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New Member
United Kingdom
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Hello everyone, Found this coin today in my collection and it looks interesting to say the least. Just wishing it were an American / British coin so that I could rake in the money $$$. So, someone clearly had a little too much grappa to drink at work that day and misspelled the king's name and put UMBURTO instead of UMBERTO and quickly restruck it to cover up his mistake. I haven't been able to find anything about this variety or any other one like it in Italian coins. Any help with identifying the exact variety and any past auction listing if they exist would be great Thanks for looking :)     |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
94367 Posts |
Not seeing "Umburto".   to the CCF! Edited by Coinfrog
09/30/2024 3:58 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
8735 Posts |
I don't think it was a 'U' it looks like it took a double hit.
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Valued Member
United States
130 Posts |
What is other's opinion whether it was a U under E. To me, there may be a corroboration to this theory in that the bottom of the E looks curved.
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New Member
 United Kingdom
26 Posts |
That's exactly my thinking, that little curved bit under the E can't be from a double strike  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
7911 Posts |
I'm not seeing a U either.
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Valued Member
Bosnia And Herzegovina
203 Posts |
it would rather be repaired engraved die
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
534 Posts |
Very interesting..
I clearly see what u mean..
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
I don't see what u mean. I mean I don't see a u.  |
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New Member
United Kingdom
26 Posts |
Hello everyone,
You've all made some good points ( and I am open to being proved wrong) but I just can't imagine re-engraved dies creating that little curve at the bottom.
Does anybody know where I might be able to send this to have my theory confirmed / denied? I've looked around and it seems that only Ken Potter was doing this and he has now stopped accepting submissions.
Anyone else that does this kind of thing for world coins?
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Valued Member
Bosnia And Herzegovina
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2071 Posts |
If there's a U underneath, I would expect to see the right hand vertical and there isn't one.
It might be an E over a broken E (an E which lost its top horizontal.)
It would be worth looking at other specimens; there must be some.
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New Member
United Kingdom
26 Posts |
Thanks Bojan!
I'll be sure to send it to him, see what he says.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
57523 Posts |
Pretty interesting find.  Errers and Varietys.
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Moderator
United States
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Interesting example! |
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New Member
United States
38 Posts |
I see the U, I'll look at my collection and see if I have any and report back
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Posted 09/30/2024 4:22 pm
