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Italy 100 Lire Error?

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 Posted 05/09/2016  3:12 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Glenmore to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Up until now, I haven't been very interested in error coins, and I don't know anything about them. I think I've stumbled across an error coin, and I wonder what you can tell me about it.

The coin is a 1979 100-lire Italian coin, stainless steel, 27.8 mm in diameter. This photo shows my 'error' coin on the right, next to a normal example. I'm sorry my photography isn't too great.

Italy-100-Lire-Error?

Here's a closeup showing the dates:

Italy-100-Lire-Error?

Am I correct in thinking this is a mint error? If so, what would you call this sort of error? What caused it?

Thank you.
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 Posted 05/09/2016  3:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chequer to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like Die Deterioration.
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So then, the die was worn around the circumference, and planchet metal flowed into the worn area, creating a sort of 'double rim' around the design?
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