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NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 05/25/2008 12:04 am What's wrong with my 2 pound coin? Though it has seen a fair bit of rough handling in its young life, this looks like it could be an error to me. Opinions? Edited by NumisMattyUk 05/25/2008 12:18 am Report this Post to the Staff

biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 05/25/2008 12:21 am It seems that the reverse(I assume non-effigy side is the reverse?) lettering was Struck Through Grease causing weakness in the lettering but it looks like a concrete sidewalk roughed up the poor Queen Report this Post to the Staff
GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 05/25/2008 12:22 am Report this Post to the Staff
NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 05/25/2008 12:28 am Do you mean the "pavement:..? So it was Struck Through Grease huh? Would this add much to value at all? Edited by NumisMattyUk 05/25/2008 12:30 am Report this Post to the Staff
GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 05/25/2008 12:33 am Not really. As far as US coins are concerned it's quite common. There might be a UK collector that collects them. I'd check out some "errors" on ebay UK and see what turns up Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 05/25/2008 02:06 am I like that vague shadow of something between ABOLITION and OF--is that in relief or incuse? And yes--it looks as if this coin got a little pounding on the sidewalk. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 05/25/2008 06:33 am I think Occam's Razor needs to apply here. We have a coin with "roadkill damage" on one side, and a "possible strike through oil" on the other. This would mean two unusual events would have happened to this coin. It seems to me to be far more probable that a single unusual event has occurred, and that it occurred post-mint ie. damage, not mint error: whatever did the "roadkill damage" on the obverse, also flattened the legend and impressed a reverse image of the reverse legend onto the reverse. I'd assume two of these coins were either struck together with something post-mint or compressed in a vice-like arrangement. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 05/25/2008 3:01 pm Quote: I think Occam's Razor needs to apply here. Indeed, since most of the apparent external damage is on the obverse, one would first need to establish causality between that damage and the feature on the reverse--where far less damage is present. I might simply conclude the coin was struck with a dirty die, and later fell on sidewalk. No intricate relationship is necessary. Edited by KurtS 05/25/2008 6:00 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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