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  As you see, this 1916 1/4 cent (Straits Settlement) shows Edward VII. Since he died in 1910, how did this coin come to be?
Maybe (a) It is a counterfeit or (b), a Mint worker in 1916 accidentally used an old obverse Die or (c) ?
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BillMoved to World Coins forum - Sap
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That does look pretty odd to me. 1908 was the last 1/4th that used Edward VII.
Neither years are particularly expensive or noteworthy of a coin.
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Only thing that makes some sense is B. Truly a great find, if authentic.
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The reeded edge, by the way, shows no sign of a seam.
Bill
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I am not sure where exactly the 1/4 cents were minted in what years but I believe that some Straits Settlements coins were struck at the Bombay mint. In the late 1960s the Bombay mint reused some of the dies in its possession to make proofs, some of which involved the pairing of dies which produced mules.
While the dies were used mainly to produce proofs I think some specimens were produced. This may be one such coin.
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philladelphian - Your reference to the Coin People post is indeed interesting. Here are the images from that site -   (I plan to write to the person who posted that message). Thanks, Bill |
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Let us know what comes of it. Though one responder on the thread claimed to have seen other Straits Settlement coins with discordance of date and monarch, my searches for Straits Settlement "mules" only turned up this coin, which is just like yours.
Edited by philadelphian
11/13/2012 09:46 am
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FROM THE OWNER OF THE SILVER EXAMPLE -
"Thanks for your mail. This is highly interesting.
Unfortunately up to now I didn't find out anything new.
One person commented "portrait looks very poor, compared to the legend and crown". You see the same on your coin.
I REPLIED -
Someone on the another forum (CoinCommunity) reminded me that, several years after India became independent, Coin Dies in the old Bombay Mint were used to make Mules. (Mis-matched obverses and reverses). (As I remember now, I had once heard before, but not specifically in regard to the coinage of the Straits Settlement).
It also seems that some Straits Settlement coins were produced in the early 20th century in this very same Mint.
I now feel that these two pieces (silver and copper) were very possibly produced under the auspicious of the Republic of India in 1949. I doubt that very many were made.
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Bill
I think the word you wanted was auspices and not "auspicious".
Auspices means "with the support or protection of" which implies that the Indian mint was complicit with their production. I'd rather go with the idea that some employee just decided to "experiment" with old dies (to put it kindly). There would have been no value in producing them at the time as they were worth very little and have appeared to have been picked up on only recently.
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thai-vic, the Bombay Mint was complicit with their production. Apparently they had a price list of coins that could be re-struck on request.
The Australian government was not happy and had the dies for Australian coins returned once they found out what was going on.
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Thanks for that bit of info Mr.T. Is that why they only produced mules to avoid censure from other governments/authorities?
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No, I think most of the coins they produced were correct. My understanding (which may be incorrect) is that most of the restrikes were for Indian coins anyway. I don't know all of the coins that the Bombay Mint struck I would have thought it was mostly Indian coins (Australian coins were only struck there for a couple of years during World War II).
The mulings could well have been unintentional though. British Commonwealth Coins by Remick mentions that coins with VICTORIA QUEEN instead of VICTORIA EMPRESS are the best examples of the mules.
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These 1/4 cents 1916 with mismatched heads show up from time to time.
I myself have a few, they aren't super rare. Asked a more experienced collector about it,
he couldn't give a definitive answer.
So let's just assume they're a curiosity not worth crazy money.
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Not the same coin but similar topic, location and date. Sort of a crude try at making a Twenty Cent coin from a Half Cent coin.  |
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Posted 11/12/2012 7:57 pm
