:46 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add serial to your friends list
no difference in value, if it was flipped then that would be a different story
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 Posted 04/16/2014  06:30 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add flippy to your friends list
I would pay less is anything, as it doesn't look as nice with the coins not aligned.
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 Posted 04/16/2014  07:02 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add awildeheart to your friends list
I'm wondering if it would be worth anything more even if the coin was flipped based on comments I received yonks ago about a RAM annual set (not proof) that had a coin missing. In the meantime I received another set - different year - also with a coin missing.

As both came straight from the mint and the sealed packaging hadn't been tampered with in any way, I thought they might attract a premium, but CCF comments suggested they were worth nothing and that I should return them to the mint for a "proper" set.
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 Posted 04/16/2014  07:58 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add shanew to your friends list
did you return them
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 Posted 04/16/2014  08:04 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add awildeheart to your friends list

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did you return them

No way Shane

I kept both sets and bought replacement sets so I had "proper" sets in my collection for those years.
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 Posted 04/16/2014  08:44 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add serial to your friends list
I for one would love to see pics.
and a missing coin is a whole lot different from a rotated coin
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 Posted 04/16/2014  09:19 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add awildeheart to your friends list
Hi, I started a new thread for these rather than hi-jack ShaneW's thread.
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 Posted 04/16/2014  09:43 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add serial to your friends list
yeh they would get a premium on ebay imo
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 Posted 04/16/2014  11:10 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Alexer to your friends list
I have to ask because I dont know what those 2 coins are made of, but is it possible to move them with a magnet?
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 Posted 04/17/2014  01:59 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Peter S Thomas to your friends list
Hey guys,
I've had a look at my sets, and while in nearly all case the coins are "firmly" held in the case, the ones that have rotated coins seem to be looser as it were.

I'm thinking that if the tolerances of the case don't match the coin correctly then it is possible that over time, with flipping the set to look at them, for the loose coins to rotate slightly each time. Over the course of years these tiny movements could add up to the rotations we are seeing.

Just an idea.

Cheers
Pete
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 Posted 04/17/2014  03:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Nevol to your friends list

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I have to ask because I dont know what those 2 coins are made of, but is it possible to move them with a magnet?
Our 5c Coins are Cupro-nickel, so they're not magnetic. Same for all the 10c, 20c and 50c all bar 1966 50c which were 80% silver.
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 Posted 04/17/2014  05:14 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add trout1105 to your friends list
I personally won't buy a proof set with the coins miss aligned , it normally means that the set has been handled roughly and there is a good chance that the coins suffer minor damage in the process.
Definitely not an error Mate
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 Posted 04/18/2014  9:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MobOfRoos to your friends list

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I'm thinking that if the tolerances of the case don't match the coin correctly then it is possible that over time, with flipping the set to look at them, for the loose coins to rotate slightly each time. Over the course of years these tiny movements could add up to the rotations we are seeing.


That is my understanding of how coins get rotated in proof sets
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