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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 5128890, member: 46237&quot;]I recently acquired a Hungarian 1894KB Nickel 10 Fillér (KM-482) with some lovely errors, but also something I can&#039;t readily explain and I&#039;m hoping someone here can. Calling [USER=86437]@Fred Weinberg[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the seller pics:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1203358[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1203359[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So what I saw here was that the coin was struck 15% off center, and looks to have a curved clip at 12 o&#039;clock. The reverse also appears to have a section that was struck through grease from 10 o&#039;clock to 12 o&#039;clock.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now this type typically has a reeded edge, but since it was struck so off-center, I had expected the coin to have been struck outside the collar and have an entirely plain edge. To my surprise <i>inside the clip</i> (and nowhere else) there is what appears to be reeding, but it is, as you can see, curved inward.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1203360[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1203361[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1203362[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I was already not expecting to see a Blakesley effect on this coin, since the side opposing the clip is unstruck, but now I&#039;m thinking perhaps this isn&#039;t a clip at all. As this is reeded and curved inward, I was thinking perhaps this coin was struck <i>edge-to-edge</i> against another coin that had already been struck in the collar, with enough force to leave a clip-like indentation and impression of the reeding from the other coin. The thickness and &quot;rim&quot; around where the clip is is not increased or raised at all, and as the rest of the coin has no reeding, I think this means this had to have all happened at once with both coins present during the striking of this coin. Any coin edge-to-edge with this one would then have been overstruck with the rest of the impression from the obverse and reverse of this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does this theory make sense? Is there another explanation I&#039;m overlooking? Are there other coins like this, and if so, what would you call this error? Any help is appreciated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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