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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Evening folks, Further to my earlier posts where I'm going through my bequethed old coin collection,and receiving some excellent help, I have come across a 2 pence where the head and obverse are upside down compared to one another. All other 2p's I have looked at are oriented pointing 'North' if the coin were stood on its end, however with this coin one points 'north' while the other side points 'south'! Can any knowledgable soul shed some light on this? I wonder if it is quite normal or whether this is a genuine minting error? Is it likely to be valuable if it is an error? The picture I have uploaded obviously doesn't show this, but someone might recognise the coin-I think I will take a photograph with it stood next to a mirror! Many thanks in advance   |
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Valued Member
Canada
156 Posts |
So is the alignment of the two sides up-up or up-down?
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Valued Member
 United Kingdom
115 Posts |
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
115 Posts |
for the avoidance (or addition) of doubt! It's tricky to work out the mirror image, but it should show what I mean  |
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Moderator
 Australia
16809 Posts |
Yes, it is indeed "upside down", or nearly so, and yes, it is a die rotation mint error.
You'll have to ask the British locals if rotation errors for this particular date/denomination are common.
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
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
560 Posts |
That's a nice one...  I don't think there common in the UK, I've had quit a bit of UK coins in my hand and I always check all the coins on die axis rotation.. Never found one.. not that says anything..  But I'll wait what the UK specialist have to say, and this date goes on my watch list.. |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Never seen one! I havent been looking though. Usually this kind of thing would be quite obvious. Try having a look on ebay for other examples. |
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
115 Posts |
hmmm so this could be quite rare... I have searched some considerable amount of web-pages, and I cannot find any reference at all relating to this! Is there somwhere or someone specific I can ask for a definative answer; do I call The Royal Mint? |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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A die rotation is no big deal and I can't see a market in the UK (very few error collectors compared with the US)
The advice I would give is get it slabbed...UGGG...and put it in a Heritage auction.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
115 Posts |
I see. I don't want to sell any of my coins, however! Although for one, jubilant second I thought my 1915 florin would have paid my mortgage!
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
709 Posts |
That is a good-looking coin, with an interesting die rotation. I have a couple of 2p coins with rotations around 40 degress.
I am an anorak - I examine every coin that comes through my hands and most of those that my family have, looking for just such a thing. From my anecdotal "evidence" I dont think they are particularly common.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
115 Posts |
I might well consider putting this up for auction if it is unique, I have no real sentimental feelings attached to this one. To me it's just a 2p(usually an annoyance at how they build up in my pocket!)
When you say it's no big deal and that there are not many folks collect these, I take it there is little monetary value, just uniqueness to a collector?
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
115 Posts |
Can anyone advise me then, as to where I should ask for a definative opinion on this coin? Such as rarity of such an event, and whether or not it is unique?
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Maybe ask a nearby dealer. I doubt it would be unique as the misaligned die would have struck probably thousands of other coins.
I only have an Australian perspective on it: they're reasonably uncommon here though you'll find one with persistence and they don't seem to be prohibitively expensive.
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