God Save The Queen! Missing Portrait Of Queen!

I think as with any error you would need to prove definitively that it happened at the mint. What kind of error do you think it is? Weak strike? Capped die? It appears maybe it is also slightly of center strike as well but that might just be the pictures. Are you certain it isn't coin rub or some other PMD? I can't tell by the pictures how circulated the coin is so this one is a head scratcher for me. There is no doubt that it is an interesting specimen and I will be watching this topic to see others opinions.

Looks like a weak strike to me vs. capped die, but also looks like circulation may have also contributed to the weak fields. Is that a grease spot at the 4:00 mark of the obverse? Any weaknesses on the reverse at all?

I'm suggesting the obverse was struck through 'grease' ... and is indeed a genuine mint error.

David

Its a fickle business working with errors, I'd say you assign a value you think its worth and prepare yourself to barter with a client who is interested. Errors are only worth what collectors are willing to pay so it depends how badly someone just has to have it. My experiences with errors like this collectors are pretty quick to scoop them up at around $25 but that doesn't mean that's what it is worth.

I'd have to agree that it's stuck through grease. That's why the words and beads are so much sharper than the portrait.