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Forgive Them Father ... (Misspelt Inscription On Medal)

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... the Italian State Mint for sloppy spelling.
Article here:

http://news.sky.com/story/1153182/p...elling-error

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 Posted 10/11/2013  11:04 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinCollector2012 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That would be very interesting to have...
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 Posted 10/11/2013  11:59 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add YoshiRules to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
COIN ERROR!

Anyone buy it?
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 Posted 10/11/2013  12:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add oih82w8 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I wish that I had knowledge of it before they recalled it.
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 Posted 10/11/2013  12:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add giorgio11 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wow! The article linked says that four were sold although it does not specify whether they were gold or silver.

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pretty cool
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Haha, just saw this come across on the BBC as well. Hoping that maybe there are more than four out there, but I wonder how valuable they will be after the buzz dies down.
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The radio report I heard was that about 400 were released with the spelling error.
Since the news of this is now so widespread I suspect information manipulation on the Net, to boost ebay bidding.

Might be wise to avoid bidding for a while, until the hullabaloo calms down a bit.
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 Posted 10/14/2013  05:57 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Angielczyk to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
At the risk of being thought irreligious I think that medal went to 'L
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