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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Sometimes you find exceptional condition coins when noodling and sometimes....well this one is exceptional NOT. So, what is it?  Holding it to the light I can just make out a late year (bighead) obverse and a little bit of platypus head and "20". Please don't seriously answer my question but, it is interesting to speculate how it got like this. Completely different to the last find I reported (wavey 2). Jeff Edited by Jeff
10/14/2011 02:08 am
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Valued Member
Australia
490 Posts |
looks like its been in some type of industrial machine or some such, the damage is too random to have been done by hand me thinks...
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Valued Member
United States
187 Posts |
Looks like someone dropped it in a garbage disposal or a blender. Definitely a kitchen accident.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12437 Posts |
Road kill- damage from a concrete/asphalt/tarmac surface.
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Valued Member
Australia
414 Posts |
I agree with biokemist6. It look like a bit of roadkill to me. That is, it has been left on a road and run over etc for a while then returned to circulation.
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Pillar of the Community
 Australia
877 Posts |
I'm inclined to roadkill theory. I thought about blender etc. but the damage is on the faces and rim has quite good condition milling; a blender, or similar, I think would cut the rim too. I have never dropped a coin into the garbage disposal unit but a teaspoon makes an incredible noise -you turn it off real quick. Too quick to do all over damage but a spoon is usually wrecked anyway.  So, now I should think up a silly story about a "rare error" coin and stick it on ebay for a ridiculous price.  Check this one out http://www.ebay.com/itm/ERROR-2-CEN...em519a430aca. Coin is so worn you can't see any of the writing yet seller says "The coin still amazingly shows clearly the head of the Queen on the Two Cent coin & also the frill neck lizaerd on the reverse side of the coin." His spelling and grammar.Obviously "clearly" means something well different from when I was a boy.  And look at the price    Jeff Edited by Jeff
10/14/2011 02:42 am
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Australia
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The rate things are going on ebay you should. You might get $10 for it  . Take away ebay fees $0.79 and Paypal fees $0.54+ (don't get me started) |
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Australia
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Well I just tried to report the fantastic (in the true sense of the word) "error" coin listing to ebay and, guess what?....none of their categories, sub-categories or classifications for reporting a listing actually seem to cover a completely false and ridiculous description. And, no allowance for a comment. What a load of sheep! Jeff |
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Australia
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This is why I don't use ebay to try and price my coins! |
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Australia
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Wow Jeff thanks for pointing that one out. Only $200 for the extra rare coin! I might have to sneak in and get it before anyone else does |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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"Wow Jeff thanks for pointing that one out. Only $200 for the extra rare coin! I might have to sneak in and get it before anyone else does "
I think I might have nearly started you off.
Better get in quick. I sent a link to Nancy with a friendly reprimand for not having bid yet -we all know how much she likes error coins.
Jeff
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I also sent Nancy a link to a really good error florin; I would say aUNC (seller says UNC), very distinct doubling of date and a lot of die cracks. I would say this die was just on the verge of self destruction when it stamped this coin. And starting price was only about $30. Must have left a zero out!
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Here follows my message to MARCHINGSAINT (seller of the rare error 2¢ coin); My mate can make as many similar coins to this as you want for $5.00 each. I have many old silver coins (mostly florins) similar -some you can still just read the date but that is easily fixed. You can have them for silver value only. Have you no shame? Probably won't do a scrap of good, but I feel rather righteous now. Jeff PS. I am not greedy -I think $20 would be a good starting price for my rare error 20¢.  If that doesn't make sense then you need to scroll up and read through this thread. Edited by Jeff
10/14/2011 04:08 am
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Valued Member
Australia
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Car park damage.
Probably dropped in a car park and ran over many times till a kid picked it up to buy lollies with.
I have a 50c with about that much damage too, but I found it in the car park.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Well I have had a reply to my question... "Dear solution2852, Hi mate thanks for the shame part just what I did not need from some cockhead like you , mind your own business buddy & dont make assumptions oo other people , I dont do forgerys so I have done nothing wrong , get me message loud and clear dont contact me again and f@@k off. -marchingsaint". I had to slightly edit this quote to suit CCF rules. He is now on my blocked bidders list, just in case he tries to do something smart. How can you effectively report something like this to ebay? Jeff |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Naw! I think the Mint deliberately mangled that one!
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I have a 20c exactly the same as this 2c, I should go sell it for $200 and say its extremely rare LOLOLOLOLOL0.
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