TM Coin Club Thread

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apparently

a 1965 NZ 3d is 16.3mm
a 1965 HK 5c is 16.5mm
a 1961 Malaya 5c is 16mm

so if this is accurate then technically I'd think it should be possible to determine which of the 2 it is (assuming you had the actual NZ muled coin and the equipment necessary to make exact and precise measurements). Although the dates should be enough of a  giveaway, really.

I just had a look in Rob Pepping's NZ History Coined to see what we wrote about the HK/NZ mule in 2017, and Rob did a close-up check of the die detail at the time.  On the mule and the HK coin, the cross on top of the crown points between rim dots, whereas on the Malaya coin it points to a dot, which seems conclusive - unless the BRM used multiple different dies for both circulating coins and my sample of one of each is just too small :-)