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Let me guess....you  Is that a good price for it? Looks cool! John1  |
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Did you find that roll searching GX?
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That's the third or fourth of those I've seen on ebay. It would be nice to find one.... |
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That's the 3rd one that seller has sold (the others were a 2008 and a 2009) , another one sold in the final Downies auction of last year (also a 2008). It's probably not worth as much as the other 3 (which all went for $800+) because it doesn't have a date. I was lucky enough to win the first one he listed on ebay a few months back.  Edited by markn
05/02/2010 5:58 pm
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Spectacular error. Good work!
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Another of these error $2 coins is on ebay now: http://cgi.ebay.com/error-mis-strik...em3f0336c0a1How do you confirm that they are legitimate? An article in a previous CAB magazine detailed how easy it is to forge them. I would like to buy it, but a little hesitatnt at the moment. |
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I can only assume you're talking about Fred Lever's article where he was hammering coins into each other. If you look closely at the manufactured errors in Fred's article you'll note two things, firstly, the hammered image is incuse AND is a mirror image of the actual design. The $2 double strikes don't show either of these, the second strike is in relief as it should be and it is correctly oriented. And before a certain poster comes in here and contradicts what I have to say as he seems to take delight in, I have shown 3 of these double strikes to Chris Mealin at Downies, Tony Byrne (a well known coin dealer and former RAM employee), Peter Andrews, and Ian McConnelly (the author of the two editions of the Australian pre decimal varieties books and the errors and varieties author in CAB). All very well known and respected numismatists and they all agree that they are genuine errors. Rest assured that the errors are real as is this new item that has just appeared on ebay. Edited by markn
09/20/2010 08:27 am
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Thanks for the info. Most helpful (as always)
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Valued Member
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They are collectable on a small basis
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Valued Member
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..... considering it went for over $1000 ......
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Australia
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32 bids, 10 different bidders, nearly $1100 realised. Just a small level of interest.
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Seller would be glad to get the price for this,a nice error coin but if it was a $1 there would be more interest
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You are right, a one dollar error would get a lot more interest. The 1984 Dollar struck on a 10c planchet that sold at a Qld auction just recently nearly fetched $5k, a lot more than other wrong planchet decimals have been able to realise.
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09/30/2010 4:04 pm
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Really makes you wonder what the bi-metalic $1 would be worth.
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The bi-metalic would be worth whatever the market is willing to pay for it I think
How can the owner authenticate is as genuine error not an overseas fake ?
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Posted 05/01/2010 1:04 pm
