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Pillar of the Community
Australia
877 Posts |
 A wavey 2. Fairly average condition but it is 45 years old. From the number of these I have found (very few) and the amount of 20ยข coins I search I estimate about one in every $10,000 to $12,000 searched. Jeff
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Valued Member
Australia
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I'm jealous! These are my favourite coin, followed by incused flags, then $1 mules. I haven't found one for the last $9910 searched (not that I'm counting). I must be due for another one soon! Well done, persistence pays off. I hate when people says your lucky when you've had to search though $10000+ worth of 20c coins to find one.
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Pillar of the Community
 Australia
877 Posts |
Our avatars are not the same picture (same type of coin though).
Coincidence NOT!
Jeff
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Valued Member
Australia
122 Posts |
Very nice - just what I've been looking for!
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Valued Member
Australia
414 Posts |
I can't help that you have good taste Jeff   Ben Edited by b_j_w_79
10/03/2011 02:42 am
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
2830 Posts |
quote: "... I estimate about one in every $10,000 to $12,000 searched."
- the harder that you work, the luckier you get !
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
There is a VF wavy baseline in a current Status Internationl auction. (lot 6344).
Reserve $250 estimate $500.
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Valued Member
Australia
105 Posts |
Well done on finding the "wavy base line" I am sure we can all appreciate the effort that goes into finding these elusive coins.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1005 Posts |
Congratulations Jeff!
So far I have been searching 5 cent coins and am looking forward to higher denominations once I have filled the 5 cent pages I am looking for.
I would love to find a 20c wavy in the future.
I suspect that it will take me a while to find one.
The bank staff where I have been going seem to like me, so that might be a good start.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Im jealous :) Hard work pays off.
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Valued Member
Australia
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Jeff thats an amazing find
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New Member
Australia
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
877 Posts |
"I haven't found one for the last $9910 searched (not that I'm counting)."
Who are you trying to kid Ben?
You must be just about due for one. But, probability doesn't work that way; you have just the same chance of finding one with the first coin as with the millionth coin you look at. Or, if you find one, the very next coin has equal probability of being another one. But, two in a row is a different story.
Jeff
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Valued Member
Australia
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I wish and hope the law of averages work in my favour. I haven't found one for 18 months now! Although I did find 2 of them in $300 worth once (the last ones I found). I just have to keep searching I guess, although I don't have as much time as I used too!
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Valued Member
Australia
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Delicious find Jeff!
You're right about luck though. I'm currently going through 5c pieces, I get $100 from bank at a time - a couple of times found 0, mostly find 1, my best find was 4! - but it looked like a lady must have came in and emptied money tin that day because majority of the $100 was pre 1985!
Anyways... luck... was at Nan's house the other day, she had 2 bucks worth of 5c pieces sittin on her kitchen table. BAM! A shiney 1972 turns up.
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Posted 10/03/2011 02:27 am
