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mike2017 New Member Australia 29 Posts	Posted 04/13/2026 1:12 pm Hi there, everyone just wondering if anyone has any information on this type of error and am I right in calling it that in the subject title thanks again (: * Edited by Staff to crop and/or rotate images. In the future, please crop and correctly orient images before uploading. * First two lines of the Upload Form Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16817 Posts	Posted 04/13/2026 6:39 pm "Mirror" is redundant; all brockages are mirror-incuse. However, your coin is not a genuine sixpence. Whether it's intended as a counterfeit, or a "costume jewellery" replica", I can't say for certain, but it is not a genuine sixpence. A genuine brockage sixpence would have the non-brockaged side very clear and sharp, while the brockage side might be blurry and indistinct; on this coin, we see the opposite of this happening. For example, the date on the non-brockage side is barely readable, but very clearly readable (backwards) as "1886" on the other side. Compare your coin to a genuine 1886 sixpence; the font is wrong, the bar below "pence" is wrong - all the "fine details" are wrong. My assumption would be the coin is a cheap counterfeit. It might originally have been silvered, but in these pics it looks decidedly yellowish. A weight would probably confirm this; I suspect it will weigh considerably less than a genuine sixpence. A genuine brockage should weigh exactly the same as normal. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
mike2017 New Member Australia 29 Posts	Posted 04/14/2026 4:14 pm Thank you very much for your input (: Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95517 Posts	Posted 04/14/2026 10:40 pm very interesting points up brought up Sap. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188130 Posts	Posted 04/15/2026 11:57 am Well done, Sap. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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