UK 2016/2017 £1 Coin. Rare Error? - Coin Community Forum

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Nonox New Member United Kingdom 1 Posts	Posted 06/06/2019 08:25 am Hi everyone. I'm looking for some advice on a coin I found when the new shape £1 came out. There's a very subtle difference in my coin and I've had a lot of fun asking friend to notice it. I've also checked the coin against the "fake coin" guidelines found on this site and I'm Confident that it is genuine (also I got it when they were first released so I doubt fakes were around at the time) So the actual difference is that the grooved edges and the smooth edges appear to be opposite from every other coin I've seen. I've checked many over the years and never seen another with this patern. I've attached pictures to show what I mean. So I'm just wondering what you experts think about this? Is it as rare as I think? Does it add any particular value to the coin or am I just conditioned to see £1 million coin errors tha ks to the tabloids? =D Thanks in advance! Report this Post to the Staff

Collector28 Valued Member United Kingdom 251 Posts	Posted 06/06/2019 08:59 am This is just to do with the random orientation of the coins when struck. Keep searching though, and welcome Edited by Collector28 06/06/2019 09:01 am Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188770 Posts	Posted 06/06/2019 09:26 am 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
PaddyB Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 945 Posts	Posted 06/06/2019 1:22 pm It is scarcer but not mega-rare. I saw a discussion on another forum that suggests about 3% are "lefties" to use the term coined for the variety. Much more info available at: https://www.checkyourchange.co.uk/t...n-varieties/ Report this Post to the Staff
NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 17947 Posts	Posted 06/06/2019 2:36 pm Quote: It is scarcer but not mega-rare. I got about five bags of 2016-dated £1 coins when they first came out and found about 4 like this (out of 80 coins). I haven't found any for any other dates though. My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Report this Post to the Staff
Collector28 Valued Member United Kingdom 251 Posts	Posted 06/08/2019 04:55 am Interesting. I also checked through mine and found them to be less common. Can someone explain this? Report this Post to the Staff
PaddyB Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 945 Posts	Posted 06/08/2019 07:09 am I saw an explanation on another forum. With these coins the obverse, reverse and edge milling are all put on in a single striking, so the much hyped on the £2 coins "upside down edge" is not possible. So the only way this can happen is if a die has been incorrectly set up in the machine. The Royal Mint wont acknowledge as an error, but I think it must be, and they seem to have fixed the problem as time has gone by. (Around 1 in 20 had this error in 2016, but around 1 in 800 for 2017. Not certain yet if it occurs at all on the 2018 and 2019 coins.) The link in my post above goes into more detail on this and other errors (real, imagined and manufactured) on these coins. Report this Post to the Staff
Collector28 Valued Member United Kingdom 251 Posts	Posted 06/08/2019 07:19 am Still not fully sure I understand... Report this Post to the Staff
Collector28 Valued Member United Kingdom 251 Posts	Posted 06/23/2019 2:03 pm As a follow up, I checked through 25 2016 £1s today and found 3. Not seen a single 2017/2018/2019 one like this though. Report this Post to the Staff
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