This tercentenary crown, 1979, seems to have spelling mistake. On the reverse is an array of historical Manx coinage. Top right of the array is a 1700's James Stanley half penny. The legend across the top should read SANS CHANGER, however, this one reads SANS GHANGER and the first G is slightly smaller than the rest of the letters. The link below takes you to the Numista page to compare the images. I have been trying for ages to get a clearer picture but am unable to improve on these. Please tell me what you and your accumulated experiences tells you. I am still new to this and reading what is available but havn't come across anything like this. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/ile_de_man-1.html
Sure looks like a design error, or did they use the old letter styles when that penny was minted, you know, like we have the letter V for a U on some of our coins?
Looks like a G here https://www.cdncoin.com/product-p/2705km45a0714.htm And here https://en.ucoin.net/coin/isle_of_man-1-crown-1979/?tid=42014
It's the same coin, so all will be the same. But why, when they are representing coins from their history in the array, then change the character on that one. There are not many designs of Manx coinage with the legend sans changer and they all start with a c.
Most of the coins on this site look like the small G: https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf...BAgIEAE&biw=1302&bih=591#imgrc=miSKcy4yh124OM Could it be as @paddyman98 said, a die chip?
The images of the old coins are probably taken from original coins. I know British coins of this era sometimes come with different letters used on the dies, Upside down A for a V, exchanging U and V, and R for B and exchanging C and G etc. Is it possible the coin they modeled from had a G instead of C? I don't have a reference for varieties of early Manx coins.
Exactly. The link in my first paragraph shows the coin they were trying to reproduce. And that coin clearly starts with a C and is decidedly different from the G later in the word. Do you think it is an engraving mistake as i cannot find a single Manx coin where the first letter looks like a G
