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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 07-01-2009, 03:54 PM   #1 (permalink) ericl Senior Member   Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 441 the biggest rarity since the 1982 plain dime!!!! British 20p sans date In circulation in Britain, only about 15K in existence.   07-01-2009, 04:39 PM   #2 (permalink) Treashunt The Other Frank     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New York Posts: 16,445 I have to check my change! Oh, no! I live in the States. oops. __________________ The Other Frank "Buy The Book Before The Coin!" http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default....wUpcoming_1208   07-01-2009, 08:11 PM   #3 (permalink) davemac dave     Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: ireland Posts: 418 My Mood: here's hopeing I have a brother in lay going over next week he is looking for me will let you know Whish me luck __________________ admitting we are wrong is a modest way of showing we have grown wiser   07-01-2009, 09:20 PM   #4 (permalink) clembo A closed mind is no mind     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Southern tip of that big pond known as Lake Michigan. Posts: 5,725 Now THAT I would consider an error. Not the usual garbage we're seeing touted these days in U.S. coinage. __________________ A closed mind is no mind at all...   07-02-2009, 03:21 PM   #5 (permalink) HandsomeToad Urinist     Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Arkansas Posts: 6,572 My Mood: Here's a few: http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-20-Pence-Coin-UNDATED-MINT-ERROR-collectable_W0QQitemZ320392486865QQcmdZViewItemQQp tZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a98e15fd1&_trksid=p 3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A10%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C 293%3A2%7C294%3A50 http://cgi.ebay.com/a-collectors-item-20-pence-peice_W0QQitemZ220446262301QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_D efaultDomain_0?hash=item33539f041d&_trksid=p3286.c 0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A10%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C293%3A 2%7C294%3A50 http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-20p-coin-Undated-Royal-Mint-Mule-Error_W0QQitemZ190318563524QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_D efaultDomain_0?hash=item2c4fded0c4&_trksid=p3286.c 0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A10%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C293%3A 3%7C294%3A50 http://cgi.ebay.com/20p-COIN-RARE-MI...3A3%7C294%3A50 http://cgi.ebay.com/Genuine-UNDATED-...3A3%7C294%3A50 Ribbit Last edited by HandsomeToad; 07-02-2009 at 03:24 PM.   07-02-2009, 06:27 PM   #6 (permalink) Luis Senior Member     Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 355 My Mood: This one is a cool error too: "PORTUGUSA" "PORTUGUESA" __________________ How many legs does a dog have, if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg. -- Abraham Lincoln Last edited by Luis; 07-02-2009 at 08:04 PM.   07-02-2009, 06:55 PM   #7 (permalink) davemac dave     Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: ireland Posts: 418 My Mood: cool That is very cool How many were minted Dave __________________ admitting we are wrong is a modest way of showing we have grown wiser   07-02-2009, 08:57 PM   #8 (permalink) kidromeo I'M LEGEND     Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Republic Of India Posts: 1,751 My Mood: Complete madness I'm hoping that this comment by one of the readers is true Quote: Still, it is a great way to generate money. Maybe the Royal Mint produced a million of them and they are not so rare. ha,ha Amen to that. __________________ Visit My Website   07-05-2009, 12:50 PM   #9 (permalink) HandsomeToad Urinist     Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Arkansas Posts: 6,572 My Mood: I found one that I thought would stay cheap, since the seller didn't post pics and I even emailed it to someone I thought might want one cheap (I think the seller is on the up-n-up) but I was wrong: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=180375752165 I've seen what the other ones sell for and I figured this would be less than half of what the others brought, but whoa! Now I'm confused! Ribbit   07-05-2009, 04:34 PM   #10 (permalink) HandsomeToad Urinist     Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Arkansas Posts: 6,572 My Mood: If you can't live without one of these, then here's the auction for you: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Genuine-UNDATE...mZ270420824984 Ribbit   07-06-2009, 09:14 AM   #11 (permalink) chrisild Coin Collector     Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NW · DE · EU Posts: 2,057 Quote: Originally Posted by ericl In circulation in Britain, only about 15K in existence. Or maybe 200,000. (Also see this thread http://www.cointalk.com/forum/t59150/ about the same topic.) Neat error? Yes. Biggest rarity? I doubt it. Christian   07-06-2009, 09:24 AM   #12 (permalink) schatzy ~Roosie Fanatic~     Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 702 My Mood: Blog Entries: 1 WOW......bad quality control over there. I can't believe they let any get out with no date. __________________ ~Jaime~ My Proof Roosevelt Set My Toned Roosevelt's   07-07-2009, 03:33 PM   #13 (permalink) Conder101 Numismatist   Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 4,354 Quote: WOW......bad quality control over there. I can't believe they let any get out with no date. Can you say 50K+ Washington dollars with no edge lettering? (Which means no date or mintmark) __________________ Slab collector and researcher reported as of 12/29/06 132 companies 332 production varieties   07-12-2009, 08:45 PM   #14 (permalink) wybrit British Numismaholic     Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 4 There is an estimate of 50,000 to 200,000 of them. It's hardly a rarity, but it is fun for the locals to find them in their change. By now, most of them will be out of circulation, I expect.   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. 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