Error I would love to own.

[Hussulo 6]

Unless I remortgage the house it isn't going to happen!

Its for sale at mikebyres.com for a cool $50,000.

[josie 8]

Nice error it is slab and expensive.

Also how did it come out in the mint?

[scottishmoney 29]

I kind of find a coin regularly struck in bronze, but this example is in gold, less an error and more a deliberate!

[Hussulo 6]

I kind of find a coin regularly struck in bronze, but this example is in gold, less an error and more a deliberate!

You are probably right scottishmoney. I have heard of coins being struck on wrong/foreign planchet before but in gold? Anyway probably unique and in my eyes desirable.

[Ch2toWm4 0]

They had a security problem at the Britiish Mint in 1964 and 1965. There are many hundreds of major English error coins dated in one of those 2 years, and only those two years. Included are brockages, doublestrikes, caps, and more, all in mint state). However, I hadn't heard of a gold off-metal before.

I wonder if the perpetrator who made this one made only one?

Bill

[josie 8]

Or the people are still inside the mint or move its rank and influece thats is not good for the mint for they are guardian of that institution.

[Chris Perkins 228]

There is a gold '65 penny listed in CCGB2007, it was in the earlier editions and had been included for years. It's in the proof section (although it isn't a proof) and is probably the same coin. It's listed at £2500, which is obviously too cheap now.

[josie 8]

Well the error is been there and out, about the authentication on coins that is selling on ebay and sold in the past by other dealers I dont know how to regognize them, the expert can.

There are many world errors in mikes site worth thousands of dollar while GB error raw are not that expensive.

In the past Im looking for error in ciculation but now I found out that major error and expensive is very remote to find one in circulation for I may think that major error is for those people who have an interest in getting them or collecting them.

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[Hussulo 6]

Hi Josie,

It is true that some major error's are expensive, but all are not. Some of the major error's on the Mike Byres website are VERY expensive but this is because they are VERY rare or unique, but you can still find error's at cheap/reasonable prices.

Anyway there are many errors that do reach circulation and there are chances of finding them. Don't give up searching. I still check my change and I also check my banknotes for their serial numbers. If you get fancy serial numbers ie. 1234567 , 7654321 , 0000001 , 98766789 or 7777777 etc these notes are worth more to collectors.

Edited January 20, 2007 by Hussulo

[josie 8]

Thanks hussulo.

I always check my change both notes and coins well the currency here is euro while in GB is pound and the thing is there are books for notes and coins in GB for error and variety,but in euro some in different language not in english.

Very common is blob,found some other minor error.but on variety a dead end for ireland one obverse and one reverse no mintmark either.

First thing I check if it is rotated found some but not 90 or 180 degrees.then if there is a filled die on both side then the edge if it is wrong flan.I surf site in the past who have picture on it to compare,and also have to know the normal one from the error.

For me it is nice to see different coin from normal in circulation for the time before it arrived to me.for someone maybe noticed it but didnt bother or didnt notice at all.

[Hussulo 6]

"Very common is blob,found some other minor error"

This is called a die cud. It is an area of a coin struck by a die that has a complete break across part of its surface.

Happy hunting josie, keep me posted if you come across anything interesting.

I have bought a couple of error's recently I will post the pictures soon.

[josie 8]

Thanks

I think cud is different from blob or filled die for cud is on the side and on the edge or rim of the coin and I dont know how or what made it, I think is the process for making the coin and the new technology that the mint of the world is using now the other error in the past may not be the same as the error from the present or the rate of error is minimal thats for me.

And variety in the US they are variety about DOUBLE DIE dint known a book in GB and ireland who have this kind of book, the nearest comparison is the hard metal of copper from late 1860 downward that needed to be strike twice an imprint, thats in Freeman I dont know but its almost if not a double strike itself,Well thier is still several millions of coins not use in circulation from 1970 downward and the currency they are using now they can encounter some error on how often that is still in the process.happy hunting to all.