mr_t Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 hi i have a newly minted 20p coin that has no (T) in the word twenty pence in it's place there is a small amount of metal with the T slitly marked on the edge of the metal blob is there any where i could take it i live in leeds i would be glad of any feedback and thank for taking your time to read this Quote
Peckris Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 hi i have a newly minted 20p coin that has no (T) in the word twenty pence in it's place there is a small amount of metal with the T slitly marked on the edge of the metal blob is there any where i could take it i live in leeds i would be glad of any feedback and thank for taking your time to read thisWelcome to the forums Mr T - I'm still getting over the irony of your name coupled with your enquiry. Thought about changing it to Mr_no_T? Seriously, there are many coins being produced by the Mint now that are really sub-standard. Whether it's poor mass minting, or a cutback in inspection staff, who's to say? I suspect that with the ever-dwindling value to the economy of circulating coins, it's the latter. When all's said and done, singleton misstrikes like this have not much more than curiosity value; ironically, if other examples showed up of the same flaw, collectors would start getting interested. Quote
ski Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 i had lots of 20p pices with these errors, i kept them a while, looked at them through a magnifier, enjoyed studying them. eventually i spent them on a couple of pints of speckled hen......there will be somewhere in leeds that sells speckled hen i was surprised at how many coins in circulation that have soo many manufacturing errors, my experience is that the 20p and 5p seem to suffer more than most. perhaps this statement is inaccurate however as the 50p coin seems to have almost disappeared from circulation ( around these parts), with millions of rare examples being offered on ebay .the 10ps ive looked at, has seen fewer errors, with just a couple of examples found. Quote
ski Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 i had lots of 20p pices with these errors, i kept them a while, looked at them through a magnifier, enjoyed studying them. eventually i spent them on a couple of pints of speckled hen......there will be somewhere in leeds that sells speckled hen i was surprised at how many coins in circulation that have soo many manufacturing errors, my experience is that the 20p and 5p seem to suffer more than most. perhaps this statement is inaccurate however as the 50p coin seems to have almost disappeared from circulation ( around these parts), with millions of rare examples being offered on ebay .the 10ps ive looked at, has seen fewer errors, with just a couple of examples found. Quote
ski Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 new york , new york my web page frooze and i hit send again.......new york , new york my web page frooze and i hit send again....... Quote
Danz Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 hi i have a newly minted 20p coin that has no (T) in the word twenty pence in it's place there is a small amount of metal with the T slitly marked on the edge of the metal blob is there any where i could take it i live in leeds i would be glad of any feedback and thank for taking your time to read thisHi. I might be inerested in it if your willing to sell. Do you have a pic. You could put it on e-bay and send me the link. Cheers Dan Quote
TomGoodheart Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 new york , new york my web page frooze and i hit send again.......new york , new york my web page frooze and i hit send again....... Would you like me to delete those duplicate posts for you Mr ski? Quote
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