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Valued Member
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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All I have are guesses...I'll wait for those who know.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I initially thought 1 and 2 only. When I went back and looked again I wasn't quite so sure. I think better scans will be necessary.
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Valued Member
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#8 is the only one I that looks genuine in these scans
Wesley
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New Member
Australia
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Nice collection! However, it is very difficult to verify their authenticity from the photos. Jon Saxton has some clearer illustrations on his site - check out http://www.triton.vg/20-66.html They might help you. No.s 2, 5, 8 and 11 appeal to me but, as I said, it is almost impossible to tell without more detailed scans. One of the indicators is a pronounced narrowing of the downward shaft of the '2' just before it joins the horizontal line. Another is the upward swirl of the waterline just above the horizontal line of the '2'. This should clearly match the curve of the '2'. Those features might help in an initial identification. I have included a couple of photos of my own verified wavy 2s for comparison - they might help you to decide which of yours are genuine and which are not.   Good luck! Edited by eccentric
04/03/2011 6:23 pm
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Valued Member
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Thanks everyone! Stay tuned as I will try to do some better scan over the next couple of days.
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Valued Member
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Beautiful scans and explaination eccentric,the website of Jon Saxton is brilliant
b_j_w_79 thanks for your images also I look fwd to seeing better scans
These coins are rare in any condition
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Valued Member
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New scans below. Not sure if they will help but they can't hurt either. I have done some closer views on the left (with the label 'N') is a normal 1966 20c and the right the possible wavy's number 1 to 13 (yep I forgot to put one up previously). Let me know what you think!   |
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Pillar of the Community
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They all seem to have the wave on the base of the two, but the corresponding wave on the water directly above (on any of the coins) is not convincing. Big call, but I would suggest none are a 'wavy'. I would need to see the coin in hand to make a better judgement. I think one of the USB microscopes would provide a better picture.
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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They all look a bit "manufactured" to me, but I've only ever seen one genuine wavy, so I'm no expert.  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Valued Member
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#2 and #6 I would say look genuine wavy bases going by the new scans
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I noticed on the Triton site that Wavy 2s should also have a swirl that connects to the Platypus.
There's a few coins I like better than others, but cannot quite see that marker. Which ones of yours connect?
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Looking at the second set of images
I have no real doubt about 1 2 5 6 9 11 13
3 and 7 are almost definitely not as there is no indent into the upright of the 2
I'm unsure about the rest
Then when I look at the first set; 3 and 7 look OK.
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04/08/2011 4:55 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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They all look good to me when compared to the standard coin
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An excellent presentation and valuable informative topic for all 66 20c variety collectors
Well done to all authors
deano
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