Repaired And Soldered Or Error Coin? 1895 Straits Settlement 20 Cent

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Coins Mania Valued Member Singapore 151 Posts	Posted 05/11/2021 10:39 am Hi All! Someone told me it is the fine troughs in the die got reshaped after repeated strike so an error coin. Another told me that it was damaged, repaired and soldered. Who is right? See the uneven lines ==> Report this Post to the Staff

Numisma Pillar of the Community United States 4963 Posts	Posted 05/11/2021 11:24 am Weird. I don't think that could have happened at the mint. I'm guessing the lines were altered by whatever left the scratches in the fields around the 20. I also wouldn't rule out the possibility that it's fake. Report this Post to the Staff
That Coin Dude Pillar of the Community United States 1427 Posts	Posted 05/11/2021 11:42 am Report this Post to the Staff
TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 05/11/2021 12:57 pm Toning outside of the area tell me it happened some time after being in circulation. Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21611 Posts	Posted 05/12/2021 11:00 am Definitely PMD Did not happen during the striking of the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 05/12/2021 7:34 pm Absolutely not a mint error. I have a very similar coin myself, where the denomination-numerals were ground away, then re-tooled back onto the coin again. I'll post a picture of it when I get home from work later today. What I suspect has happened, for both our coins, is that the coin had its numerous ground flat and the coin was turned into a piece of jewellery (a button, brooch or, for smaller coins, a cuff link), then at some later point the coin's owner tried to turn the piece of jewellery back into a coin again at some later stage. The re-engraving was presumably done in an effort to get the coin accepted again in circulation. 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
Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 05/14/2021 8:25 pm Sorry, forgot about this for a few days. Here are the pics of my coin, an 1874 10 cent piece. It's much cruder, but the modus operandi has been the same: erase the denomination-numerals, then re-engrave them. 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
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