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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I found this today when looking through my change: 
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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NICE one... Now care to ship it to melbourne for the expert to check it out?  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Very interesting Snooba - thanks for showing. I'm really hoping it's not a hammer job when I first saw it.
My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseriesMy numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htmRegularly updated at least once a month. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Looks like one of those strikethrough errors. I posted a 5c one in the error forum.
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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Nice one Snooba. Is it a MoR?
life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Valued Member
Australia
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Valued Member
Australia
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Very hard top tell from that picture but looks like it could be post-strike... Some sort of corrosivemay have been applied to part of the face... I only suggest this as the 'AUSTRA' looks pretty crisp and rim seems to be intact.
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No way zaggy. This is exactly what you expect from a coin struck through oil. A few 2006 $1 have surfaced like this. I found one of them little more than 100 km from where this coin was skilfully found.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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With the rims still high, it looks like it was done at the time of minting. Same as my 5c strikethrough.
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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Yep. I've got $1 with similar features, strikethrough area not so widespread though. Nice one Snooba.
life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Valued Member
Australia
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Sweet.. Well sounds like the consensus is GREASE!
Ive just similar damage from corrosives and even a MIG!
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Pillar of the Community
 Australia
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originally posted by gxseries
I'm really hoping it's not a hammer job when I first saw it.
It's definitely struck through grease/oil. It is hard to tell from a scan, I know, but in hand it is quite clear that the coin has not been damaged, hammered, or attacked with corrosives.  quote:
Originally posted by nancyc
Nice one Snooba. Is it a MoR?
Yes, Nancy, it is a Mob of Roos. Unfortunately I can't tell which year though.  quote:
Originally posted by Zaggy
Very hard top tell from that picture but looks like it could be post-strike... Some sort of corrosivemay have been applied to part of the face... I only suggest this as the 'AUSTRA' looks pretty crisp and rim seems to be intact.
I, too, have seen coins that have been altered with corrosives (acids) but this coin has been Struck Through Grease. Unfortunately, my skills with a camera are as bad as my skills with a scanner!  quote:
Originally posted by Learjet
With the rims still high, it looks like it was done at the time of minting. Same as my 5c strikethrough.
Yes, I noticed your five-cent strike-through. That's a terrific coin!  |
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Those high square rims are characteristic of 2006 dollars, the 2005 and 2004 mob of roos have much rounder rims, so it is almost certain your coin is a 2006. (Also I have convinced myself that I can just see a 6 on your scan).
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Australia
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thesandpit: agreed re: '2006', I too think I can make out 2006....
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