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In 1830, at the mint in Buenos Ayres, someone wasn't paying attention...

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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,076 ✭✭✭✭✭
    WOW! That is striking, and striking, and striking . . .

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  • JZraritiesJZrarities Posts: 2,583 ✭✭✭
    Either that...or they got Really Mad at the Die!!!
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 23,892 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Jeremy - Did you notice that those are from two different reverse dies? Look at the positions of the dates! Someone at the mint must have set those aside at different times...
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  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 21,881 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Jeremy - Did you notice that those are from two different reverse dies? Look at the positions of the dates! Someone at the mint must have set those aside at different times... >>

    Ya don't say!
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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 23,892 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I do say.

    Normally, I would expect two errors like that to have been struck at the same time, or should I say moments apart. But that's not the case here. I think that's pretty cool, not because it makes the coins any more valuable but because it shows you that someone at the mint actually liked the things enough to keep them. BTW, that also explains their condition. Normally, errors of that era and region are encountered in circulated grades.

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  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,528 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very cool, indeed!
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 23,892 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Even more dramatic, compare the configuration of the leaves.

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    Sorry, I'm being too much of a coin weenie. Better get back to the lab now and scrub up some more proof type...
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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 22,721 ✭✭✭✭✭
    very nice pair

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