GB 1993 20-P Die Adjustment Piece? - Coin Community Forum

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numismatist6 Valued Member United States 360 Posts	Posted 06/07/2015 2:07 pm Found this in a bag of UK coins and tokens. There were also some planchets for this period's 1p, 2p, 59p, 10p, and 50P coins. This may be a die adjustment piece. It has near full weight (4.89 grams vs. spec of 5.09 grams). Any comments? Report this Post to the Staff

Beeston1990 Valued Member United Kingdom 109 Posts	Posted 06/07/2015 7:14 pm Very interesting piece.. Can't wait to hear more! Report this Post to the Staff
numismatist6 Valued Member United States 360 Posts	Posted 06/07/2015 7:54 pm Sorry spec weight is 5.00 grams not 5.09. Report this Post to the Staff
Anaximander Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 709 Posts	Posted 06/09/2015 3:18 pm What is a die adjustment piece? Report this Post to the Staff
numismatist6 Valued Member United States 360 Posts	Posted 06/09/2015 5:10 pm A die adjustment strike is a type of mint error coin where the devices on the coin are struck improperly because the strike was made while a die setter was adjusting the coin press machine. When the coin press is being set up to strike coins, some test coins are struck to determine the optimum striking pressure before the coin press is turned over to the press operator for regular coining. These test strikes are supposed to be carefully collected and destroyed, but on rare occasions they escape the mint. Die adjustment strike specimens usually appear as weakly struck to very weakly struck specimens, although sometimes a die adjustment strike can be too hard. Both types of die adjustment coins are sought after by error coins collectors. Report this Post to the Staff
numismatist6 Valued Member United States 360 Posts	Posted 06/13/2015 1:08 pm It is 1998 not 1993. Must be old age! Sorry Report this Post to the Staff
V3XY New Member United Kingdom 11 Posts	Posted 08/24/2015 07:21 am ive never heard of a 59p XD Report this Post to the Staff
DavidUK Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2624 Posts	Posted 08/26/2015 5:42 pm What strikes me as most interesting is that it is a twenty pence but it seems to be on a round flan. It should be 7 sided... surely even a test piece would use the right blank? Report this Post to the Staff
Mr T Pillar of the Community Australia 2180 Posts	Posted 08/29/2015 11:24 pm What's the diameter? Report this Post to the Staff
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