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Valued Member
Australia
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Hi, I am new to coin colecting, and have been looking for somewhere to ask the many multitudes of questions that I have in regard to the coins I have been collecting. I have stumbled upon this forum, and am impressed with the knowledge and experience I am reading.I have something to share, although I don't quite know much about it. This is one of the prettiest pennies I have so far. It's a 1961 Golden penny, very striking "yellow" color. I have heard of the 1964 example but not of a 1961. Can you please appease my curiousity< I would like to know if it is worth anything, and if it is - would it be worthwhile getting the penny slabbed? It does have a few detracting scratches, and a die crack through "L" of Elizabeth. Another question is - What are the wrinkles all over this coin, and how are they caused? I have a few pennies (obviously in the later years) with wrinkles Thanks, Cheers,    |
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Pillar of the Community
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Hi sfitzernater  to CCF. First up,very nice coin  . The wrinkles are metal stress marks,like stretch marks from when the coin was struck. Nice little die crack through the L but there is also some die clash on the reverse, above the date it looks like a shark fin shaped slightly raised bit & coming out of the back of the roo there is a line which is die clash from the Queens forehead & eyebrow.  Slabbing it would not be cost effective as the cost of getting it slabbed would probably be more than the coin is worth. Edited by appleangel07
04/07/2013 01:53 am
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Hi Appleangel,
Thanks for the reply, you got all that from my shabby little photo;)
I have found that the die clash is very common in the 1960's pennies.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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The yellow colour youre seeing is lustre. That is what the coins looked like when first struck. Your coin seems to be aUNC-UNC. As appleangel pointed out its not worth slabbing as the cost of doing so would far outweigh the value of the coin.
I have always called those little wrinkles metal flow lines. I reckon then help to contribute to the beauty of perth minted copper.
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Australia
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Thanks, Enworb, I am absolutely fascinated by the color variations, and the way the Perth penny ages. I've noticed that the Melbourne penny is far more consistent in color.
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Australia
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The melbourne pennies are well struck, the perth pennies are colourful. Wouldnt it be great if they combined the two.
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Valued Member
Australia
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It would be magnificent. When I got my first "weak 1" penny, I thought "yes, I've got a rare one here!", but alas, it was not to be.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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to the Powerful Pastime of Procuring the Perfect Penny.!! |
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Australia
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If your lucky enough ocassionally you will come across colourful Melbourne Pennies, I was very lucky to buy a roll that was full of colours & some full reds as well.   |
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Australia
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to CCF sfitzernator. Love the die clash Appleangel ... nice spotting, nice coin, nice pics, nice nice nice. |
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Australia
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Nice one, appleangel, a truly beautiful coin. Love the way you were able to bring out the rainbow patina in your photo, it really is stunning. I have a similar one that is full rainbow on the obv, but the rev is half rainbow and half natural brown, it looks like somebody stuck a thumb on the roo's body and tail, and spraypainted the rest with a rainbow.
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Edited by appleangel07
04/13/2013 8:37 pm
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Both really nice appleangel Love the first one in particular! |
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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I don't think the line under the L of Elizabeth is a die crack simply because it is under the L. If it was a die crack it would be over the L. What I think it might be is a die polish line. I'm not 100% certain of that though, as DPL's are normally quite straight, and the line on your penny appears to have a small kink in it.   However, I do believe there is a nice die crack on the Rev as indicated below.   Either way it's a very nice coin! life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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04/13/2013 10:06 pm
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Possibly a fault in the planchet before minting.?
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Australia
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Thank you, Nancyc. It's a steep learning curve, this one, however, asking questions and seeking answers, and having others question your suppositions is the best way the learn. My reasoning behind the "L" die clash is the "blob" on the inside surface, and I agree, the blob does look like it's underneath. Although I don't understand how the metal managed to "flow" into that area. I think that the rev clash is a very fine hairline scratch, it looks to have a valley in it under magnification, and because of the shiny area where it crosses the denticles.  |
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