For example:
Let's get raw block number 308252. Check here at blockchain.info
./src/bitcoin-cli -rpcpassword=123456 getblock 00000000000000004381107684bba18bdf7de565f4c630c3f32ca1d6ada1b966 | head
{
"hash" : "00000000000000004381107684bba18bdf7de565f4c630c3f32ca1d6ada1b966",
"confirmations" : 6967,
"size" : 248317,
"height" : 308252,
"version" : 2,
"merkleroot" : "be873c28ddfe66240d254820a9ee07e780c54c59b5e075e3681e18c87615d6f0",
"tx" : [
"66737352ec2343a836a360eb72055f92e9e805849185fc7735c37ca250d22303",
"8c7b78026724d6136e48c09103bd5ddbd3ec9dc3c81e68c574f76fb3fa4a82b2",
Regular tx getrawtransaction
Works ok as seen below:
$ ./src/bitcoin-cli -rpcpassword=123456 getrawtransaction 8c7b78026724d6136e48c09103bd5ddbd3ec9dc3c81e68c574f76fb3fa4a82b2
01000000010f24db9b97f3b1194aacd2a8925476d4823c9b4ea5a8b58a37d273276c815344000000006c493046022100ac1ee528240ab39a34a9155d10540b5ac8c9f965295730a182a14bb3139d2546022100a80d2943c7d996b96ae20ac97e71ec8ec5f1932db2a997788223d05b54136f340121039c4783ec8cdac3bc70f3ae70762fd79f66ace8687b890d1f0225f7c22428aef9ffffffff0260359f65010000001976a91441028f8cba2827f2a846fa2f594a79d53b05597f88ac905f0100000000001976a9143753f953d92a61c307085266154c7003ef55b24488ac00000000
Coinbase tx getrawtransaction
Fails :-(
$ ./src/bitcoin-cli -rpcpassword=123456 getrawtransaction 66737352ec2343a836a360eb72055f92e9e805849185fc7735c37ca250d22303
error: {"code":-5,"message":"No information available about transaction"}