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The planchet wasn’t squarely in the press when this coin was struck and metal smooged up the edge of the die leaving a high lip on the struck coin.
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A typical broadstrike with no milling present.
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Struck without collar, see the closeup of the edge of the coin.
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Struck out of collar, the resulting coin just slightly larger.
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Double struck 1952 shilling with evidence of poor storage.
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5mm off-centre and just a hint of collar. Nice fishtailing of the bottom legends.
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Shilling error struck through a die cap.
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1952 broadstrike threepence error -a classic mis-strike.
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Stunning and lustrous gem uncirculated.
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Perth mint copper is well known for it’s rainbow colour, a pretty example here.