More than just an error? Obverse = 1 Pound, Reverse = 1 Penny

Discussion in 'Error Coins' started by Jimmyv, Jan 27, 2023.

  1. Jimmyv

    Jimmyv Member

    Found this 1 pound coin in my change. Can't figure out what, where and why. IMG_1684.JPG IMG_1685.JPG
     
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  3. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Sounds like a foreign magicians coin. Can you post the edge of the coin?
     
  4. Lon Chaney

    Lon Chaney Well-Known Member

    I mean, looking at the reverse, it's clearly a penny inserted into a machined out pound coin.
     
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  5. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    What - Altered coin.
    Where - At the person's workshop.
    Why - Only the person that made it would know!

    Not an error.
     
    Last edited: Jan 27, 2023
  6. Jimmyv

    Jimmyv Member

    edge photos
     

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  7. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    That's nice but..

    We told you it's an altered coin.
    Not an error coin.
    o_O
     
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  8. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Thanks for the edge photos but it’s definitely altered.
     
  9. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    As mentioned, it's a so-called "magician's coin". Someone (outside the mint) machined out the reverse of a pound coin and mounted the penny into it. This is not something that happens inside the mint. As such, it is a post-mint alteration, not an error.

    It's neat-looking, but merely a novelty item. Still a fun find, and a conversation piece.

    It fits nicely with the old "in for a penny, in for a pound" saying. :)



    Since you're literally "in for a pound", and you came out with £1.01 in the form of a fun novelty piece, you're slightly ahead anyway, despite it not being an error coin.

    Here's another video, showing the process involved in making this sort of thing.

     
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