Error Coins George V 1920-1936 Pennies

i presume you're talking about pennies right? either way i'll be watching for opinions from others

I have searched thousands of George V pennies over the years and found that they are quite "clean". I have found only 2 coins that are suspect. One being a 1936 with the CE doubled in CENT. The second, a 1935 having a reeded edge on the reverse rim only, more than likely a basement job....the spacing is consistent but looks deliberately cut.

Hi JeyRey

As far as main varieties go, you're right, there's not a terribly huge amount of them. Varieties of the 1929 and 1925 have already been discussed in various threads of this forum, and I believe that there are field variations similar to those found in the KGV nickels, but that's about all I've seen. But if you're talking about errors, then you'll find that there actually a surprising number of them, just nowhere near as many as during the KGVI series.

Ningcumpoop, you are correct in that there is a 1936 doubled CE, but there are also other years with doubled letters. 1936 can have the full word CENT doubled, 1935 can have CE doubled, and I have 2 different doublings for 1929 -- a doubled CE and a doubled CENT. I also have a pair of 1934's which look to have a doubled 4, but I haven't seen enough high grade ones to know if all 1934's are like that or it's just my 2 (the doubling is on the upper left side of the 4). I have several from 1930 which have a doubling in the upper inside part of the 3 -- it looks like there is a wee curl of metal there, but it's on so many that I've seen that I don't know if it's on all 1930 pennies or not. Lamination flaws are on most if not all years, as well as die cracks, with both types of error found on the obverse as well as the reverse. Any cracks that I've seen are fairly minor, not like the strong ones you often see during the 1940's, but they are on most years. Then there are clashes to be found as well. I have a 1927 with the letter "C" clashed on the back of the king's neck, and I've heard that this error can be found on other years too. Doubled rims, weak-struck arrows and letters (caused by grease-filled dies; sometimes one of the arrows can be completely missing), and rotated dies are fairly common, and one of my favourites, the "woody" is there to be discovered for those who collect them. There are raised dots caused by pitted dies at least throughout the 1930's (heart-stopping when you find one below the date on a 1936), as well as random gas bubbles and rim flaws that can occur.

This is by no means a comprehensive list -- Zoell also mentions at least one variety of extra metal die chipping in 1933 -- but it should at least get you started. Happy hunting!