Guest Gary Posted July 11, 2003 Posted July 11, 2003 I have in my collection a 1994 Penny which has two large raised dots above the Queens head. This is definatly a die flaw and was wondering if anyone else has an example of this coin, or indeed heard of it? Quote
Chris Perkins Posted July 12, 2003 Posted July 12, 2003 Gary,If you register, you can upload a picture of the coin if you have one?Chriswww.predecimal.com Quote
Gary Posted August 20, 2005 Posted August 20, 2005 Hello, Here is a scan of this coin, sorry it has taken a while. I have ringed the areas where the die has faults. I am sure that there must be more examples of this coin out there? Gary Quote
kuhli Posted August 20, 2005 Posted August 20, 2005 The spot on the righthand side, near the date, does appear to be a minor die chip. The two raised dots at the top almost look like they might be "lamination errors", from an air/gas bubble stuck to the blank steel planchet when it was copper plated. With mintage figures approaching the billion mark annually, I imagine that there will be many minor errors such as yours, they just have to be noticed. Quote
Gary Posted August 20, 2005 Posted August 20, 2005 Hi kuhli, thanks for taking the time to reply. If this is down to "lamination errors" then the bubbles would presumably be hollow? Anyway, thanks again.Gary Quote
Geordie582 Posted August 21, 2005 Posted August 21, 2005 I remember having a George V halfpenny that was so badly laminated, half of the coin opened like a book! These things do occur and I wouldn't class them as 'minting errors', more metalic flaws. Quote
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