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Hi!

I know nothing about coins but recently I was soughting some small change and noticed a slight differance .On a closer look with an eye piece I noticed the outer rings were just there or not at all.

Also the surface does not appear to have a polished look,more of a rough texture and if you look at the design on both sides a lot of the detail is missing.

If a forgery why bother ?
Regards

Brickie143.

Corrosion by the look of it as the surface pitting is overall.

Perhaps dropped and it lay in acidic or alkaline soil for 40 years until it was found. That would do it to nickel alloys.

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Tony

It looks like it has been painted with that orange peel look. Give it a soak in turps

I'll give you 4c for it .. as long as you pay postage.

I'm still wondering when are Australian going to get rid of 5 cent coins? Surely the only purpose of them is to annoy everyone.

brickie,
I would hold onto it, it might be a miss-strike. (or mis-strike)

I found a coin forum where it might be worth posting pictures of your coin there and see what they say.

http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topi ... _ID=101145

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Collecting - Stamps, poster stamps and covers that feature Kangaroos.
Wanted: Illustrated Tourist cover of "Waratah Park", Sydney, NSW. Australia

Just out of interest, for those that like to check their change
here is a list of what to keep an eye out for, in Aust Decimal coins.

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
1972 5c Rare Low mintage, usually in poor condition
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 - (at) 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

source: http://forums.silverstackers.com/topic- ... hange.html

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Collecting - Stamps, poster stamps and covers that feature Kangaroos.
Wanted: Illustrated Tourist cover of "Waratah Park", Sydney, NSW. Australia

I would make that "worthy of further investigation".

Nice list, Skippy.

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Collecting Greater New Guinea & Macropods (Kangaroos & Wallabies).

It looks like its been heated up red hot, by an oxy torch and wire brushed.
I've seen this on steel, but not on a 5'er.

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Hi!
Thanks for your help Skippy .