$2 error coin.

[accumulator]

Struck on a damaged planchet ?
To me it looks like the damage on the reverse may have been the reason why the obverse was mistruck.
What do you think ?

[markn]

Struck on an incomplete planchet.  Planchet looks incomplete because it "split" and separated prior to the coin being struck.  Very cool indeed.

[accumulator]

OK cool, Thanks for the info Mark.

[Ozcoins]

Nice find!

[Unicorn]

A great coin Accumulator!!!

Did you find it?

[Nevol]

A great coin Accumulator!!!

:i_agree: Despite the rev, it's in good nick too. Nice find! :yahoo:

[Fulvio]

Despite the rev, it's in good nick too.

Probably because of the rev. That obverse rim looks to be much higher than it should be, and you would never notice wear on that reverse.

Yeah, very nice find... you know there's a good home for it here, right? :angel:

[Robster]

Supercool.! :good:

[accumulator]

Thanks everyone, i bought a mixed lot off ebay,4 errors & 4 home made jobs,this $2 was among the good errors.

[Fulvio]

Thanks everyone, i bought a mixed lot off ebay,4 errors & 4 home made jobs,this $2 was among the good errors.

:shok: dodgy seller or clueless? Hopefully the shed jobs brought the price down?

[robbiegal]

coolie doolie accums
looks like it's an unc coin to me

ps - have you happened to have weighed that coin?
planchet sort of looks very plump

[accumulator]

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:shok: dodgy seller or clueless? Hopefully the shed jobs brought the price down?
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I really think the seller has no idea about error coin & they pretty much said as much in the ad.

coolie doolie accums
looks like it's an unc coin to me

ps - have you happened to have weighed that coin?
planchet sort of looks very plump

Now here is the really good interest part ,the coin only weighs 4.6 grams instead of the 6.6 it should.
So a fair bit of the planchet has split off before the minting.
The coin does have a plump look about it on the thick side of the planchet,it thicker on one side than it is on the other, quite noticeably.

[Fulvio]

Now here is the really good interest part ,the coin only weighs 4.6 grams instead of the 6.6 it should.

Wow.. a third of it is mjssing? I'm shocked. :shok:

OK, lets assume the planchet ended up wedge-shaped. It seems reasonable to assume a deeper strike than normal due to the thinner metal. Metal would flow from the thick end to the thin. though not enough to fill the torn surface. The result as we can see is a really deep, plump look at one end, and a virtually untouched obverse at the other.

Now I'm curious to know what the thickness of the coin is, field to field, as compared to a normal planchet. I'd think not 33% thinner.. maybe 20-25%?

[accumulator]

OK,i've spent the last hour looking for my calipers with no joy,goddammit.
Anyway here is 3 pics that show the comparison with a normal $2 coin,pretty well i think.





Thick side of the error closest to the normal $2



Thin side.

[Robster]

Shows it very well.!!