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Valued Member
United States
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 Here's another that I found in that bag of UK stuff. It is the 2000 50p Library commemorative struck on a smaller planchet. It measures 20mm vs. spec of 27.3mm, is 1.3mm thick vs. spec of 1.78mm, and weighs 2.81 grams. It is magnetic. It looks fully struck with all details sharp. The planchet weight does not meet any then-current UK coinage. Perhaps it was for some coin that The Royal Mint produced for another country in 2000?
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Absolutely love it.. wish I could add it to my collection! I don't get so luck with mixed bags! Here is my collection: http://jpegbay.com/gallery/004445256-.html#1First page shows my trial pieces (x6) and then oddities. The other pages show my 50p error coins.. as you can see, I have a few! |
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Valued Member
 United States
360 Posts |
Nice collection ! Thanks for sharing.
Do you have any idea what coin this planchet was intended for? It doesn't fit any UK coin and I have not been able to find who the RM minted coins for in that year.
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Valued Member
United States
360 Posts |
Think it may be a New Zealand 5 cents planchet. It's spec weight is 2.83 grams, this weighs 2.81 g. The Royal Mint mints coins for New Zealand as does the RCM and a few others. |
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Valued Member
United States
360 Posts |
OOPs. the NZ piece is copper-nickel. That is non-magnetic!
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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Could it not be post mint? I say this merely because of what's next to the queen's face, it seems like it has risen at the edge, something that could have been done with a tool, maybe they it well everywhere else. What's the edge like?
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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This piece is magnetic? If it is, that should be your first clue that this is an error rather than a PMD coin. It looks like a genuine error to me. |
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Valued Member
United States
360 Posts |
I don't know what to look for on the edge. But the thickness is only 73% on the 50p piece and the coin is fully struck as you can see. Also the coin is magnetic whereas the 50p is copper-nickel and non-magnetic.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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I think it's safe to say this is an error and not a PMD :) Congrats! What did you get in this bag in total? |
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Valued Member
United States
360 Posts |
Also found the 1993 20p die trial piece. Also several planchets of 2p, 5p, 10p, and 50p. These are all the upsetted milled edge type. The whole bag was very heavy in UK. Never found any or these UK things before.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
109 Posts |
Sounds like you've done extremely well. Could you perhaps share some more photos of your findings? Always interested in seeing trial and error pieces. Are you a collector of UK coins yourself or are you looking to re-home these? I would of course be interested in discussing the 50p pieces you have if that is allowed?
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Valued Member
United States
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I really don't collect UK Errors. I do collect US ones so I am OK with re-home them. I'll photo the 50p planchets for you. Need to email them. my email is numismatist6@hotmail.com.
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