Flawed 1994 Penny

[Guest Gary]

I have in my collection a 1994 Penny which has two large raised dots above the Queens head. This is definatly a die flaw and was wondering if anyone else has an example of this coin, or indeed heard of it?

[Chris Perkins 228]

Gary,

If you register, you can upload a picture of the coin if you have one?

Chris

www.predecimal.com

[Gary 7]

Hello, Here is a scan of this coin, sorry it has taken a while. I have ringed the areas where the die has faults. I am sure that there must be more examples of this coin out there?

Gary

[kuhli 0]

The spot on the righthand side, near the date, does appear to be a minor die chip. The two raised dots at the top almost look like they might be "lamination errors", from an air/gas bubble stuck to the blank steel planchet when it was copper plated. With mintage figures approaching the billion mark annually, I imagine that there will be many minor errors such as yours, they just have to be noticed.

[Gary 7]

Hi kuhli, thanks for taking the time to reply. If this is down to "lamination errors" then the bubbles would presumably be hollow? Anyway, thanks again.Gary

[Geordie582 18]

I remember having a George V halfpenny that was so badly laminated, half of the coin opened like a book! These things do occur and I wouldn't class them as 'minting errors', more metalic flaws.