Whats up with this labeL?

Hussulo · October 10, 2008 7:13AM

Shield and Australia are both mis-spelt.

theboz11 · October 10, 2008 7:32AM

Rough night

Hussulo · October 10, 2008 7:36AM

I've been doing a bit of research I have a feeling that perhaps the reason Australia is spelt Astralia is something to do with them only being able to use a maximum of 8 digits.

Found some examples:

http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=311&Lot_No=12004#Photo

http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=296&Lot_No=11679

http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=280&Lot_No=5971

But still no answers for Sheild.

CoinKing · October 10, 2008 8:03AM

The "Sheild" misspelling was caught and corrected in November 9, 2005.

Your theory that Australia was mis-spelled because of space considerations is correct. The country name appears in a different place on newer certs and is now spelled out in full.

Hussulo · October 10, 2008 8:09AM

Thanks for clearing that up Mr. Guth.

Whats up with this labeL?

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