sarahlovespink Posted January 29, 2016 Posted January 29, 2016 i know looking at this it was written a few years ago but i came across one of these 2p coins today with the date 200 while looking through coins to find ones with my kids year of birth and now me and my kids are interested to find out more about it so was wondering if you had any information x Quote
PWA 1967 Posted January 29, 2016 Posted January 29, 2016 Would be better to perhaps post a picture Welcome to the forum .........whats the pink all about Quote
sarahlovespink Posted January 30, 2016 Posted January 30, 2016 lol the pink is as in the colour x this pic is the best i can get at the minute Quote
Rob Posted January 30, 2016 Posted January 30, 2016 The die has probably blocked with grease. Stored dies are coated in grease to stop them rusting. If this grease is not removed prior to use it will get trapped and act as a solid face because it will not compress, meaning the design cannot be transferred to the blank flan. Attached is an example of what I mean showing partial and full blockage of the legend. 3 Quote
VickySilver Posted January 30, 2016 Posted January 30, 2016 Agreed. I do think that if grease-filled that some of these lettering "errors" might improve with successive strikes rather than increase as presumably the heat and contact of striking would gradually lessen the grease filling the lettering... Quote
PWA 1967 Posted January 30, 2016 Posted January 30, 2016 21 hours ago, Rob said: The die has probably blocked with grease. Stored dies are coated in grease to stop them rusting. If this grease is not removed prior to use it will get trapped and act as a solid face because it will not compress, meaning the design cannot be transferred to the blank flan. Attached is an example of what I mean showing partial and full blockage of the legend. Thats a good example Rob. Quote
copper123 Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 Oh please , these coins fetch £1 or £2 on ebay are you really that interested in a poorly struck coin why not go for a 1918 penny at least it has a bit of age to it Quote
Nordle11 Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 No one was talking about buying anything, she was asking for more information on a curiosity she found Also, these aren't poorly struck coins they are grease filled dies, what thread are you reading 1 Quote
1949threepence Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 On 1/29/2016 at 11:04 PM, sarahlovespink said: i know looking at this it was written a few years ago but i came across one of these 2p coins today with the date 200 while looking through coins to find ones with my kids year of birth and now me and my kids are interested to find out more about it so was wondering if you had any information x Neat capture. It is, as Rob says, doubtless the result of a grease blocked die, but interesting nonetheless, and adds weight to theories of why certain features apparently didn't appear on the coins of other years (1876 and 1882 no H). Well spotted - of course you could always refer it to the Royal Mint for official analysis. I know they're always happy to address such anomalies. It doesn't say too much for modern quality control methods, as you'd imagine a fair number were minted with the same feature Quote
Rob Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 1 hour ago, copper123 said: Oh please , these coins fetch £1 or £2 on ebay are you really that interested in a poorly struck coin why not go for a 1918 penny at least it has a bit of age to it FYI this ticks the 'example of a coin struck from blocked dies' box - no.508 on the list of criteria for the collection. For an example of a poorly struck coin, I can thoroughly recommend just about anything from the first 80 years of the 12th century Quote
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