Mint Error - Mis Strike DecimalTen Pence 1970 ESC 3203, Davies 2808 dies 4B an off-centre strike on a mis-shapen flan of 29.5mm diameter, with a straight cut across the top of the flan, plain edge, 10.68 grammes, UNC/AU and lustrous
Mint Error - Mis-StrikeDecimalTen Pence 1971 on a small flan 28mm weighing 7.80 grammes, only part of the milling is present NVF weakly struck on the Lion's face
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes (2) Halfcrown 1961 struck on a thinner lightweight flan of 9.6 grammes, Good Fine, DecimalTen Pence 1969 with the right half of the obverse, and correspondingly the left half of the reverse elongated, the edge milling intact, 11.19 grammes, Fine
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes GB Decimal Issues (10) Two Pounds 2006 missing most of the centre section, has possibly been cut after minting EF and lustrous, Twenty Pence 2009, the obverse with many raised lumps VF, Ten Pence 1968 a strike-through error on the obverse, an 18mm length depression covers much of the Queen's portrait, Fine/Good Fine, Ten Pence a blank flan GEF and lustrous, Ten Pence 2002 struck on a 20mm x 19mm slightly oval flan EF, Two Pence 1999 with around 75% of the coin very weakly struck, the lower left quarter of the obverse and lower right quarter of the reverse show correct detail, the remainder extremely weak, NEF, One Penny (4) 1971 with part of another coin struck from 8 to 9 o'clock on the reverse causing a depression in this area VF, 1971 struck off-centre on an 18mm diameter flan GVF, 1988 Reverse design not struck, reverse shows a faint outline of the Queen's portrait, GVF, 1997 weakly struck with much of the centre of the coin area weak, reverse with portcullis chains normally struck NEF
Mint Error - Mis-StrikeDecimalTen Pence 1969 an off-centre strike with around 3mm plain border to the left of the coin from 6 to 12 o'clock, also with a planchet clip from 6 to 7 o'clock, 10.95 grammes, Lustrous UNC and unusual
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes Decimal Coinage (5) Twenty Pence 2005 an off-metal strike weighing 3.31 grammes EF, Ten Pences (2) 1997 and 2014 both struck off-centre, the first with a raised lip from 6 o'clock to 11 o'clock, Plain edge NEF, 2014 EF the edge with only around 25% width milled, the remainder plain, EF, Five Pence 2000 struck on a thin flan of 1.61 grammes Fine and weakly struck, One Penny 1999 has missed the copper plating process, 3.34 grammes EF
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes (2) DecimalTen Pence 2011 with weak legends on both sides and weak milling, 6.40 grammes, GVF, and Decimal Two Pence undated (date off flan) struck on an undersized 21mm diameter flan, 3.58 grammes, with part of the date and all of the date off the flan, Lustrous UNC
Mint Error - Mis-StrikeDecimalTen Pence 1970 struck on a 25mm diameter flan, 5.51 grammes, (Five Pence flan), struck slightly off-centre with only a trace of edge milling in places, A/UNC and lustrous
Misstrikes - Errors (3) each with some of the flan missing in an eclipse shape Ten Pence 1971, Brass 3d 1967, Five Pence 1988 GEF- Lustrous Unc along with The Queen's 80th Birthday Minting Error Coin Set by London Mint Office contains two crown sized Five Pounds one in sterlingsilver the error being an inverted die alignment BU and cased with certificates (3 sets 6 coins)
Mint Error - Mis-StrikeDecimalTen Pence 1973 struck off centre with 3mm blank flan from 8 to 2 o'clock the excess with a straight edge between 10 and 12 o'clock, no edge milling present, Lustrous A/UNC and unusual
Mint Error - Mis-StrikeDecimalTen Pence struck way off-centre (date off-flan) with around 17mm blank flan only 3 legs of the lion are visible with no body, the remainder off the flan, the obverse has no part of the Queen's head visible above the neck VF and highly unusual to see any coin struck this far off-centre
Enamelled Coins (62) Crowns (36) 1965, 1972 (3), 1977 (32), Halfcrowns (2) 1951, 1966, DecimalTen Pence 1976, Shillings (2) 1964E, 1965S, SilverThreepences (12) 1937, 1938 (3), 1939 (2), 1940 (5), 1941, Farthing 1932, Gibraltar Crown 1968, Guernsey Ten Pence 1970, Cyprus 10 Mils 1955, East Africa Shilling 1952, Hong Kong Two Dollars 1975, Australia Sixpence 1963, New Zealand (2) 50 Cents 1967, Sixpence 1963, all are enamelled on both sides, an interesting selection many with very good workmanship, in mixed grades, along with Mint Error - Mis-Strike Decimal Five Pence 2002 the reverse very weakly struck with signs of lamination under magnification VF/NF, and a Halfpenny Token 1972 F.J.Jeffery Melksham, Wiltshire, 'England's Leading Provincial Coin Dealer' EF
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes (10) Crowns (7) 1960, 1965, 1972 (2), 1980 a mix of metal flaws, weak striking, planchet clip and laminated flans, One Pound a very weak strike with little design remaining, on a thin flan and weighing 5.64 grammes, the edge milling weak but DECUS ET TUTAMEN bold, unusual, DecimalTen Pence 1973 with a planchet clip NEF, Iran 2000 Dinars (2 Kran) AH1310 Near Fine struck around 10% off-centre with around 4mm blank flan
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes (4) Shilling 1839 a spectacular double strike with a section of another similar coin overstruck between 12 and 3 o'clock on the reverse, the additional piece being 12mm across, and extending beyond the rim of the original coin, showing part profile of the Young Head. GVF and holed at the top. DecimalTen Pence 1973 struck off centre on a 29mm diameter flan with around 3mm blank flan excess around the edge in parts. The additional excess also having a straight cut top edge which does not obstruct the edge of the coin, UNC and lustrous with some odd scuffs, these probably occurring at the time of minting. Decimal Ten Pence undated Large size a spectacular off-centre strike with just 11mm of the coin visible on the 28mm diameter flan, unusually some edge milling remains, this being on the part of the coin that shows part of the Lion, in an area that would normally be in the centre of the coin, GVF and highly unusual. Decimal Two Pence 1971 with a large planchet clip from 8 o'clock to 11 o'clock on the obverse, thus only the R of REG remains and the last 1 and lower tip of the 7 of the date NEF/EF with some scratches, and retaining some mint lustre
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 Errors - Mis-Strikes (2) Sixpence 1967 struck off-centre with around 1mm blank flan and a raised lip, also with a planchet clip, EF, DecimalTen Pence 1969 a partial planchet clip across part of the thickness of the coin which has affected the reverse only, the edge with milling struck across half it's width, AEF and unusual
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes (2) Sixpence 1967 struck off-centre and with around 2mm blank flan A/UNC, DecimalTen Pence 1970 with a planchet clip between the I and second E of ELIZABRTH VF
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes Ten Pence 1997 GVF with planchet clip. Five Pence 1979 AU/EF with planchet clip. BrassThreepence 1960 the edge partly struck out of the collar NVF. Two Pence 2005 EF, weight 6.78 grammes, toned in parts possibly missing some of the plating process
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes (4) Crown 1953 EF with edge striking flaw, Pennies (2) 1945 with laminated area by the date, Fine, 1948 struck off-centre with a raised lip nearly 2mm wide between 10 and 1 o'clock Good Fine, DecimalTen Pence 1969 struck on a thin flan and weighing 7.30 grammes VF
Mint Error - Mis-StrikeDecimalTen Pence 1970 partial double brockage with both obverse and reverse weakly struck and with an incuse impression of the opposite side EF and unusual
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes (9) GB Ten Pence 1969 A/UNC struck on a small flan of 24mm, Halfcrown Elizabeth II struck on a thin flan, weight 8.22 grammes, Obverse GF, the reverse weakly struck with the date illegible, the others include laminations, rim cuds, planchet clips etc. in mixed grades
Mint Error - Mis-strikes (2) Ten Pence 2010 struck slightly off-centre and lacking 95% of the edge milling EF, Five Pence 1970 the edge milling almost completely missing possibly smoothed, but comparison with a 1968 example (supplied) show the 1970 to be thicker and slightly heavier, VF and unusual
Mint Errors - Mis-Strikes (2) Halfcrowns 1940 and 1944 both with uneven milling causing a small raised lip and doubling to the edge beading, along with a 'double headed' DecimalTen Pence 1968/1969 however close examination shows the 1968 side dropped into a hollowed out 1969 coin, all around Fine
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