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Edited by shanew
02/07/2013 04:25 am
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To be completely honest Shane those pictures are'nt good enough to give a definite answer one way or the other IMO.
I will say it looks suspicious around the inside of the rim though.
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A clear picture of the edge would help.
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The outside edge of the coin looks fine,so you can discount 2 coins being cut in half & joined in that crude way.
The side view of the rim is a much clearer image too,if you could get the other pics that clear we would have a better chance of coming up with the answers for you,can you show us pics of the whole coin, both sides of the coin ?
Not trying to be a smart butt or anything,it's just that the first pic & 4th are blown up too much iykwim.
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Where did you get it from?
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Looks alright to me but I dont trust anything like that from ebay. If actually a coin struck with double obverse dies it is certainly mint sport and not a genuine error. |
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Yes a bit of a conundrum as most mint sport coins are usually in excellent condition (such as the 20c on $1 planchet). This coin appears to have been circulated quite a bit. (Although I suppose that too could have been done artificially to suggest it having been removed from circulation rather than from a mint employee's boot). Shane (if you don't mind my curiousity) was it a recent purchase .... like last few months? I'd love to be able to see how the item was presented on ebay hence to know the item number. Though that would be revealing how much you paid for it. (So I won't be upset if you don't want to let the cat out of the bag). |
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yes recently the picture on ebay was unreadable you couldnt see any thing in the photos that he had listed just took a punt this is the ebay number I think # 261153418328 |
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you all seam hard on mint sport coins were I think they are cool coins
i have never heard off mint sport before I just bought 2x 2000 $2 struck on euro 10c planchets from 2 differant dealers are they mint sport
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Thanks heaps for sharing that info Shane. I see what you mean by taking a punt! Though the sellers feedback seems ok at first glance! Yes, the mint sport coins get a bit of a bashing because someone has purposely made them, rather than them occuring as a part of the standard, controlled minting process. I'm not sure if any of yours are definately mint sport or not so I wouldn't take it to heart. It's a really odd error, especially when you take Peter's comments from before into account. Quote:
As I understand it, the presses at the Mint are designed to prevent the possibility of double heads or tails. It is possible to get a rotated die, but that's about it.
https://goccf.com/t/140506The Euro ones sound interesting? I would have thought there would be no way possible for 10c Euro planchets to get into the mint? |
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Further to my above. I do suppose it possible if blanks for the $2 were being purchased from the same company that makes the 10c euro planchets. In this instance, then to me they would not be mint sport at all.
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The euro planchet is a decent error in my opinion. Not one I would really want, if it was struck on the wrong denomination aussie planchet then that would be a different story.
It is likely that they were accidentally included with a batch of Aussie planchets which are all made by the korean company Poonsang.
The reason I am hard on mint sport coins is that some unethical, fraudulent clown is using public property to produce one off coins that they make a lot of money from. I am a public servant and cant use the photocopier to print 1000 fliers for a home business, that would be stealing, just as producing 'error coins' is IMO.
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Shanew have you considered bidding on coins in auctions such as downies. You would likely save yourself a lot of money. That is where the dealers source many of these stranger error coins.
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going to melb this month to downies
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there is a differance in the earing on the queen 
Posted 02/07/2013 12:41 am
