An Error Coin You May Not Know Exists - Episode 22 Think "Brockage" error strikes are only a phenomen of modern coinage production? Brockage errors were accidently produced back in the "Merry old England" days of William and Mary. Here's one that was struck in 1694. You may be surprised that this error made it into circulation because it is a gold Guinea. The Guinea is a coin that was minted in the Kingdom of England and later in the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom (between 1663 and 1813). It was the first English machine-struck gold coin. The name Guinea came from the Guinea region in West Africa, where much of the gold used to make the coins was discovered. Here's a photo of this scarce/rare error gold piece courtesy of Coin Archives: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=993650&AucID=923&Lot=24085&Val=1ab83ea19c1b4a18e1e64f3ef40b638d Want to see a William and Mary gold Guinea without a Brockage error? Here's a photo of one courtesy of Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William_and_Mary_Guinea_612668.jpg Hope you enjoyed the error and the non error Gold Guineas. To be continued... Clinker
