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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 449335, member: 6229"]<font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5">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.</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5">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:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599459&AucID=436&Lot=1366" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599459&AucID=436&Lot=1366" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599459&AucID=436&Lot=1366</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><br /></font><font size="2"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="2"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="2"></font><font size="5">But do you know many of those holed coins are sought-after by error coin collectors? Here's some photos of a few:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><br /></font><font size="2"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="2"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="2"></font><font size="5">First British West Africa:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><br /></font><font size="2"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="2"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="2"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="2"></font><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599455&AucID=436&Lot=1362" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599455&AucID=436&Lot=1362" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599455&AucID=436&Lot=1362</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599476&AucID=436&Lot=1383" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599476&AucID=436&Lot=1383" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599476&AucID=436&Lot=1383</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5">British East Africa (3 coins):</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599606&AucID=436&Lot=1513" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599606&AucID=436&Lot=1513" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599606&AucID=436&Lot=1513</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5">3 More British East Africa:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599619&AucID=436&Lot=1526" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599619&AucID=436&Lot=1526" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599619&AucID=436&Lot=1526</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5">And now for a modern Coin Error, specifically a Euro coin.</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5">Wonder how this error could happen, but more so as to how it could have been released for circulation by the inspectors:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=594203&AucID=433&Lot=21040" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=594203&AucID=433&Lot=21040" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=594203&AucID=433&Lot=21040</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5">And this Euro?</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=475706&AucID=351&Lot=52601" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=475706&AucID=351&Lot=52601" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=475706&AucID=351&Lot=52601</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5">Want to see what might happen to a coin if it's struck without the collar in place?</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5">Look at this 1956 Great Britain Three Pence:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=594462&AucID=433&Lot=21299" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=594462&AucID=433&Lot=21299" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=594462&AucID=433&Lot=21299</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5">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:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=596137&AucID=433&Lot=23072" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=596137&AucID=433&Lot=23072" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=596137&AucID=433&Lot=23072</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5">Here's what happened when an employee of the Taiwan Mint accidently mixed some brass Yuan planchets with 5 Yuan planchets:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=596189&AucID=433&Lot=23124" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=596189&AucID=433&Lot=23124" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=596189&AucID=433&Lot=23124</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5">Or when a U.S. Mint employee placed a 10 cent planchet in a Philippines 20 Centavos die?</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=549531&AucID=394&Lot=52553" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=549531&AucID=394&Lot=52553" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=549531&AucID=394&Lot=52553</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5">In 1756 a Netherlands Mint employee allowed this to happen and an inspector failed to remove it:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=534568&AucID=388&Lot=2989" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=534568&AucID=388&Lot=2989" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=534568&AucID=388&Lot=2989</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5">What if Engravers mispell a word?</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=511271&AucID=371&Lot=499" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=511271&AucID=371&Lot=499" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=511271&AucID=371&Lot=499</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=577066&AucID=422&Lot=3128" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=577066&AucID=422&Lot=3128" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=577066&AucID=422&Lot=3128</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5">Or if a letter is omitted?</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=450136&AucID=337&Lot=1151" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=450136&AucID=337&Lot=1151" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=450136&AucID=337&Lot=1151</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=450143&AucID=337&Lot=1158" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=450143&AucID=337&Lot=1158" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=450143&AucID=337&Lot=1158</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=450155&AucID=337&Lot=1170" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=450155&AucID=337&Lot=1170" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=450155&AucID=337&Lot=1170</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><br /></font><font size="2"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="2"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="2"></font><font size="5">I'll end this trivia with this mispelled Mexican 2 Pesos:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=450509&AucID=337&Lot=1524" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=450509&AucID=337&Lot=1524" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=450509&AucID=337&Lot=1524</a></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><br /></font><font size="2"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="2"></font><font size="5">Did you enjoy?</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"><br /></font><font size="2"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="2"></font><font size="5">Comments, notes, mistakes, or photos to share?</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5">Clinker</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="5"></font></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 449335, member: 6229"][FONT=Arial][SIZE=1][SIZE=5]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: [URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599459&AucID=436&Lot=1366[/URL] [/SIZE][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][SIZE=5]But do you know many of those holed coins are sought-after by error coin collectors? Here's some photos of a few: [/SIZE][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][SIZE=5]First British West Africa: [/SIZE][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][SIZE=5][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599455&AucID=436&Lot=1362[/URL] [URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599476&AucID=436&Lot=1383[/URL] British East Africa (3 coins): [URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599606&AucID=436&Lot=1513[/URL] 3 More British East Africa: [URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=599619&AucID=436&Lot=1526[/URL] 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: [URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=594203&AucID=433&Lot=21040[/URL] And this Euro? [URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=475706&AucID=351&Lot=52601[/URL] 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: [URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=594462&AucID=433&Lot=21299[/URL] 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: [URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=596137&AucID=433&Lot=23072[/URL] Here's what happened when an employee of the Taiwan Mint accidently mixed some brass Yuan planchets with 5 Yuan planchets: [URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=596189&AucID=433&Lot=23124[/URL] Or when a U.S. Mint employee placed a 10 cent planchet in a Philippines 20 Centavos die? [URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=549531&AucID=394&Lot=52553[/URL] In 1756 a Netherlands Mint employee allowed this to happen and an inspector failed to remove it: [URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=534568&AucID=388&Lot=2989[/URL] What if Engravers mispell a word? [URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=511271&AucID=371&Lot=499[/URL] [URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=577066&AucID=422&Lot=3128[/URL] Or if a letter is omitted? [URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=450136&AucID=337&Lot=1151[/URL] [URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=450143&AucID=337&Lot=1158[/URL] [URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=450155&AucID=337&Lot=1170[/URL] [/SIZE][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][SIZE=5]I'll end this trivia with this mispelled Mexican 2 Pesos: [URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=450509&AucID=337&Lot=1524[/URL] [/SIZE][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][SIZE=5]Did you enjoy? [/SIZE][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][SIZE=5]Comments, notes, mistakes, or photos to share? Clinker [/SIZE][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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