Sometimes You Should Check Your Hoard! - Millennium Incused

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gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 06/10/2015 08:20 am This is pretty silly but a good lesson. A few years ago, I've been stashing away all the millennium coins that I found, hoping to find one incused flag. Despite seeing some examples online, I never got the hang of what one looked like. That said, when was the last time you saw any millennium 50 cents in the wild? I haven't seen one for a while. I broke down and decided to buy one from a coin store a couple of years back, thinking that I'll never obtain one from circulation. Can't remember what I paid then - maybe 20 - 30 dollars? Today I decided to sort out my change and get rid of the lower grade coins. Out of the fourteen millennium coins that I had, I still couldn't figure out what an incused flag look like. I decided to pull out the one that I bought just to compare what a normal vs incused flag looked like. It just turns out that in the pile of coins that I stashed away five years ago actually had ONE! This is a really good ratio considering that some sites have estimated that about 1-2% of the entire mintage are speculated to be of this variety. Despite a nick on the edge and in circulated condition - I really didn't expect to find one! Will be posting photos soon. Can't get any happier than that! Next will be the 1966 wavy 20 cents and 2000 mule 1 dollar. I guess the lesson is - familiarize with what you are looking at! It could have just ended up in circulation (which may be good for other collectors ) My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff

lovecoins Valued Member United States 331 Posts	Posted 06/10/2015 6:19 pm what does that look like Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 06/10/2015 8:00 pm This link here shows a good example: http://www.cruzis-coins.com/50c/2000mi.html Again, this is something that had to be held by hand to understand what the differences are. I really couldn't get it until I saw them side by side. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
Mr T Pillar of the Community Australia 2180 Posts	Posted 06/13/2015 9:26 pm I checked my hoard when I first found out they existed - no luck. Lucky you anyway. Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 07/03/2015 09:37 am Apologies for the late post. Took a while to sort things out. This is the normal version. This is one that I broke down and bought. And this is the one that I found recently that was stashed away for a few years. Not the best condition but you can't beat face value! My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
karloning Valued Member Australia 401 Posts	Posted 07/11/2015 9:40 pm You prompted me to do the same. I have about 45 of them. Checked them all again but no incused. However I did find a fat letter one that I must have missed before. The letter I in Millennium has a nice bugle in the middle instead of being a straight thin line. Report this Post to the Staff
thechacha Valued Member Australia 56 Posts	Posted 10/02/2015 01:12 am i have yet to find an incused, have been noodling thousands of 50c coins... Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 10/02/2015 01:59 am I have NEVER seen one in the wild. I was GIVEN one by another CCF member! Report this Post to the Staff
thechacha Valued Member Australia 56 Posts	Posted 10/02/2015 04:32 am thats pretty good, does he have more to give ;) ? Report this Post to the Staff
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