Double Bar 50c

LooseChange · September 21, 2016, 06:58:16 PM

Quote from: 'trout' pid='98429' dateline='1474383557'The peculiar thing is that the image of this particular design has been used in advertisements for other ram products that actually Don't have the double bars on the 50 cent coin :angel:

And to add to the confusion the image shown on the eshop and on resellers sites for this 50:50 coin set didn't show the double-bars .. just showed the regular design... if i remember correctly.

trout · September 21, 2016, 07:02:13 PM

Quote from: 'LooseChange' pid='98473' dateline='1474450096'
Quote from: 'trout' pid='98429' dateline='1474383557'The peculiar thing is that the image of this particular design has been used in advertisements for other ram products that actually Don't have the double bars on the 50 cent coin :angel:

And to add to the confusion the image shown on the eshop and on resellers sites for this 50:50 coin set didn't show the double-bars .. just showed the regular design... if i remember correctly.

You are correct.
It does seem somewhat strange that they redesigned the reverse just for this coin probably to accomodate the "C" mintmark and yet didn't use the correct images in the advertising.
I would have thought that if collectors were made aware that this coin had the Double Bar when it was released then it would have created far more interest in this issue :ok:
I and I would think Most of us that bought these did so in the hope that there would be a nice round 50c in there and the proof was just a bonus