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Valued Member
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Thanks everyone. I've been taking photo's with my microscope cause it's usb so the photo's go straight to my computer. It's throwing rough light though which I don;t think is helping the photo's any. I'll try taking with a camera in future or scanning. Thanks for link Yass. I'll pop this away and have someone look at it then :-) Thanks again  |
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Valued Member
Australia
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I found one the same as that and was told by a coin shop it wasnt one.
I hope for your sakes it is! But then on the other hand I hope it isn't as I put it back into circulation....
Fingers crossed for you.
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Valued Member
Australia
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Yass great link to Triton page
Concerned the USB microscope is a good tool but I think too much detail can confuse,the wavy 66s I have seen by eyesight are immediately seen as genuine wavys
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Valued Member
Australia
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I would say yes, barring a forgery. I will post pictures of the two that I have found later today. I have just set up a rig for a macro usb webcam :-) Step one of full noddle automation! A long way to go....
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Valued Member
Australia
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EEK. I put it away to have some one look at it. If it is one Gecko I'll put a spoiler alert out so you don't have to read it! Foridapalms. I agree with the micro - I find it makes the coins look weird as well and have a blueish sheen to them. Back to the camera for me. Dibby33 - I'd love to see your images  Thanks guys! |
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Valued Member
Australia
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I shall post some tomorrow. My wife spotted my wood working skills last night and sent me into the garden to make some raised garden beds for beside stairs for the deck. Took me 20min (sans kids) to make the rig and is going to take me about 3 weekends to do these beds!
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Valued Member
Australia
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I look forward to the updates and photos from this topic
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Valued Member
Australia
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Yes please keep us updated with this.
I have my 'kick myself' boots on right now...
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Valued Member
Australia
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SPOILER ALERT FOR GECKO... Confirmed wavy guys  |
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Valued Member
Australia
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Still working on the garden beds! Will try this weekend.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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To me it looks like the real deal but it does look slightly "different". With a wavy in one hand and a magnifier in the other (and typing this with 2 fingers of the spare hands) I think it has had some post mint damage -the thick part of the base of the 2 (near the upstroke) looks a bit ground down and the thinning of the upstroke of the two adjacent seems too much. Could be wear and tear damage or the result of someone trying to make a normal 2 into a wavy -it happens when coins have high value; that's why I will not buy a Melbourne florin on ebay even though I really want one). Best, as everyone says to get it viewed by someone familiar with them. Tell us where you are Concerned and maybe a forum member who already has one might be nearby. I strongly subscribe to the theory that the best way to identify a variety coin is to see another one first and compare each (plus a normal coin too). Still, I say it is probably one and an excellent find. Wow, two reported within a week! Jeff |
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Valued Member
Australia
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Hi Jeff. I think the pics look funny because I took them with a usb microscope. I'm not sure how to fix the light on it. All the other coin pics I have taken with it look 'funny' as well. I will take a normal (camera)pic on the weekend :-)
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Valued Member
Australia
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Looking forward to a camera shot
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Valued Member
Australia
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I took some photos with the camera - not the best photos but I've included them anyway.   |
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