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New Member
Australia
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Hi everyone... its been a long time since I have been on here... Its a long story, but here is my noodle of the week.  I am probably the luckiest bloke in Australia. I was recently accepted as the numismatist at CoinCo International. We collect over 300KG of coin per month, from the Unicef charity envelopes on every airplane and airport around the world. The coin is sorted through human labour and machines, and this one got stuck in the machine... (all errors get stuck)... this particular coin is for sale on ebay at the moment "coincoaustralia" is the seller. I have about another 20 like this one, plus a riduculous amount of other denominations which I will be adding at other times.. I indeed have now left the Army, and am enrolled to University next year... so this job is perfect for me, and it will take me years to classify all the coins they have... It is really a dream job. Just thought I would share this "find"... automatic noodling... I dont need a cash flow at all, and dont need to rely on banks... hee hee! is really perfect!! |
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New Member
 Australia
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Hi... Another few that were brought to me on Tuesday by the manual coin sorters.... (these also got stuck in the machines)... I am being brought errors to my desk on a daily basis... also, 3 blank planchets were brought to me today... the coin sorters usually throw them out!! lol!     I will take a photo of the planchets tomorrow, and upload them... I have another few tonnes of coin to sort through... might take me years. They call these 'coins of interest'... coin that cannot be returned to banks around the world for credit ... e.g (australian pennies, 3d, 6d, 1/- and 2/-)... as well as 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th century world coins... some of these coins are unc. Still cant believe it... I am so lucky. |
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Valued Member
Australia
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Need an assistant?  Yep, that's a great gig all right. The problem with standard noodling from the banks is that those ripper errors like yours won't get through into the machine bags- the bank staff would get first dibs - if they are aware of them, of course. Was talking to a teller the other day, and they had a customer who'd brought in a stack of old 50c pieces (I had a lot in some of the bags; posted some of them here), and a stack of round 1966 ones that had to be cashed over the counter......another teller got them at face  |
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New Member
Australia
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Edited by blackmamba010
09/19/2013 06:58 am
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New Member
Australia
49 Posts |
Some photos I took yesterday at 'work'.. its a hard knock life... I didnt get a photo of the 'scrap'.. which is world coin that has numismatic value that was destined for melting down (coin that banks no longer accept)...    Edited by blackmamba010
09/19/2013 07:00 am
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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The first 3 coins in your 2nd post look like 'dryer' coins and as such are only worth face value.  Quote:this particular coin is for sale on ebay at the moment There's an error in the listing, it has 2001 and should be 2003. life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
Edited by Nevol
09/20/2013 4:48 pm
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New Member
Australia
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Thanks Nancy... I will rectify it immediately...
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New Member
Australia
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darn it, cant change the listing now... anyhoo... here is a photo of the suspected planchets... They may be singaporian...  Edited by blackmamba010
09/20/2013 05:29 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The US 5 cent is a partial collar error. The two types are tilted partial collar or a parallel partial collar, aka "railroad rim". You have the more desirable railroad rim, not a particularly valuable error but definitely a neat find in Australia  |
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