Jordan0693 Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 Does anybody know any circulating coins to search for, I.e any with known errors, low mintages, anything really Quote
Prax Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 1983 two pence labelled as a New Pence, the undated 20p, 50p of the EEC, 50p of the Olympics, 50p of the Kew Gardens. There are many error coins but each is unique so look for things like spelling errors. Quote
Jordan0693 Posted January 2, 2015 Author Posted January 2, 2015 Are their any spelling error coins about?, I've never heard of any. Quote
Peckris Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 Are their any spelling error coins about?, I've never heard of any.Are you sending yourself up? Quote
Jordan0693 Posted January 6, 2015 Author Posted January 6, 2015 What do you mean by 'sending yourself up' ? Quote
Michael-Roo Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 Are their any spelling error coins about?, I've never heard of any.Are you sending yourself up? There's a spelling error in your question. Chris is just pulling your leg. Quote
Peckris Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 Are their any spelling error coins about?, I've never heard of any.Are you sending yourself up? There's a spelling error in your question. Chris is just pulling your leg. Quote
pauldd100 Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 The Kew Gardens 50p would probably be the best find - Prax covered all of the better coins in his post.If you're looking for a spelling error the the Guy Fawkes £2 coin has one: “Pemember, Pemember the Fifth of November" instead of “Remember, Remember”. Quote
morpheus1666 Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 probably 50p aquatics with swimmer underwater is the most expensive (around 800 on ebay). Quote
Peckris Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 The Kew Gardens 50p would probably be the best find - Prax covered all of the better coins in his post.If you're looking for a spelling error the the Guy Fawkes £2 coin has one: “Pemember, Pemember the Fifth of November" instead of “Remember, Remember”.No, it's not a spelling error. It's just a weakly struck R and therefore not very interesting or significant. Quote
pauldd100 Posted January 15, 2015 Posted January 15, 2015 The Kew Gardens 50p would probably be the best find - Prax covered all of the better coins in his post.If you're looking for a spelling error the the Guy Fawkes £2 coin has one: “Pemember, Pemember the Fifth of November" instead of “Remember, Remember”.No, it's not a spelling error. It's just a weakly struck R and therefore not very interesting or significant.People may find it very interesting whether it's significant or not. We will all be at different stages of collecting and what may seem completely pointless to someone may be a great starting point for someone else.It may well be a weakly stuck R but it certainly looks like a P. Quote
PWA 1967 Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Yes your right .The forum is called pre decimal ? The coins are garbage weather its a P or H or K its no interest and rubbish.Sorry but no idea of the imput to PRE DECIMAL FORUM Quote
Jordan0693 Posted January 16, 2015 Author Posted January 16, 2015 It's a forum on a site that's called predecimal but it doesn't state that only predecimal subjects can be talked about, plus he sells decimal coins so the whole 'its called predecimal so don't talk about decimal' argument doesn't really work. 1 Quote
Paulus Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 All posts are welcome here, whether they are related to UK or foreign numismatics, pre- or post-decimal ... it is fair to say that the bulk of the expertise will be in the pre-decimal UK arena 1 Quote
Coinery Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 I collect decimal 'garbage'! The site owner also sells decimal garbage, and even produces/writes price guides on the subject.With some of the decimals selling upwards of a £1000 I don't think they can be overlooked. Also, we are not so far from seeing the first decimals reaching a half-century.I know your PEMEMBER coin didn't draw out too much interest, but keep bringing it on! Quote
PWA 1967 Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 The post was not meant to offend ,the coin in question is GARBAGE thousands available .It is not scarce and not worth anything more than face value.I am the first to appreciate errors and have a few but that is not one.Keep buying GARBAGE and be lucky coinery.Jordan keep posting and looking for a coin thats unusual Quote
Peckris Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 The Kew Gardens 50p would probably be the best find - Prax covered all of the better coins in his post.If you're looking for a spelling error the the Guy Fawkes £2 coin has one: “Pemember, Pemember the Fifth of November" instead of “Remember, Remember”.No, it's not a spelling error. It's just a weakly struck R and therefore not very interesting or significant.People may find it very interesting whether it's significant or not. We will all be at different stages of collecting and what may seem completely pointless to someone may be a great starting point for someone else.It may well be a weakly stuck R but it certainly looks like a P.I certainly didn't mean to sound dismissive. It's just that often we get people whose hopes have been raised elsewhere and think they have a great and valuable rarity - it isn't fun to tell them they have something pretty worthless. If the PEMEMBER coins float your boat then of course they are worth having. As long as you are realistic about their value, is all. Quote
Rob Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Have to confess it doesn't look at first hand like a blocked R as the milling goes right up to the bottom of the P loop. Quote
Coinery Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Have to confess it doesn't look at first hand like a blocked R as the milling goes right up to the bottom of the P loop.Interesting point, that! Quote
pauldd100 Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) The Kew Gardens 50p would probably be the best find - Prax covered all of the better coins in his post.If you're looking for a spelling error the the Guy Fawkes £2 coin has one: “Pemember, Pemember the Fifth of November" instead of “Remember, Remember”.No, it's not a spelling error. It's just a weakly struck R and therefore not very interesting or significant.People may find it very interesting whether it's significant or not. We will all be at different stages of collecting and what may seem completely pointless to someone may be a great starting point for someone else.It may well be a weakly stuck R but it certainly looks like a P.I certainly didn't mean to sound dismissive. It's just that often we get people whose hopes have been raised elsewhere and think they have a great and valuable rarity - it isn't fun to tell them they have something pretty worthless. If the PEMEMBER coins float your boat then of course they are worth having. As long as you are realistic about their value, is all.I totally understand but his question was not about value, he was just asking if there were any spelling errors in circulation. The coin itself is of no interest to me but decimal coins were my starting point, so I can appreciate the question. People, like me who have a hundredth of the knowledge of a lot of users on here visit this forum as a place of information and research. Comments like the one from our friend PWA 1967 can be off putting for new comers and make people feel like a bit of an idiot, when all they are trying to do is get some information. Anyway, all that said I'm glad more experienced users like yourself Paulus and Coinery explained further. The £2 coin is certainly not garbage as it can buy a can of Gin & Tonic! Edited January 17, 2015 by pauldd100 Quote
pauldd100 Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 Have to confess it doesn't look at first hand like a blocked R as the milling goes right up to the bottom of the P loop.That's what I thought. Some places it looks like a spelling mistake but others it does look like an error with the strike or a bad strike. Quote
Rob Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 The left one now looks like a blocked R, or more specifically a broken R as it must be raised on the collar. Quote
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