What exactly did you think was an error, or what would you attribute it to? I don't know of any straight-edge triangle shaped "cutters" that would leave those marks on a coin. Edit: grammar issue.
I can see where someone might think this is an "error" - a coin struck with a broken die. After exmining it more closely, it is just kind of artsie, and I really don't mind it so much. Not as boring as US coins have become.
Right. Wroooong. Jean-Paul Laenen's designs (Laenen died about a year ago) were quite innovative, a refreshing change from the traditional portraits. If I look at Albert's effigy on the current Belgian circulation coins however ... Christian
I doubt that a broken die would be able to produce those clean lines. Even if the die broke in a straight line (somehow terminating in the center), there would be no logical image behind having the bust still visible.
Man, you guys are harsh... the title of the thread says 'funky coin', not 'error coin'... we all have been fooled at one time or another by first impressions or glances...
Well, research is a different animal, than a first impression.... I have been fooled many times, by those of the opposite sex whose reverse was better than their obverse...
Not being harsh, at all. He said that he thought it was a mint error until he looked it up. Based upon past experience, Tim doesn't look things up until he's fairly certain of something, so this wasn't a "first impression" or "first glance" type of situation. Also, come to think of it, did Tim get permission from coinz.eu to use their photograph?
The image in the initial post is basically a link. I know, some don't like that, but if websites do not want their images to be embedded like that, they can prevent people from doing that. Also, if coinz.eu moves/deleted the image, it would be gone here as well ... Christian
