Why are some of the 2 Cents like this

BananaBreadNoWalnuts · March 06, 2015, 12:53:19 PM

Why do Some of the 2 Cent Pieces from look like this
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This is the same coin but you can see that the SD and the toe look to be deformed.

Goldseeker · March 06, 2015, 01:20:11 PM

Natural wear and tear as I see it.

ausjack · March 06, 2015, 01:23:02 PM

Not really sure sorry mate but think it's where something moves so it ends up like doubling, like on the 2001 50 cent where there tends to be a lot of doubling and it's quite common on the newer coins, poor quality control at the mint but one of the others might know or have a better idea :good:

BananaBreadNoWalnuts · March 06, 2015, 01:30:16 PM

It's only on Perth mint coins,
It can't be wear and tear because there is no loss of metal.
I think it may be a precursor to the no SD coins.

trout · March 07, 2015, 10:37:39 AM

Looks like a cud to me, I'm sure this was covered here or on CCF a while back.

Nevol · March 07, 2015, 11:45:07 AM

Quote from: 'trout' pid='68366' dateline='1425686859'Looks like a cud to me, I'm sure this was covered here or on CCF a while back.

It was and I think I might have even had a finger in the pie, but can't recall where or when. :dontknow:

BananaBreadNoWalnuts · March 07, 2015, 12:08:40 PM

I did Start the thread on CCF.
http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=180085
But the tread has died.

This forum seems to have more activity than CCF so I was hoping to get it started here.

It is definitely an error of some sort but given that it has been in existence for 49 years I thought it may have been an error that was to common to be anything of significance.

Nevol · March 07, 2015, 12:18:30 PM

Hopefully one of our experts may have an explanation of how it occurs. I was sort of thinking along the lines of a badly worn die, but if that's the cause, you'd expect to see more evidence in other places on the coin. :scratch_one-s_head:

BananaBreadNoWalnuts · March 07, 2015, 01:04:39 PM

Ok so i over layered the rough size of a 2 cent over the area of the coin and this is what I came up with.

You can see that all the miss alignments in the coin line up with the edge of the high light.

How could something like this happen.

Could a piece of the die have been broken loose letting part of the die move during the strike.

ausjack · March 07, 2015, 01:42:49 PM

I still think it's some sort of strange doubling but we need Mark or one of the others in the know to step in