This Trivia is going to show you some error coins you, probably, don't know exist. All photos and text courtesy of Coin Archives unless noted otherwise. You know some countries, including British East and West Africa, had circulating Half Pennies and Pennies with a centered hole like these three beauties struck at the Heaton Mint located just outside London, England: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599459&AucID=436&Lot=1366 But do you know many of those holed coins are sought-after by error coin collectors? Here's some photos of a few: First British West Africa: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599455&AucID=436&Lot=1362 http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599476&AucID=436&Lot=1383 British East Africa (3 coins): http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599606&AucID=436&Lot=1513 3 More British East Africa: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599619&AucID=436&Lot=1526 And now for a modern Coin Error, specifically a Euro coin. Wonder how this error could happen, but more so as to how it could have been released for circulation by the inspectors: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=594203&AucID=433&Lot=21040 And this Euro? http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=475706&AucID=351&Lot=52601 Want to see what might happen to a coin if it's struck without the collar in place? Look at this 1956 Great Britain Three Pence: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=594462&AucID=433&Lot=21299 You know many mints strike coins for other countries. The Royal Candian Mint is one that regularly strikes coins for foreign countries. Here's a sample of what can happen if an employee is careless: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=596137&AucID=433&Lot=23072 Here's what happened when an employee of the Taiwan Mint accidently mixed some brass Yuan planchets with 5 Yuan planchets: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=596189&AucID=433&Lot=23124 Or when a U.S. Mint employee placed a 10 cent planchet in a Philippines 20 Centavos die? http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=549531&AucID=394&Lot=52553 In 1756 a Netherlands Mint employee allowed this to happen and an inspector failed to remove it: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=534568&AucID=388&Lot=2989 What if Engravers mispell a word? http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=511271&AucID=371&Lot=499 http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=577066&AucID=422&Lot=3128 Or if a letter is omitted? http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=450136&AucID=337&Lot=1151 http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=450143&AucID=337&Lot=1158 http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=450155&AucID=337&Lot=1170 I'll end this trivia with this mispelled Mexican 2 Pesos: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=450509&AucID=337&Lot=1524 Did you enjoy? Comments, notes, mistakes, or photos to share? Clinker
