Picked up a handful of nice world coins last week. Among the group were two that I paid $10 each for that exhibit substantial repunching. First is a 1924 Costa Rica 25 Centimos. The coin is .650 silver and the ‘65’ has been repunched at least 3 times, possibly 4. Not sure what the marks are over the ‘65’, maybe from the punch itself or maybe be a die crack? Interestingly the ‘0’ does not appear repunched. Second is an 1898 Peru 1/5th Sol. The ‘5’ marking the 1/5th denomination has a large spread on the repunching. The small circle right of the ‘5’ is also repunched. Finally, just for fun I’m throwing in a 1944-S Netherlands 10 cent that has a die crack running through the Queens face. Die cracks are common on these coins but much less so on the portrait. For $1.88 I was thrilled with the purchase, and with the die cracks I’m even more so. Also interesting how these errors are valued relative to US comps. World errors are a very cheap way to collect and study errors. $21.88 for the 3 of them? Yes please. Thanks for looking.
Nice pick ups, including the lopsided S. As a point of accuracy though, they are varieties not classed as errors.
Because they are part of the die and will produce many thousands of coins with the same anomaly, therefore a variety. http://www.lincolncentresource.com/FAQ/errors_vs_varieties.html
The two shown above are different coins with different die variations, so a variety collector would possibly be interested in both. But bear in mind that the more visible and extreme varieties are more sought after than mediocre ones. Depends on the collector.
