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1998 20 Feninga - Bosnia And Herzegovina - Die Chip?

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 Posted 01/05/2024  12:15 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add maccath to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Noticed that this coin has a couple of blobs in on its face. I'm assuming this is a die chip but I have very little experience with error coins! Feel free to share your thoughts, I'd love to hear them.

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 Posted 01/06/2024  01:20 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like a nice sized Die Chip to me.
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 Posted 01/09/2024  08:04 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bojan Radosavljevic to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Unfortunately, it is the oxidation of the steel under the copper coating. not a die chip below in the photo you can see the places on the design of the coin that are otherwise most often affected by that error due to the design of the coin itself

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 Posted 01/09/2024  5:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'd agree; they're "rust bubbles", not a variety or error. These coins are made of plated steel, and like any plated-steel coin they will rust badly if something damages the plating layer. Steel expands when it rusts, which creates a "bubble" underneath the plating. There's another bump underneath the "i" in "Herzegovina", and on that one you can see the rusty-grey metal punching through the copper coating.
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Bummer.
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