1949 Half Penny Multiple Brockage Errors

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Tomuel New Member Australia 3 Posts	Posted 08/29/2018 06:19 am Good Day to All, I recently come across this 1949 Half Penny that appears to have multiple errors and would love to find out more. I completely understand there is a good chance this is a result of PMD, however more knowledgeable insight than mine is needed. The coin is in bad condition, it appears to have been properly struck and then re-struck leaving a mirror image on the same side of the coin. The word AUSTRALIA, the date 1949 and the kangaroo are all slightly offset imprinted back to front on the same side as the original strike. Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34423 Posts	Posted 08/29/2018 06:55 am @Tomuel, first welcome to CCF. Second, while Australian coins are not my thing, I do note that in the US backwards and incuse letters are most often the result of a "vice" job, where one coin is sandwiched in between two others and then compressed in a vice. Certainly, other folks will weigh in on your specific coin, but I'd keep this possibility of this all just being intentional damage in the back of your mind. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Basil Pillar of the Community Australia 1040 Posts	Posted 08/29/2018 07:46 am Yeah,someone with too much time on their hands has been in the shed working hard on this Coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Tomuel New Member Australia 3 Posts	Posted 08/29/2018 08:04 am Thanks for the input, it is from my Mothers collection and she wanted me to check it out. I believed it was what you refer to as a vise job, just had to check to make sure. She has quite a few different pieces she wants me to find out for her so if I come across anything unique I will post on here. Thanks for the welcome guys Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74494 Posts	Posted 08/29/2018 1:42 pm To CCF! Just a heavily damaged coin. It's Post Strike Damage (meaning it happened after it left the Mint). Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188929 Posts	Posted 08/29/2018 4:40 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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