Issue 13 - Mint Error News Magazine

TYPE OF ERROR DATE AMT DENOM SPECIFICSBrockage-R 1968 ca 1 Penny “no image on ‘obv’ “.Brockage-R 1968 ca 2 Pence “on oversized flan so that coin is ‘dished’ out”.Two Rev Dies 1968-1981 10 Pence “some discoloration one side”Off Center 1969 10 New Pence 15% o/c to K-4 and two clips (5% @K-3 and 5% @K12).Double Strike 1969 5 PenceWrong Planchet 1969 5 Pence “Struck on in bronze. Few very tiny rns.”Brockage-O 1969 5 Pence “Very rare.”Two Obv Dies 1969 50 New PencePartial Collar 1969 50 PenceBrockage-R 1969 ca 50 Pence (sold with a 1969 issue from slightly mis-aligned dies)Off Center 1969-1981 50 New Pence 80% o/c w/nice stretch strike K-3.Wrong Planchet 1970 10 Pence “in bronze, on a thin flan.” (sold with a 50p VF blank.)Wrong Planchet 1970 10 Pence “struck in copper, no edge milling”Wrong Planchet 1970 5 Pence “struck on a white metal.ú1 blank. gF + sfms.”Edge Error 1970 5 Pence “plain edge VF+ slightly dull.”Uniface 1970 6 Pence “Y143. Rev struck with another blank”Wrong Planchet 1970 ca 10 New Pence “struck on a very small flan.”Wrong Planchet 1971 1 New Pence “Struck on 1/2p blank.”Brockage-Partl 1971 1 Penny Part of rev appears incuse on an oval section of the obverse..Two Obv Dies 1971 1 to 2 New Pence (sold with a matching piece with 2 reverses).Broad Strike 1971 10 New Pence “Uncentered. 30% brockage K11, sml counter brock K12 rev”Thin Planchet 1971 2 New Pence “Only 1/2mm thick.”Wrong Planchet 1971 2 New Pence “struck on a cupro nickel planchet.”Partial Collar 1971 2 New PenceCapped Die 1971-1981 1 New Pence Very late stage rev brockage; all strikes in collar.Cap-R 1971-1981 1 New Pence Raised rev rim, blurry obv.Two Rev Dies 1971-1981 1 to 2 New Pence (sold with a matching 1971 piece with 2 obverses).Brockage-R 1971-1981 2 New Pence “obv being pressed almost entirely against an unstamped planTwo Rev Dies 1971-1981 2 New Pence “gEF, but somewhat speckled tone and not fully lustrous.”Two Rev Dies 1971-1981 2 New Pence “rather patchily toned”Struck Through 1971-1981 2 Pence Entire obv hazy; rev well-struck.Off Center 1973 10 New Pence 15% o/c to K-5 and 10% clip @K-11.Wrong Planchet 1973 50 Pence Struck on a 10 pence planchet (KM-912, 11.3gms).Broad Strike 1974 1 Sovereign Gold. Gem BUWrong Planchet 1974 1 New Pence “”ANACS MS-63 1 new penny struck over 1962 sixpence.”Wrong Planchet 1974 10 New Pence “off planchet. Letter from Royal Mint included.”Wrong Planchet 1975 2 New Pence “struck in nickel-brass”Wrong Planchet 1976 10 New Pence “on an unidentified wrong planchet.”Struck Through 1976 2 New Pence “Struck thru small elliptical clip flan.” K-7 to 10 obv.Struck Through 1976 2 New Pence “Struck thru eliptical clipped fragment.” rev, K9:30 - K12.Wrong Planchet 1977 1 New Pence on a C/N flan. Sold with 7 other similar misstrikes.Indent-Obv 1977 25 New Pence Crown. A type 2 planchet came between the die and the coin.Partial Collar 1977 25 Pence Crown.Wrong Planchet 1978 5 New Pence “struck on a 2p blank. Virt UNC lustre traces.” (?)Off Center 1979 2 New Pence 10% o/c, high lip K-7 to K-12.Wrong Planchet 1979 2 Pence “on an alum. flan for the India Republic 10 Paise”.Wrong Planchet 1979 5 New Pence “Struck on light or foreign planchet.”Indent 1980 1 New Pence “Indented (30%) with partial brockage inside; 25% cupped rimPage 90minterrornews.com