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mudeki wrote:

Has anyone here ever come across an article on the different die varieties in nz coin sets in the 80's?

The reason I ask is I noticed a variety on the 1984 50c in sets and I m sure it cannot of gone unnoticed with the previous studies in differences between circulating and set coins.

Full photos are on the website I am working on (3rd line from the bottom of my listings) under Decimal - circulation vs set - 1984

They look like the 1988 Type I and Type II circulation varieties - have you seen them only in the "set" coins for 1984?

translateltd - 2014-04-25 17:48:00
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Ooh, got the 51 without noticing.

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translateltd - 2014-04-25 17:49:00
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Yea it is the same error as in 1988 circulating variety but so far only found the 1984 variety in the sets.

Thanks for suggesting I look at the differences between circulating and set design I seem to have learnt a lot this last week or two.

mudeki - 2014-04-25 18:25:00
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https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/313984927.jpg
mudeki found this error on a shilling coin today have a look at the differents both coins have the same date.

chefman1 - 2014-04-25 18:28:00
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Nice one chefman1 I had a different year of the main variety on my desk so had a look. It looks like it may appear on at least 2 years (don't have the other on my desk to check)

mudeki - 2014-04-25 18:46:00
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How about this,
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/313987582.jpg
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/313987555.jpg
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/313987530.jpg
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/313987509.jpg
I got a big bag of 5 cent coins during the week and have been going through them looking for errors , Found this one that looks as if there was something on the blank before it was impressed with the Queens effigy as the line is UNDER the letters.

lester36 - 2014-04-25 18:55:00
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lester36 wrote:

How about this,
I got a big bag of 5 cent coins during the week and have been going through them looking for errors , Found this one that looks as if there was something on the blank before it was impressed with the Queens effigy as the line is UNDER the letters.

Pretty convinced it's a bent paper clip on the blank. I have a photo of a more obvious one on a 50c somewhere.

translateltd - 2014-04-25 18:58:00
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chefman1 wrote:

https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full
/313984927.jpg

mudeki found this error on a shilling coin today have a look at the differents both coins have the same date.

Impressive - good find!

translateltd - 2014-04-25 18:59:00
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And another one,
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/313988336.jpg
Tuatara with a mouthful.

lester36 - 2014-04-25 19:00:00
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https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/313988117.jpg

there is a different between 1962 & 1963 broken backs to just letting you know

chefman1 - 2014-04-25 19:00:00
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lester36 wrote:

And another one,
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/313988336.jpg
Tuatara with a mouthful.

its call a cud in the mouth, found them in 2007 what your date on the coin
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/313989865.jpg

Edited by chefman1 at 7:14 pm, Fri 25 Apr

chefman1 - 2014-04-25 19:03:00
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"Paper clip on the blank" error:

https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/313988902.jpg
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/313988877.jpg

Not mine but I hope the owner won't mind my posting.

translateltd - 2014-04-25 19:03:00
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WOW those paperclip errors are very cool i cant say i have seen anything like that before.

I found another coin this week i almost put in the cull pile but it looks like i could have happened to the blank but what do you guys think
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/313990579.jpg
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/313990609.jpg
the rim is all off center in that one ^
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/313990662.jpg

this one made me keep it and look at it more closely as the milling does not continue around the rim
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/313990675.jpg

mudeki - 2014-04-25 19:27:00
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chefman1 wrote:

https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full
/313988117.jpg

there is a different between 1962 & 1963 broken backs to just letting you know

Thats rather interesting i have a few other shillings i have marked as broken backs but i wonder if they also have differences compared to the other coins of those years regarding the wide/close that you posted in the first one.

mudeki - 2014-04-25 19:31:00
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mudeki wrote:

Yea it is the same error as in 1988 circulating variety but so far only found the 1984 variety in the sets..

Something else to consider is which mint struck the 1984 unc set coins - was it the same mint that did the 1988 circulation strikes? I haven't checked yet, but if it was the same one, they might have had two sets of master dies/hubs that they drew on to prepare new dies when needed, hence the chopping and changing between types in those two years.

translateltd - 2014-04-25 19:39:00
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chefman1 wrote:

https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full
/313984927.jpg

mudeki found this error on a shilling coin today have a look at the differents both coins have the same date.

Peter - which date pse?

translateltd - 2014-04-25 19:40:00
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I did check that actually and according to the journal article on the 1988 varieties

1984 GC (General circulation) Ottawa
1984 NCLT (non circulating) Llantrisant

1988 GC type 1 Canberra
1988 GV type 2 Canberra?
1988 NCLT Llantrisant

Edited by mudeki at 7:44 pm, Fri 25 Apr

mudeki - 2014-04-25 19:43:00
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mudeki wrote:

I did check that actually and according to the journal article on the 1988 varieties

1984 GC (General circulation) Ottawa
1984 NCLT (non circulating) Llantrisant

1988 GC type 1 Canberra
1988 GV type 2 Canberra?
1988 NCLT Llantrisant

Interesting - might still make sense if the Royal Mint in the UK supplied master dies to Australia (don't know if it did - the Canadians clearly cut their own), but then you'd expect similar pairings in the '88 NCLT sets, at least in theory.

translateltd - 2014-04-25 20:08:00
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in 1985 Canberra supplied the NCLT these were type 2 reverse and in 1986 and 87 Llantrisant produced the NCLT as they did in 1984 so these could also have varieties

This is copied from the journal Type 1 has the rope type 2 does not we have already proved that in 1984 sets have both type 1 and 2 does anyone have any other year set with something different
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/313997425.jpg

mudeki - 2014-04-25 20:28:00
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https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/314007135.jpg

1965 shilling feather's close to knee & 1965 missing feather's

chefman1 - 2014-04-25 22:11:00
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translateltd wrote:

Peter - which date pse?

Martin- 1965 shilling

chefman1 - 2014-04-25 22:12:00
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mudeki wrote:

Thats rather interesting i have a few other shillings i have marked as broken backs but i wonder if they also have differences compared to the other coins of those years regarding the wide/close that you posted in the first one.

yes they do, the 1962 shilling have the same as the 1965 shilling,but i don't know about the 1963 shilling coin yet.
also i have more broken back shilling's 1950 & 1960 ones

chefman1 - 2014-04-25 22:17:00
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chefman1 wrote:

Martin- 1965 shilling

Thanks, that's great. Do the "missing feathers" occur along with the "broken back"? They could both be caused by similar die wear, I guess, but did it affect both places at the same time?

translateltd - 2014-04-25 22:18:00
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translateltd wrote:

Thanks, that's great. Do the "missing feathers" occur along with the "broken back"? They could both be caused by similar die wear, I guess, but did it affect both places at the same time?

the missing feathers are on the 1965 broken back coin

chefman1 - 2014-04-25 22:28:00
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lester36 wrote:

???? 718392849 ???


I have been offered all of his coins at the top bid , The top bid in all cases was $10 less than reserve I suspect a bit of a scam.

lester36 - 2014-04-26 08:19:00
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questions & answers = Same seller , same buyer , has not hit the reserve ? scam ?...lol so do i

chefman1 - 2014-04-26 08:24:00
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https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/314033670.jpg

Martin - this is what i have found in the 1988 *no rope variety* 50 cent coin.
on the left is the uncirculated coin and on the right is the circulated coin.

chefman1 - 2014-04-26 10:23:00
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https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/314048077.jpg
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/314049190.jpg

the different between the 1988 50c circulated *no rope* & 1988 50c *extra rope*

Edited by chefman1 at 12:26 pm, Sat 26 Apr

chefman1 - 2014-04-26 12:18:00
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https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/314051633.jpg

nice 20 cent *error* coin for you's to have a look at

chefman1 - 2014-04-26 12:49:00
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chefman1 wrote:

https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full
/314033670.jpg

Martin - this is what i have found in the 1988 *no rope variety* 50 cent coin.
on the left is the uncirculated coin and on the right is the circulated coin.

Interesting with the error at the top close to Mount Taranaki this appears most years in either set or circulating coins but only occasionally on both. im still working on photos.

mudeki - 2014-04-26 16:37:00
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chefman1 wrote:

https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full
/314051633.jpg

nice 20 cent *error* coin for you's to have a look at

Interesting indeed - what year is this?

translateltd - 2014-04-26 17:19:00
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mudeki wrote:

Interesting with the error at the top close to Mount Taranaki this appears most years in either set or circulating coins but only occasionally on both. im still working on photos.

mudeki I have seen some photos of your 2008 $1 on the Coin variety's site and I have one exactly the same. I got it in change about 3 years ago ,so would it be called a variety not an error as there are at least 3 of them :-).

lester36 - 2014-04-26 17:21:00
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What number do you have lester i think i still have multiples of all those varieties except one of them. A few years ago i withdrew a large amount of $1 from circ and sorted them into year and then into errors to compare how many coins have errors and record as many as i could. Im just finishing at work but some years over 50% of the coins I looked at had some sort of metal cud on them. 2005 for example i found more coins with a cud in the 5 than coins without.

Edited by mudeki at 5:32 pm, Sat 26 Apr

mudeki - 2014-04-26 17:31:00
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I have not got great amounts of errors , only what I find in either change or when I buy bulk lots .
I just check thru them as I get them.
Have some with cracks like the dollar , die cracks , Clipped edges etc

lester36 - 2014-04-26 17:39:00
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Awesome lester I find them rather fascinating how the dies change over time. I still have alot to load on that site its just finding the time. I started the site to share some of the coins I have found over the years as I found it frustrating just to have them in storage hidden from view atleast this way others can see whats out there and hopefully contribute.

mudeki - 2014-04-26 18:00:00
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translateltd wrote:

"Pape-
r clip on the blank" error:

https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/313988902.jpg
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/313988877.jpg

Not mine but I hope the owner won't mind my posting.

I have a similar paperclip 50c coin error but no image of it.

Edited by nznotes at 6:16 pm, Sat 26 Apr

nznotes - 2014-04-26 18:13:00
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lester36 wrote:

I got it in change about 3 years ago ,so would it be called a variety not an error as there are at least 3 of them :-).

i guess definitions don't have to be set in concrete but i can't see why errors need to be one-offs - my personal rule of thumb is that a variety is the result of deliberate action (someone recuts a die) while an error isn't - die chips, cuds, filled dies etc.

translateltd - 2014-04-26 19:06:00
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Probably the most common error I come across is lamination flaws. Early 20th century US pieces have quite a bit of these. While I was pleased to lay hands on a 1909-S VDB Lincoln Cent, at first I was a bit disappointed because it was rather damaged. On closer inspection, I realised it's a rather substantial lamination flaw. Most of what I have are just poorly joined layers of metal, rather than entire faces of the coin lost. Still, in some instances they run right across the coin.

I have a couple of nice Bisons with the presence of copper very apparent. Actually, considering they are 75% copper, I am surprised how much the nickel dominates the colour on US five cent pieces.

echoriath - 2014-04-27 15:17:00
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A ten gram "solid gold coin" that weighs ten grams and contains one grain of gold?

echoriath - 2014-04-27 19:25:00
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Just finished looking through 670 plus 5 cent coins and found 40 with errors

lester36 - 2014-04-27 21:11:00
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1999 is the most common year for errors (8)

lester36 - 2014-04-27 21:53:00
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What sort of errors are you finding?

I found a 2003 NZ dollar last week with a significant cud in the curve and angle of the 2, as well as the top of the first 0. Photo to follow.

echoriath - 2014-04-27 22:45:00
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echoriath wrote:

What sort of errors are you finding?

I found a 2003 NZ dollar last week with a significant cud in the curve and angle of the 2, as well as the top of the first 0. Photo to follow.

I have photos on the website its a nice error with it on the curve of the 2 the cuds normally appear bottom / back of the 2's

mudeki - 2014-04-27 23:04:00
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So those percentages for your $1 errors are out if all the coins you looked at?

I'll try and email a photo of my 2003.

echoriath - 2014-04-27 23:48:00
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those Percentages were based on how many coins i found with that error in that year. Was only a small sample of about 15-20 thousand coins (of all years) I have some more data after that first study i did but it shows errors harder to find. The total error amount i found for $1 coins was close to 20% in most cases not including small spikes around the queen that's basically just metal cuds but some are very small and others at the time i looked were very common so it was likely that one of the security companies had a shipment from the reserve bank containing a large quantity of one particular error. I recently got a very large amount of coins from one of these companies all in bags from the Mint and they had no errors but they all had the same die markings. I always wanted to go to a different region and withdrawal whatever i could from a few banks but might take some convincing of the better half on that

mudeki - 2014-04-28 00:05:00
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So here's the 2003:
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/314250280.jpg

This is the reverse of a different coin dated 1991:
https://trademe.tmcdn.co.nz/photoserver/full/314250293.jpg

The second photo fails to really convey what's going on, but it looks as if there is a round bit that feels as if it's raised up, as opposed to something that ate into the metal.

echoriath - 2014-04-28 01:25:00
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97...bump

chefman1 - 2014-04-30 18:59:00
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98...

chefman1 - 2014-04-30 19:00:00
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99....

chefman1 - 2014-04-30 19:00:00
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100 hundy

chefman1 - 2014-04-30 19:00:00
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