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larena Valued Member Australia 323 Posts	Posted 12/05/2011 02:21 am I would like to know what I have found here...is this an error or not? I am new to coin collecting so would appreciate any opinion please Larraine Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 12/05/2011 02:49 am Larraine: welcome to the CCF! Unfortunately, it looks like Post Mint Damage to me. I don't think that the line above the platypus's bill is a stick floating on the water.......... Besides the coin you have pictured, what aspects of coin collecting interest you? The definitive 20 cent denomination is somewhat of an unsung hero of Australian decimal coinage. I have spoken the the designer of the coin, Stuart Devlin, and he said of the 20 cent design, that it was the most satisfying of all of his coin designs. He remarked that is very hard to depict water on a metal surface such as in a coin design. He said that in this case, the water depiction turned out very well, and the intended design still works, even when the coin is very worn. Stuart Devlin was goldsmith to H.M. the Q. for a number of years. The designer's initials 'SD' appear near the platypus's right flipper. Report this Post to the Staff
larena Valued Member Australia 323 Posts	Posted 12/05/2011 03:03 am Thanks for your reply...I am totally interested in error coins and I have picked up a few...I go get $200 + from the bank and just sit down and go through them... I dont't understand how such damage could be done without the rim being affected? Edited by larena 12/05/2011 03:05 am Report this Post to the Staff
steve - Oz 50c man Valued Member Australia 490 Posts	Posted 12/05/2011 03:22 am Definitely PMD I'm afraid Report this Post to the Staff
erkle Pillar of the Community 1119 Posts	Posted 12/05/2011 04:46 am looks like it has been hit with something sharp, chisel maybe? Report this Post to the Staff
Aussiegrading New Member 22 Posts	Posted 12/06/2011 05:01 am man made for sure Report this Post to the Staff
larena Valued Member Australia 323 Posts	Posted 12/07/2011 10:58 pm Thanks all for your interest....have just posted another find, so am asking for help AGAIN Report this Post to the Staff
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