2003 Aussie 5 Cent Broadstrike? - Coin Community Forum

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crab eater Pillar of the Community Australia 625 Posts	Posted 06/25/2022 11:06 pm This coin has no reeding, is slightly bigger and weighs the same as a normal 5 cent piece. Found noodling today. The depth of the strike is impressive to me. Report this Post to the Staff

MachinMachinMan Pillar of the Community Australia 1985 Posts	Posted 06/26/2022 01:03 am Wow crab eater, that's pretty spectacular. Noodling 5 cent coins is a hard slog and you deserve a find like this. Report this Post to the Staff
crab eater Pillar of the Community Australia 625 Posts	Posted 06/26/2022 06:19 am Thanks MMMan , no such thing as a 'slog' though. I love it. Keeps me out of trouble. And it is really affordable . Report this Post to the Staff
mrwhatisit Pillar of the Community United States 2954 Posts	Posted 06/26/2022 07:35 am Actually that is a great example of an off-center strike, a broadstrike by definition is a coin that was struck without a retaining collar used to hold the coin when it was being struck so it wouldn't expand beyond the preset diameter. Report this Post to the Staff
ttkoo Pillar of the Community Australia 2521 Posts	Posted 06/26/2022 10:33 pm Great find crab eater! I'm amazed that it stayed in circulation for 19 years! There is an almost identical one (but a 2008) on ebay atm for $99 The Ox moves slowly, but the Earth is patient. Edited by ttkoo 06/27/2022 08:23 am Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 06/26/2022 10:34 pm Well, most broadstrikes are off-centre to at least some extent. With no collar holding the planchet in place, a broadstrike can come down anywhere on the planchet, more or less at random. Having it in the exact centre would be unusual. I'd say this fits the textbook definition of a broadstrike. A non-broadstruck off-centre would still show the reeded edge of a normal coin. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
jack108 New Member Australia 20 Posts	Posted 07/04/2022 10:48 pm That is a really cool coin Report this Post to the Staff
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