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1979 Monaco 20 Cmes Struck On 10 Cmes Planchet?

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 Posted 08/06/2015  1:32 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add JDRMCB to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I recently discovered this coin in the treasure chest of my LCS. At first glance I thought it to be PMD, but being on sale that day only for $4.99/lb, I put it in my bag anyway to examine it closer at home. (Ended up with 5.6 pounds!)

After examining it more closely at home, I believe it to be an off-planchet error!

A 20 Centimes struck on a 10 Centimes planchet!

I've never owned an off-Planchet error or actively pursued them so I don't know much about them.

Here's what I know:

This is a 1979 Monaco 20 Centimes that is very thin and is missing the right outer design elements on both the obverse and reverse of the coin.

It has an obvious planchet crack at 12 o'clock on the obverse and 6 o'clock on the reverse. (coin alignment)

It weighs exactly 3 grams on my scale (should weigh 4 grams) and is slightly irregular in shape but measures approximately 21 mm in diameter using my calipers.

It is non-magnetic and appears to be aluminum bronze.

It is the exact weight and composition of a 10 Centimes and its diameter is WNL.

So what do you guys think?

Did I just find my first off-planchet error coin?


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 Posted 08/06/2015  1:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add matttheriley to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sweet, send it to ANACS!
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 Posted 08/06/2015  4:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add X2an to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I think you got just what you think you got. Nice score
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Love error. Coins & Currency...
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 Posted 08/07/2015  8:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jupke to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I would like to see close up pics of the edge of the coin. It looks machined to me with the little detail that I can see in the pics.
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