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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3172820, member: 19463"]I really like this Janus error. As I see it, the problem is that the cutter of the temple and the cutter of the legends disagreed on which end of the temple was 'up'. If you invert the coin, the legend starts in the normal place and SC reads correctly. These were issued with doors on the right or left so I suggest that the second cutter on the die (which was done first?) thought he was doing a door left coin when he was really doing a door right upside down. Wonderful error.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]815848[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]815849[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3172820, member: 19463"]I really like this Janus error. As I see it, the problem is that the cutter of the temple and the cutter of the legends disagreed on which end of the temple was 'up'. If you invert the coin, the legend starts in the normal place and SC reads correctly. These were issued with doors on the right or left so I suggest that the second cutter on the die (which was done first?) thought he was doing a door left coin when he was really doing a door right upside down. Wonderful error. [ATTACH=full]815848[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]815849[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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