1978 1 Cent Fault

[NZCoinerrors]

Purchased this in a bulk lot of NZ errors last week has anyone seen similar faults with 1978 1 Cent coins?

[translateltd]

Purchased this in a bulk lot of NZ errors last week has anyone seen similar faults with 1978 1 Cent coins?

Still trying to get my head around what happened with that one.  Looks like a partial brockage with the Queen's shoulder and part of the back of her hair visible, but that doesn't explain the rest of the correctly struck-up reverse.

[Nevol]

Gosh, that's a real mystery to me. I wouldn't know how to explain what's happened. :scratch_one-s_head:

[gnome]

Nice

[Unicorn]

What a great error NZC!!!! :good:

I love how the misaligned obverse image shows through on the reverse indentation. Must have been a couple of coins in the press to end up like that.

Wow!

[markn]

Struck through a struck fragment.  Oh boy.  Wowee.

[Fulvio]

Struck through a struck fragment.  Oh boy.  Wowee.

Yeah, but how? And how tightly is it being held on? Would it be better if they separated?

[Goldseeker]

Don't separate it, leave well alone.

A nice error.

My first thought was a blow torch job but not so sure now.

[gnome]

I've seen a similar thing on a 2 cent piece, not as glamourous as yours, but still a pretty cool piece

Thinking something like this may have caused it. A piece breaking off then getting lodged prior to the next striking. Just a thought.

[Fulvio]

Thinking something like this may have caused it. A piece breaking off then getting lodged prior to the next striking.

Probably, yeah. But I think Mark and Uni are right and there were more than two coins involved.

Regardless, flaws like this are awesome, and in my opinion MUCH more desirable than any slab.

[markn]

Thinking something like this may have caused it. A piece breaking off then getting lodged prior to the next striking. Just a thought.

Yes, something exactly like that.

[enworb]

Awesome coin!