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Valued Member
Australia
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Hi all Going through my 20c coins tonight and came across this one with extra claws the position of which would put them on the platypus's back. Is this something that happens occasionally. Hope picture is clear enough. I'm waiting for a lense for taking these pictures to arrive. I used a loupe with my IPhone. Any info on this coin please. Cheers Keith  |
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Valued Member
 Australia
85 Posts |
This one maybe clearer.  |
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Valued Member
Australia
176 Posts |
Hi Keith,
Looks intriguing. What year was the 20c?
Pedro
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Valued Member
Australia
215 Posts |
Im no expert but it does look like a faint set of claws.
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Valued Member
Australia
85 Posts |
Hi Pedro
2004 is the year.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
869 Posts |
Maybe a die clash? Queens hair from the other side?
Maybe bagging mark from the rim of a 20c (but does seem too curved to be)?
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Valued Member
Australia
85 Posts |
They are raised claws and if it was a bagging mark, wouldn't the claws be indented? I'm waiting for a lense to arrive so maybe with it, it will show the coin much clearer.
Cheers
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I've looked at quite a few of these when noodling 20 cent coins,i ended up tossing them back into circulation so hope they don't turn out to be something really special( only because I tossed them back ),i think from memory I had 3 out of the last $200 worth I noodled.
Some of the ones I've seen have this in odd places,even on the obverse as well.
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Valued Member
Australia
85 Posts |
Do you reckon it looks like the tips of another set of claws? That's what they seem to look like to me.
Cheers
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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I reckon it's simply impact from the reeded edge of another coin after it was minted, therefore PMD. Quite common.  Try to imagine how another set of claws could make it to this location on the coin. Pretty nigh impossible by my way of thinking.  If I had kept every coin with exactly this type of PMD, I'd have a house full of the little critters.  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Valued Member
Australia
85 Posts |
Ah nancy, and I thought I had something unusual  |
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Valued Member
Australia
85 Posts |
Another attempt. Much better picture.  |
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Valued Member
Australia
176 Posts |
My aging eyes are probably deceiving me but the marks do look like claws. Can't explain it - not sure reeding would make pointed and angled marks but of course I could well be wrong again!.
Pedro
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Here is a 2010 20 cent with same sort of thing on the obverse,definitely coin strike to me.   |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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 struck by the reeding of another coin. It does look like the claws though and could easily be confused. |
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Valued Member
Australia
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don't worry pedro it's not your ageing eyes because my young eyes are deceiving me as well.
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Posted 06/10/2012 07:37 am
