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Valued Member
United States
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This is an interesting coin. I thought it was another Clash, but the marks don't match anything on the obverse. There are various letters and a star on the outer devices. Any Ideas? Is it an error or post mint damage? I'm leaning toward error, because some of the extra lettering is like almost embedded into the coin, and has toned along with the coin.   |
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Valued Member
 United States
138 Posts |
here is a picture of a normal one for comparison, it is the same year coin.  |
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Valued Member
United States
138 Posts |
i just noticed how funny the denticles look.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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hm... could it be a different variety?
The denticles on the first one looks like there were two processes to make it...
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Pillar of the Community
Poland
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think Numismat has one of these. I forget the specifics, but were struck over an earlier coin.
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Valued Member
United States
138 Posts |
i think it could be an overstruck over an 1894 20 centisimi. (i had to look up over strike) interestingly enough I found this: http://www.littlemistakes.com/World...es_page2.htmwhich would explain the stars. i think this would be an error, and not a variety. right? |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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An overstrike may not necessarily be an error but intentionally done as there may not have been enough planchets to start out with. An overstrike itself should be considered as it's own category.
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Valued Member
United States
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that's really cool, I never new about such a thing very interesting.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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GX said it, it's techincally not an error since the whole series was purposely over-struck, and some traces are found on many of these coins. Strong examples with host legends showing through on both sides, and especially with a double date (1894/1918) command a premium.
Your "normal" comparison coin actually shows some signs as well, at the tops of "D' ITALIA" .
I've just found my 5th example, out of maybe two dozen total coins. =)
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12/29/2008 3:16 pm
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Posted 12/28/2008 04:05 am
