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Pillar of the Community
Egypt
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Hi all,
What is this notch at the bottom of the letter "E". I would say that the coin got hit by something, but this notch passes by the lowoer part of the E without affecting it.
So is this some sort of error, stamping, or nothing?
Thanks
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 Egypt
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Pillar of the Community
Egypt
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi, Judging by overlap of the E with the depression, it could be a small planchet defect, or perhaps something was struck into the coin which later fell out?  But seeing how there are streaks on your coin in that area, I might guess there was a planchet defect that flaked out of the coin after strike. Just guesses.  Someone who specializes in UK coins might have a better idea than me. I have a UK Penny with a similar depression on the surface. I haven't yet determined what caused this, but I think it was as soft as the planchet because the design was transferred below the piece that fell out.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I was thinking lamination error as well. Since we're on the topic of British lamination errors, here's one I posted a while back:  Note near the horse's bent knee:  |
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Pillar of the Community
Egypt
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Does this increase the coin value, I mean is this a common error?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've heard that the Brits are beginning to take in interest in error coins. I haven't seen that translate into any higher prices on error coins however.
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Pillar of the Community
Egypt
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Thank you Kurt and snowman
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Valued Member
United States
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I would say it's a strike thru error it has that appearance it doesm't appear to be a lamination error.Snowmans is a lamination error
JAZEC
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03/12/2009 09:45 am
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Pillar of the Community
Egypt
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Does this increase the coin value, I mean is this a common error?
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Valued Member
United States
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Yes it usually increases the value on the US coins and how big the strike thru area is ,that's the main objective. I don't know if these particular foreign coins rank like US coins in that specfic error cataglory. I would say it's not a common error. JAZEC |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'm going to suggest there's no definitive way to determine this is a planchet defect or a struck through by the pic. Seeing a larger pic might help, but since planchet defects are pretty common during this period, that should be the most likely scenario. Besides, there is that streaking of the coin in that area which might suggest planchet impurities, which causes such defects after all.
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United Kingdom
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It would not increase the value of the coin here in the UK. Collectors here arn't really that interested in defects of this type. The history of coinage here is so long and varied that collectors of UK coinage have enough to interest them already :) Strangely, although I live here I don't collect UK coins - at least not actively - but prefer coins from more exotic places (like Egypt)  . |
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