2 German Errors

ASUtodd

I bought a big lot of German Pfennigs and non-silver one marks the other day and while going through them I found the following two coins.... The 1924 D 10 Pfennig is obviously a minting error but the 1965 F 1 Mark...well.. has me puzzled. At first I thought this was post mint tampering but the more I look at it I start to think it isn't. The nickel coating on one side of the coin is missing. It is also missing on the rim and is present only on the Obverse side. I tried to take some good side shots to show you how perfect the line of transition from Nickel plating to non nickel plating is. If it was striped, someone took their time doing it right... I also posted a picture of what it SHOULD look like...

Die crack on the reverse across the ears of wheat and then rim issues on the obverse... Large crack and looks like it is rolled over on itself.


Nickel plating is on the reverse but missing on the obverse and side


Side view of the coin


Another side view showing the reverse also


And finally... how it SHOULD look

spoon

Interesting stuff. But I think that 1DM is just oddly stained. I haven't defaced any of those since childhood, but IIRC they're not clad like US coins are, just solid white CuNi.

ASUtodd

I got to looking in Krause after I posted this and realized that it wasn't plating. The line of where the brown stops and the shiny nickel starts is exact... I have no idea what is going on with it...

silverpop

Nice error coins