what on earth has happened hear to this 20p

[chris 0]

gooday people

i have found a 20p coin minted in 1982 got it in some change today and on close inspection i noticed a semi circle on the obverse side so scanned it up when i got home and saw that it looked like it was there before the coin was minted as you will see by the scan then on closer inspection it sort of resembles the top part of the 0 in 20 from the obverse of the coin

anyone got any thoughts and feelings over this?

[scott 144]

something probably got on the dye, quite cool though

[Jake 0]

Its very interesting , id lean toward you are right in that its part of the other side , the R is clearly printed on top of whatever it is.Its too uniform to be random i think you got it right.