Transposed Date Piece, Condition = Only A Mother Could Love

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BillSnyder Pillar of the Community 778 Posts	Posted 02/03/2013 1:50 pm It is getting really hard to find coins with the Date numerals mixed up (like 1280 for 1820, etc). So when this 1703 Duarious from Hungary came along, I grabbed it despite it's terrible condition. (Yep, I prefer VF's and better, and somewhat larger coins). Here is what the reverse is supposed to look like - and here (sob) is the 1073 error piece - Bill Report this Post to the Staff

DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 02/03/2013 2:46 pm Nice find--I would grab that without hesitation, even in that grade! Clearly transposed date numerals, and I wonder how many were struck before that was caught? I have not found one described elsewhere, so could it be scarce? Do you have other coins with transposed dates? I collect overdates, so the date is the first thing I look at--but I have yet to find a transposed digit. Report this Post to the Staff
StJoeBlues Pillar of the Community United States 573 Posts	Posted 02/03/2013 3:32 pm That is an epic fail! I know this was made 310 years ago, but how does QC not catch something like that, before, during or even after striking? Interesting note: Years ago I worked at a calendar printing company. One year they scrapped over $100,000.00 worth of desk calendars because they had Christmas on December 23. Report this Post to the Staff
BillSnyder Pillar of the Community 778 Posts	Posted 02/03/2013 3:44 pm Yes, DVCollector, I do have others. Here are 2 from Austria . This 1087 (should be 1807) 15 Kreutzer got me started - and this 1951 (should read 1915) is my high-grade one - Thanks for asking, Bill Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 02/03/2013 3:51 pm Thanks Bill for posting those--I dug through CCF and found your others Report this Post to the Staff
BillSnyder Pillar of the Community 778 Posts	Posted 02/03/2013 4:20 pm Aside from a few with non-Arabic numbers, here are my others - Azores, 1196 for 1796 (Not exactly transposed, but . . .)- Netherlands East Indies, 9801 retrograde for 1809 - Bundi (Ind1an State) 8581 for 1858 - Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 02/03/2013 4:23 pm Wow--those are great! It's easy to understand the mistake of dating the die as it would look struck. Report this Post to the Staff
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