2023 Brit Errors

[dicker]

I predicted a few issues with the change over of Monarchs. 

Most of the issues have seen are with the Charles and Elizabeth 1 oz Silver Brits.

- 90 degree rotation error

- Overstrike evident on ear

- Overstrike on lips

Example of another below

Has anyone else seen other examples?

Best

Dicker

 

[Seasider]

If you look at the proofs there is a date on both sides of the coin.

[stefffana]

I am very curious how many defective mint products are out there so far. In my opinion, RM pushed too far its quality issues if they are calling them "mint/strike errors".

I can only imagine our @Solachesis when he will find the market flooded by rotated neck. The rumour said that John Snow from Royal Mint was "punching" one day long 500.000 silver brits with the same error. 

[Solachesis]

3 minutes ago, stefffana said:

I am very curious how many defective mint products are out there so far. In my opinion, RM pushed too far its quality issues if they are calling them "mint/strike errors".

I can only imagine our @Solachesis when he will find the market flooded by rotated neck. The rumour said that John Snow from Royal Mint was "punching" one day long 500.000 silver brits with the same error. 

Kill me.

[MonkeysUncle]

8 hours ago, dicker said:

I predicted a few issues with the change over of Monarchs. 

Most of the issues have seen are with the Charles and Elizabeth 1 oz Silver Brits.

- 90 degree rotation error

- Overstrike evident on ear

- Overstrike on lips

Example of another below

Has anyone else seen other examples?

Best

Dicker

 

Someone needs to pass Her Maj a tissue, she's making a mess whilst eating again... at least it's not the jammie doughnuts this time!

Edited March 13, 2023 by MonkeysUncle
Kan't tipe for peenuts

[paulmerton]

8 hours ago, dicker said:

- Overstrike evident on ear

 

Do you have any pics of what that looks like?

[dicker]

4 hours ago, paulmerton said:

Do you have any pics of what that looks like?

There is one for sale in the Silver For Sale Section!

 

[ArgentSmith]

14 hours ago, dicker said:

- Overstrike on lips

 

Isn't that mark where another coin has landed on it?

[dicker]

Possibly - the pic I posted is for sale on eBay as an error. 1400 quid

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295562846114?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=_cwbDVSuSce&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=bYgKomkjQOW&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[paulmerton]

4 hours ago, dicker said:

There is one for sale in the Silver For Sale Section!

 

Do you have a link to it? I searched for overstrike and found nothing recent.

[paulmerton]

3 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

Do you have a link to it? I searched for overstrike and found nothing recent.

Oh hah, sorry, I somehow didn't notice the attached link 🤣

[BackyardBullion]

I have an auction on ebay now for another of the 90 degree errors

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285182691717

 

[StackemHigh]

My my, more blunders by the rm

[Chrisplym]

On 13/03/2023 at 16:32, Seasider said:

If you look at the proofs there is a date on both sides of the coin.

Very true. I hadn’t noticed this before. Has it ever been the case before?

[paulmerton]

On 13/03/2023 at 14:35, dicker said:

- Overstrike evident on ear

 

It's not an overstrike if you're referring to the ones artalien was selling.

It's a die clash error, where the two dies have smashed into each other without a blank inbetween them, causing at least one of the dies to be damaged. In this case, the "hexcurity" feature from the other side of the coin has been imparted onto a couple of the lower (and therefore higher on the die) areas of the obverse portrait and will have appeared on all subsequently struck coins until the damaged die was replaced.   

An overstrike is where an already struck coin is struck again and wouldn't look like that.

 

[dicker]

7 hours ago, paulmerton said:

It's not an overstrike if you're referring to the ones artalien was selling.

It's a die clash error, where the two dies have smashed into each other without a blank inbetween them, causing at least one of the dies to be damaged. In this case, the "hexcurity" feature from the other side of the coin has been imparted onto a couple of the lower (and therefore higher on the die) areas of the obverse portrait and will have appeared on all subsequently struck coins until the damaged die was replaced.   

An overstrike is where an already struck coin is struck again and wouldn't look like that.

 

Thanks Paul - not concentrating.  

[Chrisplym]

On 14/03/2023 at 09:10, BackyardBullion said:

I have an auction on ebay now for another of the 90 degree errors

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285182691717

 

Wow! This auction is doing really. Well done @BackyardBullion

I found a coin with the Charles III silver Britannia ear overstrike error in my collection yesterday. Is this error more common?

[artalien]

11 minutes ago, Chrisplym said:

Is this error more common

Your identification makes 8 of the honey error by my count. Apparently there are 25 of the rotation error. I say apparently because who actually knows.

Edited March 20, 2023 by artalien

[Chrisplym]

Wow! That is quite rare then. I will have to have a look to see if I have more than one.

[BackyardBullion]

Yeah, the die rotation error is seeming to be quite popular and dare I say a cooler error than the honeycomb variety!

£558 current bid, will it go higher!? Maybe!

This s what I know about numbers:

22 confirmed from original person that got in touch with me. 

1 confirmed from a different person who has sent me video evidence of an error coin

10 from another individual which I have been told about from a reputable source (no reason to doubt)

This means 33 at this time are known. 

The fact that there are so few confirmed sightings of them and the original customer got them in December but by February nobody else had noticed them or contacted the mint about them suggests these could be SUPER rare. 

[artalien]

11 minutes ago, BackyardBullion said:

and dare I say a cooler error than the honeycomb variety!

No accounting for taste.

 

11 minutes ago, BackyardBullion said:

 

This means 33 at this time are known.

As opposed to 8

I will never figure out hoomans...

[Solachesis]

52 minutes ago, artalien said:

No accounting for taste.

 

As opposed to 8

I will never figure out hoomans...

The "honeycomb" error just looks like typical shoddy QC to me, like serration marks. Nothing special imo, probably would just glance over them thinking it was typical royal mint bullion unless it was pointed out to me 

[paulmerton]

1 hour ago, Solachesis said:

The "honeycomb" error just looks like typical shoddy QC to me, like serration marks. Nothing special imo, probably would just glance over them thinking it was typical royal mint bullion unless it was pointed out to me 

I think it's more special than a rotation error when you appreciate how it actually happened. The coins are not damaged; the dies physically crashed into each other when they weren't meant to, and this die damage is reflected on the coins.

That has caused parts of the reverse design to literally appear on the other side of the coin! 

[artalien]

12 hours ago, paulmerton said:

artalien was selling.

I still have one, I sold one on ebay and the other had to be cancelled as the bidder was in America, this despite making it clear UK only. So if you got a spare £500 give me a shout 👍

[Chrisplym]

13 minutes ago, artalien said:

I still have one, I sold one on ebay and the other had to be cancelled as the bidder was in America, this despite making it clear UK only. So if you got a spare £500 give me a shout 👍

For what price did the one you listed on EBay sell?