Rare Unstruck Penny King George V Era Dates 1920 To 1936

The die itself is pretty big.


Image from Wexler's Die Varieties if you want to read on how the dies are made.

Edit: Dies are usually fixed on which one is the hammer or the anvil. For Canadian small cents, the reverse die is the hammer die.

I believe that's the anvil die slur, the hammer die is the exact diameter that the coin is.

Wazz, if you were to take out the die, there would be nothing in place to strike it, theres no "what about the thing holding the die in place" because 1. it is almost certainly not a flat surface. 2. even if it was, it would need to cover an extra 3-4 inches to even reach the anvil die, which would be mechanically impossible. And 3. if both of those cases were somehow true it wouldn't be the came diameter of the coin that is being struck to it would just smash into the collar and not get struck.

thanks for that. I really had no idea what they looked like and had it in my mind that they would be maybe 2 or 3 times the thickness of a coin and attached to the rod with some retaining device.

ty Slur for posting the die pics and info as well as the links, good food for info junkies lol.

Any updates?

yes and update. for sure SPP . I will look you up at the show. have had some measurement done on the coin. the king George V bust is a different size and the lettering around the coin is not the same distance from the edge of the coin . talked to a couple of collectors here we compared the coin to about 30 coins from 1920 to 1936 same results every time. we all think it is the same as one of the members here mentioned it had to be a test coin . some of there thoughts are when the mint was going from the large coin to the smaller coin. that the mint may have pressed some test coins for approval and some how this one got out. I will bring it to you and you can see for yourself. have a great day.

Coin expo is soon :)

Not that much... all errors are basically unique. It is the "wow factor" and demand that dictates the price... As an example, off-centre 1967 5-cent coins are always fetching a higher price than similar off-centres from other years...