Unusual error (darkside but looking for help)

Hussulo · June 17, 2010 4:57AM

Heres an unusual error:

It appears to be a struck through scrap error but the scrap has left a brockage image on the obverse. The only theory I can think off was a piece of scrap metal was fed into the dies with a previous coin it was struck by the reverse die which may have been positioned above, the scrap metal then fell onto the obverse die and this coin was the next one to be stuck. The scrap piece of metal with a partial impression of the reverse die then left an incuse partial brockage imprint on this coin.

I know this is a darkside coin but I was wondering if any US error experts have seen anything similar and if my theory is correct?

seanq · June 17, 2010 5:03AM

Your explanation is spot-on, your coin was struck through a piece of struck scrap. The most likely origin for the scrap is a lamination from a previously struck coin which fell off or stuck to the obverse die. I have seen similar errors on US coins, most memorably a reverse of a 1926-S cent. No clue as to the value of your coin, but it is definitely high up there on the coolness scale.

Sean Reynolds

Aegis3 · June 17, 2010 5:04AM

Your theory is close. I would say the piece of scrap metal was struck (no other blanks present), and either stuck to or rested on the obverse die (I do not know which die was the hammer die for British coinage), and then this coin was struck. It looks like the brockage fragment is at the proper orientation/position for a British coin assuming it did not move between strikes. These errors are also known for American coins, both with the scrap metal shifting or not shifting between being struck themselves, as seen below.

Hussulo · June 17, 2010 5:05AM

Thanks for clarifying Sean and Aegis3.

Probably not worth a huge amount as British errors aren't as sought after as US ones but I did think it was cool.

ctf_error_coins · June 17, 2010 5:08AM

<< <i>Your explanation is spot-on, your coin was struck through a piece of struck scrap. The most likely origin for the scrap is a lamination from a previously struck coin which fell off or stuck to the obverse die. I have seen similar errors on US coins, most memorably a reverse of a 1926-S cent. No clue as to the value of your coin, but it is definitely high up there on the coolness scale.

Sean Reynolds >>

I Agree, nice error

Aegis3 · June 17, 2010 5:08AM

<< <i>Thanks for clarifying Sean and Aegis3.

Probably not worth a huge amount as British errors aren't as sought after as US ones but I did think it was cool. >>

Coolness is more important than value, and I agree with Sean on the coolness.

Hussulo · June 17, 2010 5:12AM

Thanks the other cool thing I liked about it was not only must it have been a large piece of scrap metal but the way the brockage image starts perfectly at the top of Queen Elizabeth's head and ends at the lower part of her bust.

Unusual error (darkside but looking for help)

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