Australia 10 Cent Second Portrait, Grease Strike Through?

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totty Valued Member Australia 77 Posts	Posted 11/12/2025 12:07 am Recently found this second portrait 10c in my change. To me it looks like it's Struck Through Grease, rather than circulated. What are you thoughts? Something worth holding onto or should I send it back into the world? Report this Post to the Staff

spider083 Valued Member Australia 58 Posts	Posted 11/12/2025 12:58 am Because a planchet is rimmed before being struck and the rims are all but gone, it looks like extreme wear to me. It could be grease and wear buts its too far gone for me to make that call. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 11/12/2025 07:16 am I'd agree it's not normal circulation wear, but it's not a mint error - there's too much "actual circulation wear" on it for it to have circulated for that long looking that odd - someone would have fished it out and kept it. I think it's regular circulated coin that's spent some time in a gem polisher or rock tumbler, or some similar device. 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
jbuck Moderator United States 187565 Posts	Posted 11/12/2025 09:11 am Interesting find. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
totty Valued Member Australia 77 Posts	Posted 11/12/2025 8:14 pm Interesting, thanks for the replies! Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73595 Posts	Posted 11/12/2025 11:43 pm I'm thinking circulation wear as well. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
SallyG Valued Member Australia 382 Posts	Posted 11/13/2025 12:07 am Yes, an interesting find. Might not be worth much but it is the type of oddity that I like to keep when I find them. Something different anyway. Report this Post to the Staff
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