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my2cents Valued Member Australia 68 Posts	Posted 03/19/2009 04:00 am Well done Sean, what a find! Hope there's one out there waiting for me to find... Report this Post to the Staff
wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 03/19/2009 04:04 am What's wavy? Report this Post to the Staff
Nevol Formerly nancyc Australia 5385 Posts	Posted 03/19/2009 4:03 pm The horizontal stroke of the 2. life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved Report this Post to the Staff
Yass Pillar of the Community Australia 652 Posts	Posted 03/21/2009 9:45 pm Great find Sean. I had to look half a dozen times befor I would allow myself to believe I had found one too. I still like to take it out occassionally and look at it. Yep, I'll have to get back into noodling. I haven't done any for some months now. There's treasure out there simply waiting to be found Report this Post to the Staff
latman100 Pillar of the Community Australia 1040 Posts	Posted 03/21/2009 11:52 pm Kind of makes you wonder about all the hands they have been through before a collector finally takes them out of circulation. I often wonder how many there are in high grades, these, the 2000 mule and even the millennium incused. Report this Post to the Staff
bryan10au Pillar of the Community Australia 3306 Posts	Posted 03/23/2009 5:10 pm Hi, I was wondering is it only the 1966 20 cent that is wavy or are there other years that have the wave. Thanks Bryan Cheers Bryan Report this Post to the Staff
latman100 Pillar of the Community Australia 1040 Posts	Posted 03/24/2009 01:41 am Only the 1966 London mint. It doesn't appear on the '66 Canberra. There is two schools of thought as to why it is wavy. One is that it was a mistake on the die from the start, another that the die was filled and then re-engraved incorrectly. Report this Post to the Staff
bryan10au Pillar of the Community Australia 3306 Posts	Posted 03/24/2009 07:07 am Once again thanks for the info Sean. I guess I will have to pay abit more attention to the change I get from now on. Cheers Bryan Report this Post to the Staff
nuggethill Pillar of the Community Australia 1015 Posts	Posted 03/24/2009 5:35 pm You lucky duck Graham great find mate,And yes I'm still looking for one , But you know what the old saying is "good thing come to those that wait" Report this Post to the Staff
Yass Pillar of the Community Australia 652 Posts	Posted 03/25/2009 01:27 am At one stage I was going through a sack a week, i.e., $200 / 50 Rolls. Roughly, lets say about 20-30 weeks I've found lots of commemoratives, multiple 2001 state commemorative, bradmans, UNs the large head 2004, small SD's and numerous errors, including a(approx)170 degree 2001 upset. I still consider myself lucky to have found the 1 'wavy'. I should also point out that I have probably searched the same amount of 50 cent pieces and have still not found a millennium incused. Strange. Report this Post to the Staff
tiddyathome Valued Member Australia 252 Posts	Posted 03/25/2009 07:06 am Well done Yass Report this Post to the Staff
chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 03/26/2009 6:32 pm I do like the way the design uses the water and that concept is rare on coin designs ... it reminds me somewhat of the design on the Canada 1976 Olympic $5 silver coin But I don't know of a circulating coin with such a use of water... Report this Post to the Staff
Zaggy Valued Member Australia 432 Posts	Posted 03/27/2009 07:25 am Well, what can I say! Nice score... And I'm jealous! :) Report this Post to the Staff
Alistair New Member Australia 4 Posts	Posted 03/27/2009 9:31 pm Congrats on the find! What sort of grade would that coin get? And what about the 20 cent that Bargar posted? I am massively confused about the grading system when it comes to decimal coins pulled from circulation since the books talk about "wearing of the highpoints" but most of the coins pulled from change don't tend to be as "worn" but have lots of scratches and dings in them. Alistair Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 03/27/2009 10:05 pm Quote: There is two schools of thought as to why it is wavy. One is that it was a mistake on the die from the start, another that the die was filled and then re-engraved incorrectly. If it were on the die initially, should there be more coins minted and less scarcity? Admittedly I don't know the known population, and it is a very popular coin--just wondering. Report this Post to the Staff
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