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Valued Member
Australia
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Hi everyone, I've been noodling through a fair bit of circulating coins recently in a fairly random order just picking out anything that may be worth keeping, I figured I would start to take note of future noodling as is may provide some useful information to others on the forum. In any case I have started with 5c noodling looking for 1972. ---------- Stats: Noodled $500 - 10,000 coins Time: 7.5 hours (rounded to closest 15minutes) Location: Western Sydney Found: 10x 1972 - 5c *** 1 in 1,000 *** $5 - $18ea (based of completed ebay sales as of Feb13) ---------- Will upload pic shortly for grading. Nothing else of interest found Next focus will be 10,000 x 20c coins. Will update stats when completed. Hope this may be of use for anyone considering noodling 5c's |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I noodled $50 worth of these little suckers a few weeks ago and they just about burnt my eyes out. I did however find a 1972 and a 2011 coin  |
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Valued Member
Australia
318 Posts |
Gee, you sure picked the 'best' coins to start noodling with.....  Urrgh, those 5's are so tiny, and like trout, my eyes are burning after going through $100 worth this morning!! Unlike you, I didn't get a single 1972....  I see for 7.5 hours' work, you found 10 coins, so at $10 each that's $100 worth of reward - even though that's before any selling costs....  Seeing you're in NSW, I'd be looking through 50 cent coins; that's where the 2010 Rotateds seem to be found; they'd be $50 each, and there should be 1991 RAMS; say $5 each and 2000 Incuseds at $25 each - 50s give you good bang for your buck. In the 20c don't forget to check for rotated 2001 Platy's - they do exist - though I can't get one for the life of me....  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
674 Posts |
I admire your patience and diligence- "to the Victor goes the spoils."  Edited by robster
02/14/2013 12:54 am
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Valued Member
 Australia
88 Posts |
These are the pics for the 1972's I've found, The top row are in the better condition, bottom has some fairly poor.   Thanks for the heads up with the 20c rotated, I've been keeping the commemorative and haven't given a 2nd thought for the platy's, Any idea just how rotated they range from? |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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10 72's in $500 is a very good strike rate. My longer term average is closer to 1 in $80
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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whats the odds on a $1 mule been through $9000 and nothing heaps of errors 3 with no dates a flatend 10c in a dollar roll bean flattend to the width of a $1 a malaysian $1 and a euro 50c
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Valued Member
Australia
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Wow $9000, can't contribute to those stats yet, everything I've managed to read up on mules are they are possibly under 6,000 minted, cannot find anything official. I may be off though, will get to 10,000 $1 after my run of 20c and 50c, hopefully find some of the errors you've mentioned above
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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$1000 each time over 9 sessions = 9000 with 2 kids helping
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Valued Member
Australia
318 Posts |
Cheers Matt Quote:
Thanks for the heads up with the 20c rotated, I've been keeping the commemorative and haven't given a 2nd thought for the platy's, Any idea just how rotated they range from? There's a good thread with some pics. on the 2001 20c, as well as some others that may be found: https://goccf.com/t/110826The coin pictured looks about 170 degrees out of kilter, and not sure if there are varying degrees of rotation in the 20c. The 2001 Dollar is famous for being found in all angles of rotation, and people collect the clock face positions from 1-12 o'clock. The 20c seems to much harder to locate.... |
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Valued Member
Australia
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I am noodling at the moment is there a record of off center 2001 20c with a lip on it.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
4411 Posts |
Sounds possibly like a ramstrike which would be quite a valuable error. Please post pictures!
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Valued Member
Australia
165 Posts |
This is the 2001 one I managed to find two but I forgot to go through the rest of the first bag.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
4411 Posts |
I think its just a smidgen off centre. Not a ramstrike. Sorry to get excited.
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Valued Member
Australia
165 Posts |
So worth anything above face or just go back into the farm.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
4411 Posts |
Back into the pond/farm if it was mine.
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Posted 02/13/2013 8:56 pm
