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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 201423, member: 283&quot;]I&#039;ve just been scanning some copper coins I have of Baroda from the milled coinage of Sayagi Rao III.&nbsp; I&#039;ve only got six examples of these and last time I looked at them (about 10 years ago) I didn&#039;t notice anything particularly special about them. Well, i&#039;ve just done a close inspection and noticed that they are really wild in terms of die rotation error. Of the six, only one has the expected coin rotation. The others vary from between 35 degrees rotation error through to 120 degrees rotation error. Given the odds of only 1:6 being</p><p>proper, i can only assume that the norm is for these to be all over the place in terms of rotation errors.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other thing I noticed was that they were all fairly poorly struck up, giving the impression that they were more worn than they actually are.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also noticed that the 2 paisa I have is very clearly an overstruck date (VS1949/4).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>An interesting series of coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the 2 paisa. Probably the best example of the strike problem, die rotation, and overdate. Notice the rhs obverse has been very poorly struck up. It also has a 90 degree die rotation error (which I corrected for the scan). If you look closely you can see the last numeral overstrike. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/921644.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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