Results From $3156 Of $2 Coins...some Very Interesting Finds

Hi all, last week on my day off I carted around a huge amount of $2 coins, ($3000 of $2's from the bank & $156 in my coin jar). The results were interesting to say the least. As for finding any mis-strikes...nope...nothing worth writing home about. But I did however find a counterfeit/fake 2003, a really weak strike & a possible rusted planchet. Have a look below at the stats, a little small because I had to fit it under 100kb & after that are the coin curiosities.


COIN 1A very very weak strike or struck through oil on the obverse, I've included a couple of other images of the same area. I'm thinking it is either a 2003 or 2005. The problem with both of those years was the tendency to have weaker strikes. I noticed throughout this long & painful session that 2003, 2005 & 2008's all looked very similar.





Have a look...from this angle it takes on an appearance of 2003...?


COIN 2
The whole session was worth it in finding a 2003 counterfeit/fake. I've circled some images following regarding the elements of the coin that just look off. This coin made it all worthwhile.



On the reverse, have a look at how close the stars & plant bunch (next to the 2) are to the rim, also look at how far the back of the aboriginals head is from the rim. Have a look at his dreadlocked beard.

As for the obverse, the letters remind me very much of what the lettering looks like on date altered 1923 Halfpennies.

I always love the side profile of $2 counterfeits, they're so shabby. They always make me wonder how they went about making this worthless (to others but not me) copy coins.


COIN 3
Below is the coin that looks like it has a rusty planchet. I'll post some more pictures below, just to see if anyone agrees or agrees to disagree. Let me know what this is!