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Squire Wilson Pillar of the Community Australia 653 Posts	Posted 03/20/2012 12:07 am I thought I would forward an enlarged image of my "wavy". It as a few features that I find interesting. They appear to be consistent with a damaged die / repaired die. Actually, these features are also in similar coins provided by "Bluesfil (26/5/2007)" and "eccentric (3/4/2011)" submissions to "Coin Community" also with the coins at http://www.coinmedalshop.com.au/a17...44_-_479.htm and http://www.aussiecoins.com/coins/tw...y%200111.jpg The features are the "rounded relief" to the wavy curvature of the baseline of the 2. I have outlined this in the red rectangle. The other feature is the downward-and-to-the-right pointing "tail" at the right hand side of the rounded swirl, as indicated in the blue rectangle. I realize that my coin is not in the best condition, but the better examples in the other links show these details also. Squire Report this Post to the Staff
penny dreadful Valued Member Australia 318 Posts	Posted 08/16/2012 07:05 am Quote: There is no literature that I can see except maybe an article in an early ACR of which I happen to not have that issue in my ACR library...grrr In the letters to editor of the Australian Coin Review Vol. 5 No. 11 (May 1969) Page 15, there is a letter by R.W Taylor of Toowoomba QLD, who obtained a roll of 20c coins on Decimal Day 1966, and he found that 18 of the coins had a distinct curve in the tail of the 2, and since then he'd not found any more.....knew only two others who had the same variety, and they had just one each. Wonder how many of these were kept? I don't have a full run of ACR's, so I may be missing the issue where the wavy 2 was first discussed in an article as a new variety, as Purple Penny alluded to. Well done on finding one, Squire. It's one coin I'm most keen to find someday Report this Post to the Staff
enworb Pillar of the Community Australia 4411 Posts	Posted 08/16/2012 9:35 pm A whole roll! Report this Post to the Staff
Squire Wilson Pillar of the Community Australia 653 Posts	Posted 08/17/2012 04:28 am Thanks penny dreadful. What can I say ?, I found this "wavy" in a 4 dollar bank roll of 20 cent coins from the National Bank late last year. At the time I did not know that this was one of the "holy grail's" of Australian Decimal error coins. Actually, I was disappointed that the coin was in rather ordinary condition I had the usual anxieties about "is it real or a counterfeit" . But a visit to a reputable coin dealer fixed this . Finding this coin really got me enthusiastic about "noodling". In fact I have rolls of $1, 50 cents and 20 cents to go through over the weekend. I wonder what unusual coins are hiding inside these Squire Report this Post to the Staff
nealeffendi Pillar of the Community Australia 852 Posts	Posted 08/17/2012 06:56 am Mrcruise, I doubt that more than 60-70% of the 1966 20 cent coins have been removed from circulation so unless the original mintage was quite low (under 10,000) then far more than 4,000 still survive (so plenty should still be out there). Report this Post to the Staff
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