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Valued Member
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Here the Large/Small date of 1999 5 cents. The right coin has double rim on obverse.  |
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Valued Member
Australia
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Thanks for your post, another variety I will need to look out for. Ate there any other differences between the two? IRD or size of the SD for example?
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Do you have a close-up of the difference?
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Look for doubled rim, from there you will notice the differences. It has doubled rim entire obverse.
Edited by dikayopilak
12/11/2016 07:50 am
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Valued Member
Australia
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I can't see it, I'm sorry. The one on the right seems to have the lettering further from the rim, and I think I can see that in the ones that I have, but I cannot see the difference in the date size, or the double rim. A better picture would be excellent.
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Valued Member
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Edited by dikayopilak
12/12/2016 11:34 am
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Actually it looks like there is a close to rim and far from rim differentiation - nice find.
Do you know which one is more common and what the approximate ratio is?
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Valued Member
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I don't have any idea now which more common and likewise. Since there is no study yet on this but on my observation go for the doubled rim (close to rim) maybe this was first designed and later on they notice and create new die but this only my humble opinion.
Just notice on first thread the left coin has doubled rim and not the right.
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12/13/2016 06:00 am
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Valued Member
Australia
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Thanks, well done.
Can you please check if the IRB is the same on both? Joined or not.
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Valued Member
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It has the same IRB. If you found some please post and focus on the back neck of the Queen.
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Valued Member
Australia
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I have just looked at 700 1999 5 cent pieces. Under light magnification (5X) I did find slight differences in the apparent distance from the lettering to the rim. Selecting two that appeared different I photographed and measured them. (I measured the distance between the 'T' in Aust. and the 'Z' in Eliz. Also the distance between the tip of the tiara and the right hand point of the neck. Measurements were basically the same for both coins, within 0.1 mm. It is possible that all 700 coins were the same type, looking more like the 'large head' variety, and there were no 'small head' in my sample lot. It is also possible that the differences between the two is actually in the rim. It does look like one rim is more radiused than the other. If possible, can you measure the coins Dikayopilak? See my pics below.   |
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Nice layout  !  You take it seriously, base on the photos I believed the upper coin is the right one.  look at the Queens back neck's there is slight doubling and you will notice the lower hair has these scatter die chips, and the upper coin has this doubled rim. My left coin has these characteristic and I think this the best diagnostic for comparing the variant.  Edited by dikayopilak
01/26/2017 12:10 am
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Valued Member
Australia
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Thanks dikayopilak, the point that I was trying to make, though, is that I don't think there is a difference between the two.
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Australia
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Beveled edge might be the term, but yes that looks like what it could be - in the first two images the distance between the rim and the T in AUSTRALIA looks very different, probably due to the shadow of the rim, while the distance between the rim and the I in AUSTRALIA looks the same, probably because there is no shadow.
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