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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I know there is such thing as a 1994 50c wide date but I looked at a 1999 Coat of Arms and found its date was almost 2x as wide as the 1994 50 Wide date. Are these coins even scarce?
Thanks
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Valued Member
Australia
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aarong I have not seen this in any catalogue,do you have it ?
Post a picture of it here,I would love to see it
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Pillar of the Community
 Australia
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Ok, I will post some soon.
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Australia
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1005 Posts |
I have not looked at 50 cent coins yet, however the date on the 5 cent coin looks quite widely spaced in 1999 (when compared to other years), so I think it may be just the way all the 1999 coins were made.
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Australia
1005 Posts |
I have posted a picture of coin in another topic about a clipped planchet 5 cent.
That coin just happens to be dated 1999.
Comparing the date on the 5 cent to the date on your 50 cent, I think they look the same.
I think on both 5c and 50c, if you were to rotate the '9's around the centre of the circular part of the number, then the tail would just touch the number in front.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Aaron - that's a useful pic, to illustrate the point: thankyou.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
518 Posts |
I was going to do side by side but I figured you would be able to see the dates to well.
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Valued Member
Australia
278 Posts |
It even looks like the word Australia is spaced out further as well.
Good spotting.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Are these a common error?
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Might I suggest that you compare it to another 1999 50 cent? I believe you will find them all to be a same.
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Australia
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I've noticed that you 50 cent coin has 12 sides to it insted of being round. Maybe thats an error coin as well  Sorry mat I couldn't resist that. Have a look at all the dates 1999 upwards and they are all wider than the older coins  |
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Australia
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Oh ok, sorry :( I took a look at a 5c, 10c, and 20c and they are all wide.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
7096 Posts |
No worries aarong , you'r a good sport I've nearly finised my pre decimal sets and am thinking about starting a few decimal sets. So don't worry mate we are both quite new to these  |
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Valued Member
Australia
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1970 Captain Cook 50c has a variety and 1996 and 2004 and 2007 as far as I am aware
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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50 cent varieties apart from the prior list of Double Bars that I am aware of: 1970 -- Tilted 7: Level 7 1994 -- Narrow Date -- Wide Date 2000 -- Normal Flag -- Incuse Flag 2004 -- Small Head -- Large Head (Found in Sets Only - similar to 2004 20c, top of A is either pointed or flat) I'm not aware of varieties for 1996 or 2007, but that's not to say they don't exist.  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Posted 09/26/2011 10:53 am
