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Valued Member
Australia
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I collect variations - not errors - and am curious as to what other collectors are still looking for. I have found almost all of the listed variations but have yet to find 2004 Twenty Cent pointy A (have one in a proof set) but never noodled one 2012 fifty cent bubble 2010 fifty cent rotation I have found a few rotations but only one 2001 Dollar rotations whereas some folk can make the whole clock!! |
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Valued Member
Australia
58 Posts |
I would like to noodle a 2010 rotated 50 cent as well.
I would also love to find a counterfeit 2003 two dollar although I think it might be illegal to own one.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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What is so special about the counterfeit 2003 $2. I have found 1992, 2x 1995, 1996 and a 2003. All counterfeits.
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Valued Member
Australia
248 Posts |
I found a 2004 20c with the pointy 'A' back in 2014, but that was by going through a large number of coins someone else had received in change and was going to deposit in the bank.
I've only just started looking for the rotated 2010 50c and 2001 $1 coins, which I didn't know about until very recently, and I've never even heard of the 2012 50c bubble.
The main variety coin I'm looking for at the moment is the 2000 50c with an incused flag, but I haven't had any luck so far. They seem to be rarer than the 1985 50c coins, which I've got quite a few of at the moment. Hopefully, I will find one before the 50c is downsized and they all get withdrawn from circulation.
I don't know why anyone would want to collect counterfeit coins, but if you're really desperate, then I'd be very happy to sell you a counterfeit 1930 penny for around the $100,000 mark.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I guess I have been lucky. I have found
3x Pointy A 2004 20c
1x 2010 bubble 20c
2x 2000 Incused 50c
1x 2001 rotated $1
1x rotated 2001 20c
I am looking for the Rotated 2010 50c, 2000 $1 Mule and 1966 Wavy 20c.
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Valued Member
Australia
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flippy very nice find - a rotated 2001 20c. Can we assume it's the platypus as there were 11 x 20c issued in 2001 ?
Hercules we shouldn't be discussing, or even mentioning, counterfeit pre decimal coins here. It diminishes this excellent ACC forum's value as an interesting and informative source of general information. However, have you got either a genuine "facsimile" 1937 and/or 1954 Penny in your collection? Fabulous looking coins.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Yes squaremealroundplate, it is a standard Platypus.
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Valued Member
Australia
248 Posts |
It wasn't my idea to discuss counterfeit coins. I'm just trying to point out just how foolish the whole idea is. I'd call the police if I ever found one.
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Valued Member
 Australia
401 Posts |
I received what I thought was a counterfeit $10 note one day. The colour was very wrong. I decided to keep it, but rang the AFP. The very helpful officer asked for the year and when I told her it was 1993 she informed me that I had one of the notes where the colour ran and it was actually genuine.
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Valued Member
Australia
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I know exactly what you mean. I have both a 1992 $5 note and a 1993 $10 note, and the former is just so faded that it's hard to believe it was professionally printed. Nevertheless, all the 1992 $5 notes were like that, so I've kept it as part of my collection.
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Valued Member
Australia
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I have found a few rotations but only one 2001 Dollar rotations whereas some folk can make the whole clock!! I forgot to mention that the rotated 2001 $1 coins were released in Melbourne, so the people who are able to make up an entire clock probably come from there. The rest of us are unlikely to be able to do that, because the coins were concentrated in Melbourne for the better part of a decade, and have now been diluted around the country. I personally consider rotated coins to be error coins rather than variations, because I doubt they would pass the mint's quality control process. Nevertheless, I hope you find many more of them. |
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