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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 3518370, member: 99554&quot;]Many of us have in their collections examples of coins with legend’s errors. Why did the engravers made such mistakes ? An opinion is that these workers (slaves ?) were not terribly literate. They often had to do their job under pressure. And we have to remember that the ‘quality control department’ was not super effective in some cases. The Friday afternoon beer could also have played a role.</p><p>Here is an example : AETETNITAS instead of AETERNITAS... </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]934191[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>But I’m surprised when I discover modern ‘legend’s errors’. The new 50$ Australian banknote hides a misspelling error . On it we can recognize the portrait of Edith Cowan, the first woman elected to the Australian parliament. The image is actually made of lines of text from her first speech. Just over her shoulder we can notice that the word ‘responsibility’ is misspelled ( responsibilty).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]934195[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]934196[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Over <b>46 millions </b>copies have been printed before the mistake was found ! The Reserve Bank of Australia, which is responsible for printing banknotes, has admitted its mistake and will correct the shot the next time it prints. But the question remains : why such errors ? Non-literate workers ? Pressure of the job ? Friday’s afternoon beer ? </p><p>Do you have coins with ‘legend’s errors ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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