Coin Hunting

[silver]

Hunting again, went big on the $2 this time
5c

10c

20c

50c

$1

$2

Managed a few foreign coins

And a car was token (bugga)

And a pretty good array of $2 coins

Might not keep all the $2, not sure yet, I'll have to closely scrutinise them first.

 

[Bobj.]

Found this silver 3d piece in my collection, anyone any ideas?
I think it might have had the reverse scoured out and the inscription engraved in. Also, it looks as though it formed part of a bracelet, or necklace.

 

[silver]

Looks good Bobj. I've never seen anything like that before, the key would obviously be to know what WWB stood for late in Queen Victoria's reign. And how it relates to the £500 a year.

 

[grubstake]

Found this silver 3d piece in my collection, anyone any ideas?
I think it might have had the reverse scoured out and the inscription engraved in. Also, it looks as though it formed part of a bracelet, or necklace.

£500 a year would have been a huge amount in those days - somebody was doing alright if they were earning that much!

 

[Bobj.]

Looks good Bobj. I've never seen anything like that before, the key would obviously be to know what WWB stood for late in Queen Victoria's reign. And how it relates to the £500 a year.

Thanks mate, theonly thing I found out, was that £500 was worth $41,000 in today’s money. Even looked up the Royal Mint. might email Downies to see if they know anything.

 

[silver]

Sounds like a plan Bobj. , let us know how you get on with it, a very interesting piece for sure.

 

[silver]

Had a bit of a hunt very recently,

looked through some 1's&2's, came up with a few foreign coins

Also a N.Z 2c from 1972


And a nice N.Z 2c from 1977


Nothing Aussie that was noteworthy at all amongst that lot(funnily enough.

Also went through a fair few 5c with only a few stand out finds worth noting.

1972 5c


Lastly, a 1999 5c Reverse with a rim cud

Between the two arrows

So, a few more collectables found at cost price,.... always gotta be a boon I recon.

 

[Bobj.]

Sounds like a plan Bobj. , let us know how you get on with it, a very interesting piece for sure.

I contacted Downies who very quicly replied. They stated that it was a sweetheart 3d from the war and only sentimental value. At least, it was a worthwhile exercise.

 

[silver]

Great that they got back to you so quickly, and mystery solved too. I suppose you could do a search of some kind to find someone from that era of the appropriate age with those WWB initials from the region that you acquired it from. May be your best bet at finding its story out at least Bobj.

 

[Bobj.]

Great that they got back to you so quickly, and mystery solved too. I suppose you could do a search of some kind to find someone from that era of the appropriate age with those WWB initials from the region that you acquired it from. May be your best bet at finding its story out at least Bobj.

Had a squiz at every outlet I could think of to find out about WWB, but nothing came up

However, I remembered an old shoebox I have is full of coins and founa a 1976 20 cent piece that has a diecrack all the way through Elizabeth’s effigy.

 

[silver]

Had a squiz at every outlet I could think of to find out about WWB, but nothing came up

However, I remembered an old shoebox I have is full of coins and founa a 1976 20 cent piece that has a diecrack all the way through Elizabeth’s effigy.View attachment 9700

That's pristine hey !
I've never seen that die crack before either, pretty fine and would probably be difficult to spot on a well worn coin from nowadays.

 

[silver]

Very recent hunt


NZ ender

 

[silver]

Cont...
Nice 5c 2016 50th anniversary

5c 1972

5c × 4 2019 JC

5c 1981

5c 1992

5c 2010

50c 2000

(Incuse)

50c 2020

20c 2016 50th anniversary

It's a bugga when the green raries include a 1972 5c... can't throw them back though hey

 

[silver]

Cont....
Green raries

My favourite was the incuse this time, don't often see them on a hunt.

 

[silver]

Just a few five's once again.

Went to open this one and seen a 1972 ender



Found a nice looking 1980 5c

2015 5c

And, 2020 5c

And 2 × 1972 5c

Cont...... next post.

 

[silver]

Also found this 2015 5c with the missing SD

It has 3 things that set it apart from a normal reverse side(echidna side)

Starting on the left foot, we have several points with small cuds(like spurs).... hard to see with the naked eye.

Then of course we have the missing SD itself, sorta harder to discern by naked eye.

Then we have the right foot

These cuds can definitely be seen easily by the naked eye, especially when compared side by side to a normal 5c reverse side of the 5c coin

They make the foot seem like it has a larger base to the toes themselves.
So this is definitely a coin that you could hunt for out of your change from the shops with absolutely no equipment at all.

A good hunt, but lots of dirty covid coins ( ruined from being handled with sanitised hands --- I'm putting it down to)
The good coins in the hunt being coins spent after a drawer scrounging hunt for shopping money, or the empying of the money box/stash for the same reason.
Thus there [may] sometimes be one or two exceptional coins out of a few thousand.

 

[silver]

Had a recent look through a few 5c, 10c, 20c, &50c.



Continued next post.

 

[silver]

Here's the results.

Couple of 1972 5c, 1st one is grungy and scratched up, but the 2nd one makes up for that.


A 1974 50c worth holding on to.

And a stack of 2022 50c in better condition.
I could try finding them like this in five years time, but chances lessen over distance in time.

Back to the 5c.

I found 2 2019 JC 5c
These coins are getting harder and harder to find hunting these days, already as hard as finding a 1972 5c (if not harder), the only reason they are still out there now is because the 2020, 21, & 22 JC effigies look the same and make them a bigger job to look for now than when they first appeared on the scene


1987 N.Z 5c
I hold on to N.Z coins, just incase I decide to make up a set one day.

And 1974 N.Z 5c.

Got a few nice 5c too
(ya'd want to out of searching through 3,000 plus of em hey).

1980 5c

1975 5c

And finally a 1971 5c


I think the 1971 5c has to be my favourite this time.
Happy hunting.

 

[silver]

Thought I'd best keep my hand in.
Biggish hunt




Found a few worthy of mention
1970 5c

1983 5c

And a dirty old 2001 5c

More about that 2001 in the following post.

 

[silver]

Here's the other side of that 2001 5c

Notice anything ?

Turn it upside down miss Jane

It's a flamingo die crack error

Happy about that they do not turn up, hardly ever.

Also got three 1972 5c

A good result I feel.
Tires the old eyes though.
Happy hunting