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Moderator
  United States
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Nope it looks like a cupronickel normal circulation piece.
thanks sap
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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not the colour but the design of it looks like a proof to me
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Proof coins could have any design Spedward. Typically decimal proof coins have frosted high points and mirror fields. Specimens have the opposite - polished high points and frosted fields, with the design being the same.
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Moderator
United States
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 Well it's not a proof. All I wanted to know was about the possibility of a Krause error. I'm away from my collection at the moment so I can't post a pic. But if you REALLY want me to I can  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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It's alright, we're just going off topic as usual.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Well jsut the amount the flag comes out of the surface, it normally doesn't come out that far (the metal)
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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GO of course we want pics. We always want pics.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Valued Member
Australia
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Quote:
Well it's not a proof. All I wanted to know was about the possibility of a Krause error. Krause make a LOT of errors in certain area's... But then again, you are trying to cram a century or so of coins into the book! |
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Valued Member
Australia
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Every catalogue has errors
I know maccas welcomes feedback,Krause is so huge ...where would you even start?
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Well the picture of a royal visit I saw must have been an extra shiny one>?
looked like a proof, but my one here doeesn't really
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Valued Member
Australia
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Catalogues often use the proof images to illustrate a coin because to take a photo of a shiney uncirculated coin does not produce a good image for print reproduction. Maccas will use proofs unless there was no proof issued.
The 2000 Royal Visit 50c was only available in two finishes - uncirculated Copper Nickel and Proof .999 Silver.
The key feature about this coin is the unique once only effigy of Queen Elizabeth II on obverse.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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G'day,
quote: "The 2000 Royal Visit 50c was only available in two finishes - uncirculated Copper Nickel and ..."
- they were uncirculated when they were issued, but they did circulate: more than 5 million of them - see previous page of this thread.
Peter
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Valued Member
Australia
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The effigy of QE is unique to this coin so that makes it special,last time this happened on an Australian circulating coin was Edward back in 1910
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