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Valued Member
Australia
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OK this may be quite normal so please don't laugh at me! But I haven't seen it before. There a 4 dots on the Obv rim of this $2 coin. At first I thought the lines off the edge had gone over but when I looked closer they don't line up. It's at about 7 o'clock (under the arm). Any thoughts?   |
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Valued Member
Australia
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Valued Member
 Australia
65 Posts |
 Thanks Gecko. Have you ever seen anything like that before? |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
518 Posts |
Never seen anything like it mate, some sharp object getting pushed into it? My guess is PMD. |
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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I'm not sure what causes it, but it's reasonably common, but definitely not PMD!  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
518 Posts |
Concerned, take NancyC's word over mine :) Keep it though.
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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Oh Yes! By all means keep it! We have to find out what causes it though and what to call them. When I can start scanning coins again, I'll hunt some of mine out and see if I can put up some images. I think they might be mostly 1999, but not certain.  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Valued Member
Australia
65 Posts |
Ahhh so there may be more out their in the wild for me to find. <insert cute/evil laugh>. It would be great to figure out what it is, esp if it is something that happened during minting. Thanks guys I'll put it in a special place so we look into it again later |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
518 Posts |
May I ask what year the coin is?
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Valued Member
Australia
65 Posts |
Oh yeah - I should have put that in the first post  It's 2008. :-) |
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Valued Member
Australia
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I have also seen quite a few of these coins with the same markings. It's still an error in my mind so I would keep it :)
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Valued Member
Australia
278 Posts |
Recently I found a great $2 coin.
It was in good condition but it was starting to crack apart.
I sat it on the kitchen table to look at when I got home from work, but by that time my girlfriend had seen a random coin laying around and accidently spent it.
So Melb people keep an eye on the $2 coins as you may find it!
next time it goes straight into a 2x2....
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Valued Member
Australia
122 Posts |
Oh don't you hate that Gecko! I am finding it hard to spend any coins at all, just incase! Infact I had to accept the kindness of a stranger to pay my parking because I had put all my coins away & left my wallet empty!
Coin madness :)
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
652 Posts |
My work colleague knows I collect coins and is actually looking at coins for me. He's obviously sick. LOL
However, yesterday he gave me a $2 coin with most of the obverse legend missing. Great strikethrough. I think it might be 2009, but need to look at thriough a loupe. He looked at it because it was 'shiny'. He was looking for the rabbit ears that I had told him about previously. Wrong coin, but great find!
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Australia
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He looked at it because it was 'shiny'. He was looking for the rabbit ears that I had told him about previously. Wrong coin, but great find! Yass, that's classic! I'll be laughing for months over that quote. Ahhh, just beautiful! ha ha ha |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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This would have something to do with the milling of the side of the coin.
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Posted 10/24/2011 03:54 am
