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chrycopaul Pillar of the Community Canada 1106 Posts	Posted 06/15/2007 04:58 am This is a 1943 British Half Penny. I am just curious to know if anyone knows what causes this effect. If you look at all the letters in the legend, you will see an unusual pattern surrounding the letters. The best way I can describe it, is if the fields of the coin were mud, and you dropped the letters into it you would get that little wave around the letter where it displaced the mud. Here is my theory. The die struck the planchet with excess force causing the metal to flow around the letters. Any other guesses. Edited by chrycopaul 06/15/2007 05:06 am Report this Post to the Staff

Tpatna Pillar of the Community United States 1626 Posts	Posted 06/15/2007 05:20 am Not sure what causes that, but it is very cool. Great find. Tim Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 06/15/2007 05:44 am Just a guess, but it looks like when the coin was struck there was too much pressure causing the metal to expand outward. KoCT#56 Report this Post to the Staff
madhandles761991 Pillar of the Community United States 577 Posts	Posted 06/15/2007 9:20 pm Wow thats really cool looking! I've never seen an error like that before. Could it be a different minting style? Report this Post to the Staff
madhandles761991 Pillar of the Community United States 577 Posts	Posted 06/15/2007 9:21 pm I mean an error resulting from a different minting style Report this Post to the Staff
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