India Temple Token 35mm diameter undated, Near Fine, as part of a group of Mint Errors and Fantasies (12) GB Decimal Five Pence 2014 EF with obverse lettering weakly struck, MaundyTwopence 1838 with a large 'leaf-shaped' flan flaw on the reverse VF, Pennies (2) 1858 No WW, the reverse with a flan flaw and a 'strike-through' error on the R of BRITANNIAR, 1967 with planchet clip GVF cleaned, Halfcrowns 1818 and 1936 base metal contemporary counterfeits both VG, India Quarter Rupee 1945 Bombay EF with long lamination flaw on the obverse, British West Africa Penny 1952H with double struck central hole, GEF and lustrous, Fantasy issues (3) Crown 1936 Edward VIII EDWARD . VIII . KING . & . EMPEROR, Reverse George and the Dragon, Sixpence 1937 Edward VIII Reverse: Lion on crown left, GEF, Trade Dollar undated (2002) Trimetallic with United Kingdom Golden Jubilee / Beefeater with Union Jack flag coloured reverse EF
India - East India CompanyRupee Weight (c.1840-1850) obverse legend: MINIMUM WEIGHT OF COMPANYS RUPEE, reverse legend : 176 2/5 GRS. With star countermark in right obverse field, 30mm diameter in bronze, 11.26 grammes, VF with some surface residue
A belt made from silver coins (19) Crowns (3) 1676, 1677, 1818, Halfcrowns (7) 1698, 1709, 1745 LIMA, 1817, 1826, 1834 (2), Trade Dollar 1899B, Eighteen Pence Bank Token 1811, Shillings (2) 1817, 1824, Mexico Eight Reales 1802, India Half Rupee 1835, Italy Lire 1863 M BN, Portugal 200 Reis 1862, and German States - Prussia 1/6 Reichsthaler 1817D VG to VF, all coins mounted on the edges, total weight 315 grammes, an interesting item
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes India (4) Five Rupees 2003 K.Kamaraj an off-centre strike with around 3mm blank flan covering almost half the coin, in a crescent shape EF. 1975 Ten Paisa 1988 struck around 15% off-centre with around 4mm extra flan showing at the lower part of the reverse, in this area around half of an additional date is visible A/UNC. 50 Paise (2) 1998 and 2002 both struck off-centre each with an area of blank flan of around 4mm covering around half the coin in a crescent shape both UNC or near so and lustrous
Mint Error - Mis-Strike India Two Rupees 2003 National Integration an off-metal strike in steel rather than cupro-nickel, struck on a round 26mm flan rather than the standard 11-sided flan, 4.97 grammes, (cupro-nickel standard issue is 6.00 grammes) GEF and highly unusual
Mint Error - Mis-Strike India Quarter Rupee George V (1912-1936) in an NGC holder 'Reverse Struck Through Fragment' and graded Mint Error VF Details, the fragment covering most of the central part of the reverse design within the wreath in an irregular 12mm x 15mm area, in this area the incuse outline of the King's head from the obverse is clearly visible
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes India (2) Quarter Anna 1898 the reverse edge tapered inwards with the rims not struck, 5.78 grammes, Fine and unusual, Quarter Rupee 1943L with die axis rotation of 90 degrees GVF and unusual
Mint Error - Mis-Strike India Two Rupees 1980-1990 a spectacular double striking with one coin struck around 50% over another, Lustrous UNC and unusual
Mint Error - Mis-Strike India Two Rupees 2003 a spectacular double striking with 50% of one coin struck over another, Lustrous UNC the edge ragged in two places due to the overstrike, an unusual piece
Mint Error - Mis-Strike India Rupee 1942 Bombay Mint Error - Die Adjustment Strike, Broadstruck, around 2mm off-centre, with much of the obverse legend not struck, and in the corresponding position on the reverse, About VF, in an NGC holder and graded MINT ERROR
GB and World Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes (12) Nigeria Shilling 1959 KM#5 struck without a collar on a larger 24mm diameter flan, interestingly the coin still has the security edge, EF/AU, USA (2) Five Cents 1883 with IN GOD WE TRUST and FIVE CENTS weak or partially missing About UNC, Dime 1862S with die axis misaligned by around 45 degrees VG, India 2 Rupees 2003 struck off-centre with a raised lip around about a third of the coin NEF, GB (8) Halfpenny 1730 struck on a large, spread flan (very similar in appearance to the 1732 example in Peck plate 14, no. 844, but dated 1730) Fine with attempted holing, GB Penny 1962 on a thin flan and weighing 5.89 grammes VF, Small Planchet clips (5) Decimal Ten Pence 1969 NEF and Sixpences (4) 1961, 1967 (3) VF to EF, and Decimal Halfpenny Obverse struck normally, the reverse almost blank with a trace of reversed Queen's portrait, slightly off-centre with raised lip, along with Australia Penny 1964 with edge damage this possibly after minting VF
Mint Error - Mis-Strike India Rupee 1903 Bombay Mint, B incuse KM#508 struck off-centre the reverse with a raised lip between 9 o'clock and 1 o'clock, with a plain edge, GEF and lustrous with a thin scratch on the obverse
Mint Error - Mis-Strike India Rupee Victoria Gothic head, Obverse brockage VF, along with South Africa Halfcrown 1896 the obverse has Kruger with hat and pipe Fine
Mint Errors India (4) Rupee George V Obverse Brockage NEF, Quarter Rupee 1941 struck off-centre with around 3mm blank flan GF/VF, Two Annas Victoria Gothic Head Obverse Brockage Fine, Quarter Anna Victoria Gothic Head Obverse brockage About Fine
Mis-Strike India Rupee Victoria Gothic Head Obverse Brockage , the obverse fine or better, the reverse struck off-centre with about 4mm blank flan NVF, most unusual, France 1 Sol 1792A VG
SilverThreepence Victoria Young Head Reverse inscribed with the Lord's Prayer Fine, Ireland Halfpenny Token Cronebane 1789 GVF, Seychelles One Rupee 1939 uniface Reverse only, Fine, Halfpenny Bell Brothers 19th Century uniface Good Fine, Threepence Sheffield and Heeley Omnibus 1852 oval in copper GVF, Austria 1904 Brass token 38mm diameter VF
Imitations/Counterfeits, many contemporary, Italy (8) in lead, 500 lire Ship, 10 Lire 1930, Lire 1920s type (Poor), 10 Centesimi (5) 1936-43 type all double obverse, Counterfeits, France (17) 5 Centimes 1935, One Franc 1917, 2 Francs 1869BB, 2 Francs Napoleon III worn, 1914, 5 Francs 1971 holed, 10 Francs 1982 Gambretta, 1988, 1989 (2), 1990 (2), 20 Francs 1868, 1887 (2, these in different metals), and another undated in plastic, similar to a brothel token, , 50 Francs 1953B, Counterfeits India (6) Rupee 1903 in cupro-nickel, Rupee 1945, George VI in lead, (worn), East India Company2 Anna 1841 (3) all holed, in mixed grades
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