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Recent Finds ...
Collector Finds Sudanese Doubled Die

Image courtesy of Rob Garren

May 31, 2008 -- Rob Garren of Florida reports finding a massive doubled die on a world coin. He wrote: "I recently bought the Sudanese 1973 5 Millim coin shown above at a coin show here in Florida and ... believe it to be a strong doubled die reverse. My wife actually picked this coin up at a dealer's table with some other world pieces and I almost made her throw it back because it looked too low grade for my tastes (I like really red coppers). Then I noticed all the doubling as soon as I picked up the loupe and decided this was one fish worth keeping. It's only the second Sudanese piece I think I have. I am a longtime reader of the CONECA website and thought you might be interested in seeing this image of the coin."
This is one of the nicer world doubled dies that appears from time to time (this is the fourth one I've seen). Chris Pilliod submitted the first one that I listed back in November 1993, though it may have been listed even earlier by Lew Coles or Alan Herbert. It's a nice Class IV - Off Set Hub doubled die that actually shows tripling in some areas. It's listed in the Variety Coin Register as VCR#2/DDR#2(3). KP

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More Of Those Fantastic Foreign Doubled Dies!

Images by Ron Pope

November 29, 2007 -- Here is the fifth and final variety (unless Ron Sends more -- hint, hint!) in what we promised to be a monthly series of finds detailed by CONECA Member Ron Pope! The one featured this month is a Colombian 1992 20 centavos that shows very strong hub doubling on the obverse! Enjoy! KP

Recent Finds ...
Pre-Cud Die Crack On GEA 1 Heller Draws Interest

Photos © Ken Potter 2007/Coin Courtesy of Joe Zaffern

November 23, 2007 -- Joe Zaffern of Michigan submitted German East Africa 1905 1 heller that exhibits a rather noteworthy die crack that runs up from the rim through the 190 of date and back to the rim. Such cracks are often referred to as “pre-cud” die cracks as they often develop into a “cud” (more accurately referred to as major die break) where that section of the die actually breaks away from the rest of the die leaving a void in the design. When a coin is struck with such a die, a blob or “cud” is left in the place of where the missing chunk of die used to be. This variety is listed in the Variety Coin Register for the country, date and denomination as VCR#1/PCDC#1.

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More Of Those Fantastic Foreign Doubled Dies!

Images by Ron Pope

October 24, 2007 -- Here is the fourth variety in what we promised to be a monthly series of finds detailed by CONECA Member Ron Pope! The one featured this month is a Brazilian 1997 10 centavos that shows very strong hub doubling on the reverse! There are also some strong clash marks on the obverse and reverse. Enjoy! KP

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More Of Those Fantastic Foreign Doubled Dies!

September 23, 2007 -- Here is the next variety in what we promised to be a monthly series of finds detailed by CONECA Member Ron Pope! The one featured this month is a Brazilian 2001 25 centavos that shows very strong hub doubling on the reverse! Enjoy! KP

Click image to see the obverse

Images by Ron Pope

New In the ErrorScope ...
May/June 2007 Errorscope Review

Image courtesy of Mike Diamond
This Shattered Die Strike Was Featured in Mike Diamond's "Shattered Dies" article.

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More Of Those Fantastic Foreign Doubled Dies!

August 24, 2007 -- Here is the next variety that we promised last month from the series of finds detailed by CONECA Member Ron Pope! The one featured this month is a Brazilian 1997 10 centavos that shows strongly clashed image of the date from reverse on the upper obverse and a strong doubled die reverse! Enjoy! KP

Images by Ron Pope

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Those Fantastic Foreign Doubled Dies!

July 19, 2007 -- CONECA Member Ron Pope sent in several fantastic doubled dies from south of the border all the way down in South America! For the next several months we'll post one of them up at a time for all to see. The one featured this week is a Brazilian 1901 20 centavos coin! Enjoy! KP

Images by Ron Pope

Recent Finds ...
1939-D German 2 Phennig Doubled Die Found!

Photos courtesy of Dave Bowman

April 7, 2007 -- Greetings to all fellow doubled die enthusiasts! CONECA Board Member, Dave Bowman wanted to share a find of his from a couple of years ago. It is a beautiful doubled die obverse on 1939-D German 2 Phennig coin. Not only is it a very nice example of hub doubling but take notice of the massive die crack. It is unknown how many may have survived since the fall of the Third Reich but ones this nice must be far and few between. It was listed for Bowman by CONECA's Attributer for world die varieties, Ken Potter, as VCR#1/DDO#1. Good hunting Dave, and thanks for sharing with all of us enthusiasts.

Our Favorite Errors ...
British Half Penny Tantalizing

Photo © Ken Potter 2007/Coin Courtesy of Mark Longas

March 22, 2007 -- Mark Longas of Michigan ran into me at a local show recently and handed me a coin wallet full or errors that he had picked up here and there in the last few months and asked me to share them with others on the CONECA website. This one is a neat Broadstrike on a British 1964 Half Penny. Neat!

Recent Finds ...
Rains Shares Fantastic Brazilian Doubled Die!

Images courtesy of Brian Rains

March 07, 2007 -- A treat for the ERROR seekers eyes! Brian Rains purchased a massive Class-1 Doubled Die Obverse 2000 10 centavo from a dealer in Brazil. Brian explains: "Some areas near 3-5:00 O'clock don't show any doubling. Everywhere else shows clear rotated hub doubling. It has clear doubling of the hair and details in coat but no doubling of the name. Spectacular!" Note in photo the bridal is doubled (about 7 O'clock), the horse head along the right arm to the raised sword. The photo of the entire coin catches your eye with the extreme doubled word 'BRASIL'. It is hard to imagine how this could be missed detection at the Mint! Great item Brian! Thanks for sharing!

Recent Finds ...
Diamond Finds Monster Cud!

Photos courtesy of Mike Diamond

March 03, 2007 -- As Mike Diamond put it: "Here's more eye candy. It's a 1917 Serbia 20 para with a 355 degree cud (actually a chain of connected, overlapping cuds)." All I can say is Nice!

Not So Recent Finds ...
Neat Clash Marks On Luxembourg Coin!

July 17, 2006 -- Shown above is a 1946 1 Franc piece from Luxembourg that displays a strong die clash in the area of the date. The clash marks are from the crown at the top of the country's coat of arms. Since the coin was struck in coin alignment the outlines of crown appear inverted within the exergue. There are also some light clash marks within the crown from the date. It was submitted by Florence Schook in 1998 and listed in the Variety Coin Register as VCR#1/DCO#1/DCR#1.

Israeli Finds Off Center Core On Bimetallic Issue
Due To Uncentered Hole

Photo courtesy of Yossi Dotan

May 07, 2005 -- Gideon Dotan of Israel found an interesting error on an Israeli 5755 (1995) 10 New Sheqalim (KM-270). The center hole for this coin was punched off-location resulting in it being uncentered. The center core was then fit perfectly within the hole and the the coin struck. The result is that the hole and core are in an uncentered position. According to Mike Diamond who was first to notice that not only was the core uncentered but so was the hole, this type of uncentering is more rare than cores that are struck off center from a perfectly centered hole. Dotan found it in circulation. Nice find!

CONECA Member Finds Dual-Dated Bahamian Variety
The Obverse is Dated 1975 -- The Reverse is Dated 1973

September 26, 2004 -- Perhaps one of the more enigmatic modern coins to come down the pike in recent years is the dual-dated 1975-1973 Bahamas five-cent piece sent in by error-variety specialist (and CONECA member) Joe Rizdy of Chicago. It's a coin that hints at the possibility that it may have just opened up the door for many more varieties of its kind be discovered! It’s a coin that comes from a series that along with its other fractional cousins has been largely ignored over the years. That's about to change! There is finally something to look for!
At first glance, this second-year-of-type coin appears to be normal, proudly boasting its nearly-new coat of arms obverse, which displaced Queen Elizabeth II the year before. However, upon a closer inspection of the reverse, we can see faint but obvious traces of another earlier date -- 1973 -- divided by the coin's simple pineapple-reverse motif, the 19 to the left and the 73 to the right. Of course, this is where the date appears on this type from 1966 through 1973 while Arnold Machin's portrait of Queen Elizabeth II graces the coin's obverse.

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Second Specimen of Guatemala 1/4 Real Found

August 14, 2004 -- Frank Wagner of Virginia reports finding a Guatemalan 1884 1/4 Real with a very strong repunched date. The doubling can be seen on the entire date with the shift best seen on the right serif of the 1, wide to the east on the first 8, South on the second 8 and east on the 4. This is the second specimen reported with the first coming in from old-time errorist, Ed Santini in 1995. Santini's specimen was also double struck in the collar. The variety is listed in the Variety Coin Register by CONECA World Die Variety attributer, Ken Potter, as VCR#1/RPD#1.

Cortez Reports Honduran Overdate
w/ Monster Doubled Die

Here is a peek at the Overdate found on the reverse
and a look at one frame of the DDO
Photos courtesy of Ken Potter

September 20, 2003 -- Variety specialist, Jose' Cortez reported finding a Honduras 1902/1 25 centavo piece which not only features the overdate but a super strong doubled die obverse and a moderately strong doubled die reverse. The variety has been listed in the Variety Coin Register as VCR#1/DDO#1/DDR#1/OVD#1/RPF#1.

Triple "I" Found On Canada 20c

Photos courtesy of Ken Potter

    July 18, 2003 -- Brian Rains of California reports finding a Province Of Canada 1858 20 cent piece with a wildly triple punched "I" of GRATIA. The more prominent underlying "I" was punched into the die way too far north with its top positioned slightly in the denticles that border the rim. Evidence of yet another underlying "I" can be seen best between the other two "Is" as an upper left serif of the top of an "I" to the west. Other letters of the obverse legend also show minor to moderate repunching with another notable area of doubling being the "I" of DEI.
    The obverse of this sterling silver, one-year-of-type coin, features a young head of Victoria designed by Leonard C. Wyon. According to the Charlton Standard Catalog of Canadian Coins, "This unusual denomination was chosen as a bridge between the two systems. It apparently deferred to the pounds, shillings, pence basis of the Halifax currency system while naming the new issue in the dollar, cents, mils system. The relationship between the two systems meant 20 cents was equivalent to a shilling in Halifax currency, and it was assumed that consequently the new coin would be found useful. This assumption proved unfounded because there had been no coins representing a shilling in the old system; the British shilling coin was worth just over 20 percent more than a shilling in the Halifax system. Furthermore, the size and weight of the 20-cent piece led to confusion with both British shillings and U.S. 25-cent pieces."
    As one would suspect, the coin was eventually phased out of use with most of them sent back to the Royal Mint in London for re-coining as 25-cent pieces after Confederation.
    The variety has been listed by CONECA's world variety coin attributer, Ken Potter, as VCR#1/RPL#1. Rains submitted the coin in September 2001.

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