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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Earlier today I posted a photo of two 2018 armistice poppy $2 coins that I had just found in circulation http://goccf.com/t/318659&whichpage=4When I looked at the post again I noticed that the orientation of the red poppies were different on each coin. I googled images of the coin and all had the same orientation as the second coin pictured. If anyone who has a few of these coins could let me know if the orientations differ it would be greatly appreciated.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Mine is the same.
I notice that the red areas at the outer ends of the clear arms are rounded.
Just a poor representation of a poppy flower.
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Pillar of the Community
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Mine is the same The same as which one though? The first coin that has the clear arms at 2,5,7 and 10 o'clock or the second coin that has them at 12,3,6 and 9 o'clock. |
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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I only have 2 of these, and whilst one is very similar to one of your coins, the other is in a different position. I believe that the position of the Poppy is probably Pot Luck and many different positions will eventually surface. (The initials in Red just indicate to me the origins of the coins.)  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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12/13/2018 5:47 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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The pad printing is done after the coin
is minted, so it probably is totally random.
This is mine..
IMG]uploaded/triggersmob/10048/2018_Australia__2_-_Armistice.jpg[/IMG]
Steve :)
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New Member
Australia
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An interesting collector theme IMO. No doubt there would be quite a few opinions on how the orientation could be viewed, but to my eye there are three similar sized segments and one that is noticeably larger, so for me it would be the position of the larger slice of the pizza.
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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one that is noticeably larger, so for me it would be the position of the larger slice of the pizza. Good eye AC. I hadn't noticed that! I can now see, that by noting where on the 'slice/s' the top left of the second 0 of 200 corresponds to, all 5 coins are different Quote:
so it probably is totally random.  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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12/14/2018 7:41 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Thanks everyone for your comments. Quote:
The pad printing is done after the coin
is minted, so it probably is totally random. Steve do you have a link for how/when the colour is added during the minting process? I did a bit of googling before and came up with nothing. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I believe the coloring is as random as the reeding on 1 & 2 dollars coins
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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Steve do you have a link for how/when the colour is added during the minting process? I did a bit of googling before and came up with nothing. No I don't I'm sorry. I do remember seeing a video on the internet a few years ago, but I don't recall where. Steve :) |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Steve do you have a link for how/when the colour is added during the minting process? I did a bit of googling before and came up with nothing. When the 2013 coloured $2 came out there was a cartoon video or maybe animated website showing production. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks Steve, much appreciated!  |
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