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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;secretsquirrel, post: 42438, member: 1991&quot;]Yes i realise it&#039;s from grease filling the digit etc from being struck up on the coin.</p><p>This type of thing on Australian coins is rather rare where a full digit or letter is missing due to die fill. Our mintage figures though would be part of the reason.</p><p>eg. 2000 $1 where demand should be high for circulating coins due to the Sydney Olympics only had a mintage of 7.592m coins. One coin only has been reported with the complete date missing due to die fill. Also amongst that mintage the Royal Australian Mint managed to mint a mule $1 which has the obverse for the 10c. An image has been put in the mule thread in the World and Ancient coins forum if you would like to check it out <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Error coins here have only just taken off again in the past 12 months. Back when we went decimal they were all the rage and people were collecting what they thought were valuable errors to find they were worthless. This set back variety and error collecting here alot and it&#039;s good to see them being revived with alot of hard work by some.</p><p>Some of us here helping out others with learning about different types of errors keep a copy of Alan Herberts book next to our pc and find it&#039;s a must have reference even though it&#039;s based on US coins. We just ignore the price guide part because of different rarity levels here due to mintage figures.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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