Can anyone provide a list like this one below for Australian currency? Would be very handy! http://coins.about.com/od/uscoins/tp/errorvarieties.htm
Yes, I just have to find it again! However if you get a copy of last year's MacDonalds guide for around $5 (new ones are $30) you can go through and not only will it tell you what the catalogue price is in different grades but also what to lok out for. OK here goes... You are looking for low mintage and varieties, because they are rare you can expect to go through a ton of change before you find anything. 5 cents 1972 low mintage, usually in poor condition 10 cents Not much of any interest here 20 cents Here is where it starts to get interesting 1966 Wavy 2 Variety http://www.coinmedalshop.com.au/prod53.htm 1981 3.5 claw variety http://the-ans.com/decvar.html 1995 United nations 2001 Don Bradman 2001 Any of the Centenary of Federation 2004 Pointy A / Large Head variety 50 cents 1970 Sloped 7 variety 1985 low mintage 1994 wide date variety 2001 Centenary of federation $1 2000 Mule http://www.cruzis-coins.com/dollars/2000m.html $2 Nothing to see here unless you come across one of the 2003 fakes, these can sell for $40 however that would be illegal. Also look out for any die cracks or cuds, any non circulating legal tender and any rotations. The return for most of these is very little but certainly more than face value, the big ticket items are the $1 Mule and the Wavy 20 cent coin. Good luck, I am sure there are a few more I have forgotten so if I think of any I will post later.
I read something in a coin mag this morning about notes with mis-matching serial numbers. The example given earn't about $350 from memory, but can't remember the size of the note. So check the notes occasionally as well.
here's my contrib and the years to look for the common errors 1966 1c Error Obverse Planchet Flaw, Large Text 1967 1c Error Doubling 1969 1c Error Mis-strike No Date 2c Error Oil/Grease Strike, No Date 1967 2c Error Die Crack 1974 2c Error Die Fill, Offest Mis-Strike 1976 2c Error Mis-Strike, Left Foot Missing 1981 2c Error Metal Flow 1966 5c Error Die Clash, Mis-Strike 1967 5c Error No Lip, No SD 1974 5c Error Planchet Flaw 1977 5c Error Planchet Error 1980 5c Variety Retouched Die, Rusting Die 1991 5c Variety Large SD 1992 5c Variety Large SD 1993 5c Variety Large SD 1994 5c Variety Large SD 2000 5c Error Mis-strike, Offset Rim 2002 5c Error Mis-strike, Offset Rim 2008 5c Error Mis-Strike 1966 10c Error Clipped Planchet, Die Crack 1976 10c Error Full Split Planchet, Weak Date 1980 10c Error Cud 1999 10c Variety Large Head, Reverse Cud 2000 10c Error Cud 2001 10c Variety Large Head, IRB, Cud on #0, Rim 2006 10c Reverse Cud on #0 1966 20c Variety Double Bar 1967 20c Error Clipped Planchet 1968 20c Error Post Mint Damage - Scalloped, Rings 1970 20c Variety Tilted 7 1976 20c Error Split Collar 1979 20c Variety Double Bar 1980 20c Variety Double Bar, Doubling Date 1981 20c Error Variety - Die Fill, 3.5 claw, Canadian 1983 20c Variety Low Mintage 1994 20c Variety 3 claw, Wide Date 2001 20c Variety Small SD 2003 20c Error Cud 2004 20c Variety Pointed A, Large Head 2004 20c Variety CoA Pointed A 2005 20c Error Cud 2006 20c Error Rev Die Crack 2007 20c Variety Date Font, Round/Squ #2, Thick/Thin #7 2008 20c Variety Die Fill-1mm Gap Wave-Head, Polished Die, Doubling, Rim Flaw 2001 20cQld Error Cud 2001 20cVic Variety IRB 1966 50c Variety Round 1973 50c Error Weak Date 1977 50c Error Clipped Planchet 2000 50c Variety Incused, Doubling 2001 50c Error Die Crack, Doubling 2005 50c Error Reverse Cud 2007 50c Error Cud 1984 $1 Variety Cud - Rabbit Ear 1993 $1 Error Cud - @ 2-3rd Wave 1994 $1 Error Cud, Mis-strike, Partial Collar, Rabbit Ear 1997 $1 Error Planchet Crack, Rim Mis-strike 1998 $1 Variety Cud - Rabbit Ear 1999 $1 Error Planchet Crack 2000 $1 Error Mule, Rabbit Ear 2001 $1 Error Dbl Cud, Reverse Rim Cud & Rotated Alignment 2002 $1 Error Rim Cud 2005 $1 Error Cud, Rim Offstrike 2006 $1 Error Rabbit Ears, Cud 2007 $1 Error Cud - Cheek 2008 $1 Error Cud, Die Crack, Rabbit Ears 2009 $1 Error Cud, Die Crack, Flaw 2005 $2 Error Weak Date
Wasn't there a 1984 large/small echidna variety? I am sure I was looking for one a while back. Apparently so... http://thesandpit.net/index.php?option=five_cent_different_echidnas
Good pickup! Additional nfo can be found on the varieties on pg 116 of McD's 18th and the 2004 CAB Mag Many variations exist and not all variations have been found..yet
Hope this isn't too dead yet. if so, dam.... if not.... I was hunting through a collection of 20c pieces we have floating around today and found a couple of "interesting pieces" whilst conducting searches for wavies, and more. I know the 1981 Canadian minted coins had the 3 1/2 claw business going on, but wonder if anybody has heard of similar things happening with other years. Out of the pile I searched through I have found what I think are a 2009 and 2002 half claw (opposite side to the 81 model). I'll have a crack at attaching pictures, any thoughts greatly appreciated. 2009 short claw, right hand claw right hand side Close up 2009 regular claw 2002 short claw - same claw. 2002 long claw. Open to thoughts, am very new to the idea of errors, variations, etc etc. Any thoughts greatly appreciated, Cheers, Biconz
This site has some great info and links, My Bro inlaw sold a 1$ coin for just over four hundred not so long ago on ebay, Found it in the till at work and turned it into silver. One buck can buy a lot of silver if you find the right combination. Check the rest of the series as well. Good Luck http://www.australian-threepence.com/blog/error-coins/
Thanks for that. I'll have to have a hunt. :lol: otherwise I'll just post it on ebay as "extremely rare, scarce and collectable blah blah...." No, I'm sure I'll be able to find something out if I look around hard enough. But somehow I fear should the time come I may not be able to separate with it.... yet again I am on par with my numismatic stack, and there is no metal worth in this pocket change... Again thanks for the link, I'll have a read. Cheers ..... a little later... http://www.australian-threepence.com/blog/2009/11/coin-errors-and-misstrikes.html This does seem to have a lot of information... mostly short articles, but still... educational (still no luck on the twenties). They have said that sometimes partial imprints can occur in foreign mints, as they adjust the pressures, or likewise if the die gets grease smeared or dirty.... but still I think that the definable claw shape of the shortened claw needs some other explanation.
At this stage just one of each... I had a rather large pile of 09s that we looked through... but only a small number of 02s.. initially thought that it must be rather common, and to be honest the fact that I have found them most likely means they are.... but still I checked through $50 worth of 20s (looking for gaps and big heads) and after I found these I checked them all again for the claw.... but couldn't find any. They reckon the mint can give you details about different years known varieties. I think I'll send em a mail to find out if they had any minted overseas during those runs, and perhaps this will explain it. .... turns out all 20c since 1982 have only been minted at the RAM... oh well back to the drawing board.
I got a 1984 $1 in my hand.... now i'm confused... noob question: what's a 'cud' ? 1984 $1 Variety Cud - Rabbit Ear (I'm talking about this line posted earlier)
Not 100% on it other than a funny that happened with the ears... instead of looking roo like, they look different... sometimes like a rabbit.... sometimes just a spread from the die around the ear. small cud (top roo, below ear) More prominent rabbit type Source: www.australian-threepence.com Just my 20 cents..... (and I still haven't found an answer to the variety of 20s I've found... still open to thoughts...) Cheers
Thanks biconz, darn, the one I have is a normal one... ah well.. keep searching....... the list is awesome!! thanks for posting it (and the pics/post to answer me)
a picture paints 1000 words... and make our jobs much easier... and yes the lists on this thread are great...
