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Valued Member
Guatemala
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Now a little trivia for our dark side friends... The Pobjoy Mint in the UK mints coins for a variety of countries. In the last decade or so, they made a serious error on one denomination of coin, from one country. The question is: What is the country, and the denomination? The prize? Knowing you really *ARE* smarter than a 5th grader...  |
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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Quite a few pobjoy mint coins look like errors, but I have been informed they were supposed to look like that!
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Valued Member
 Guatemala
357 Posts |
This one is an error, and a very serious error at that, if you happen to live in that country....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have errors from Sierra Leone and Liberia, but you make it sound really big. Lemme think...
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United States
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Valued Member
Guatemala
357 Posts |
I'm not sure of that coin, Syslav, but no, that isn't the error in question. The error in question would be rather offensive to the residents of the coin the country was minted for. Don't you love dyslexia? That should say "country the coin was minted for"  Edited by JMerrick
01/02/2011 4:05 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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How about this one? Quote:
1,000 Shillings (2002)
The obverse of this coin depicts a portrait of Sir Richard Burton as on the 5/- coin. However, the reverse depicts the coat of arms of Somalia, instead of the coat of arms of Somaliland. This is a very interesting error of design which collectors will notice. |
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Germany
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South Africa, perhaps? "Mandela gets court injunction over coin sales FORMER South African President, Nelson Mandela and his foundation have secured a court injunction prohibiting the importation or selling of gold coins bearing his name and image by a Johannesburg based company. It was the first successful legal action brought against a group seeking to exploit Mandela's iconic stature as the jailed anti-apartheid leader, who went on to become South Africa's first black president. The Johannesburg-based Investgold sought permission from the Nelson Mandela Foundation in October to import 24-carat gold coins minted by Pobjoy Mint Ltd. in Britain. It intended selling them in South Africa at $260 for a one-tenth-ounce coin." http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Naija...message/3553 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think by the hints, it would be in the country's name itself, like the BBasil coin. (Brazil)
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Valued Member
Guatemala
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Syslav won...
The country is Somaliland, and the error is that the back of the coin has the coat of arms of Somalia instead of Somaliland's.
Also, this is Somaliland's only coin in .999 silver.
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Valued Member
Guatemala
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Edited by JMerrick
01/02/2011 9:37 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 I like these kinds of trivia. I'm considering running one as a contest, with a prize, in a few days when most people back from a holiday break. |
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United States
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Syslav, shoot me an email. I'm too new to do one to you. I have an idea... I'm afraid you're "too new" for emails either way. Just a few more posts and you'll be all set. And I'll welcome any ideas! |
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Valued Member
United States
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Cool idea and cool contest, I saw it too late.
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New Member
United Kingdom
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Sorry, that's not correct. The only coin that Pobjoy Mint ever produced for Somaliland was a single piece in aluminium featuring a Dove on one side and the correct Coat of Arms on the other. Whoever produced the piece that you are referring to certainly wasn't Pobjoy Mint as I was personally dealing with the ruler of Somaliland at the time.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Mint was Munze Osterreich AG, Vienna.
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Posted 01/02/2011 1:56 pm
