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Formerly nancyc
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Great find justa...   life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Pillar of the Community
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Good going Justa. Hopefully you'll have a 20c wavy soon too.
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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I think you'll find that mark is from the coin having being on an end of a roll. It's a scrape caused by the rolling process.
life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Although I have only really started seriously looking at collecting coins I have come across a couple of collector items previously which I just found where I had put them away.
The first is the 1992 $1 XXV Olympiad Barcelona coin, in the small Mint Wallet it was issued in with the mint building case. My grandma bought this for me when I was much younger when she visited the mint in Canberra. It was a good thing as a kid I was not that desperate for money to spend a $1 coin, as just looking the current information up shows a mintage of only 16,996 which includes a second wallet variety and value listed at $85.
Other dollars that I have found are two of the MYO coins 1 each of the 1997 and 1995 coins with the B Mintmark, and a 1999 Year of the Older Person in very good close to unc condition.
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Formerly nancyc
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life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Formerly nancyc
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Latest finds: $2 - 1996 Possible counterfeit 1988 - Rim Cud1989 - Rev Lam Flaw 50¢ - 2 x 2000 Millennium 1 x 2000 Royal Visit 2 x WA CoF 1 x NT CoF 1 x 1996 EF 2 x 1981 F 20¢ - 1 x Bradman Other 1 x NZ 2006 50¢ (Small) 1 x US 1993 Quarter About 8 x 2008 $1 About 8 x 2008 20¢ 3 x 2008 $2 life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Valued Member
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nancyc, re the possible counterfeit, does the 2 have an elongated tail, and is the legend misaligned further around under the queens neck to a normal 1996 $2.00?
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Formerly nancyc
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farnby..No misalignment that I noticed. The 2 main reasons I think it could be a fake is that there are 'striations' from the centre of the coin out towards the edges & the milling doesn't match up agains another 1996. Otherwise, it seems genuine as far as the rest of the features go, but it just looked like a wrong un. I'll see if I can get a couple pictures posted.
I do have a 2003 counterfeit, and the 1996 in comparison makes the 2003 look very amatuerish.
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When you get to see a number of counterfeit $50 notes, you wonder how people manage to pass them off without being picked up that they are counterfeit, and I know a little off subject, but it is not so hard to believe when you watch the following video at youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6ezOYm6MHs |
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Yes, the 03 is quite a poor attempt. Sounds interesting, will keep an eye out. Thanks nancyc.
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Watched that link orionnet, how funny, some people just don't look at all.
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My latest 'major' find... A 1994 Dollar Decade from circulation..  |
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