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gettinIT2getheragain Valued Member United States 69 Posts	Posted 06/25/2006 12:24 am Ok...now this one is the BEST FIND I have EVER COME ACROSS!!!! Me thinks I need some help from them folks that call themselves the Aussies... (grabs a horn and blows a few 'cavlary notes'). HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok...can't get a shot of it right now, but will soon. Description: 1987 silver-colored coin. About the size of a US penny. Has a portrait of Elizabeth II on the obverse and a pitcure of what looks like a platypus (sp?) on the reverse. There is also a "5" going through part of the plat's bill....btw, cute little creature. This coin is in what I would consider to be a VERY HIGH GRADE....especially for a coin that's made this far of a journey (found in Cartersville, Georgia, USA). CAN SOMEONE HELP?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Also...we've been finding ALOT of 1970-S nickels in circulation recently...any clue as to why? (Other than the obvious being that someone has raided a collection.) This was originally posted in the Interesting Finds section, but decided to move it over here since it DOES pertain to both areas...please, any help would be appreciated! Report this Post to the Staff

lim118 Pillar of the Community Australia 1529 Posts	Posted 06/25/2006 01:48 am This one If it is, it is not the platypus but an echidna.. The echidnas is the animal featured in our 5 cent pieces. Mintage for this coin in 1987 was 73,500,000. Report this Post to the Staff
gettinIT2getheragain Valued Member United States 69 Posts	Posted 06/25/2006 06:16 am THANKS LIM!!! That's the one! (And let me guess, that must be a proof strike in your pic?) Report this Post to the Staff
lim118 Pillar of the Community Australia 1529 Posts	Posted 06/25/2006 06:44 am Yes, that is a proof one from a 1966 set (our first decimal coins)... Report this Post to the Staff
lim118 Pillar of the Community Australia 1529 Posts	Posted 06/25/2006 07:03 am Here is a better looking one in silver from the 2006 Fine Silver Proof Set. Report this Post to the Staff
gettinIT2getheragain Valued Member United States 69 Posts	Posted 06/25/2006 7:23 pm I am just guessing here, but I think it would be safe to assume that the intials "SD" under the cute little are the designer's intials...am I correct? Also, this coins has some GREAT LUSTER for a 10-year old coin...is there a process to determine the grade that you can post? Report this Post to the Staff
Bigfella Pillar of the Community Australia 853 Posts	Posted 06/25/2006 9:32 pm Yes the SD is the designers initials...Stuart Devlin. The coin is proof so I would guess that Lim would no have an impaired proof so grade is FDC. Report this Post to the Staff
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