Australia 1951M Penny with Rim Flaw / Blakesley Effect
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Australia 1951M Penny with rim flaw and Blakesley Effect
Interesting 1951M penny with a good sized planchet flaw right on the rim. Probably due to a gas or carbon inclusion in the bronze. When the coin was put through the upsetting mill to apply a rim the the flaw was present giving rise to a low rim opposite the flaw. This is known as the “Blakesley Effect” and is typical of clipped planchet errors. Certainly interesting to see it on a coin with this sort of rim flaw.
Coin Information
| Reference Number: | C121706 |
| Country: | Australia |
| Denomination: | 1d |
| Year: | 1951 |
| Mint: | Melbourne |
| Grade: | EF |