Please Educate Me A Bit About Mint Errors.

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gtkwml Valued Member United States 224 Posts	Posted 09/01/2018 9:07 pm It looks like this coin was struck a second time by accident at the mint. I don't think it's some kind of counter mark. Are errors like this common? Do you think a mint would have released it even if they saw the error, since it probably at least had the correct weight of metal? I have no knowledge of coins like this, so I'd appreciate any interesting info you could give me. Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 09/01/2018 9:21 pm Gus, you might find the minting errors article in the April '95 Celator to be of interest: https://community.vcoins.com/celator-vol-09-no-04/ The .pdf is download-able too, but direct linking doesn't work, apparently. If you paste "https://community.vcoins.com/thecelator/" into your address bar, then add "The-Celator-Vol.09-No.04-Apr-1995.pdf" after the backslash, you should get to the .pdf Edited by Kamnaskires 09/01/2018 9:38 pm Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 09/02/2018 12:28 am Double strikes and other errors are very common on ancient coins, while they make them interesting they don't increase the value on most coins. Wish the Celator was still being published. Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 09/02/2018 12:38 am I believe Roman mints were expected to have some level of quality control, although I have handled a handful of error coins. The coin looks like Claudius II or early Aurelian? History mentions one corrupt Felissimus who served under Claudius II and Aurelian. He was skimming silver from the coins for his own profit, and was producing unacceptably poor coins. He may have rebelled as a usurper, but was executed by Aurelian, and his immediate reports fled and apparently continued to make coins with stolen dies, most notably the Divo Claudio type. I'd imagine this coin hails from about that time. Report this Post to the Staff
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