Error Coins

These days’ coins are produced on a large scale to meet the requirements of the users, resulting in Minting Errors on coins. The Mint weeds out these coins and puts them back to melting, but still many escapes. These coins are known as Error Coins or defective specimens and are eagerly sought by collectors.

Lets check out what these Error Coins are and how do they look like?

The most common Errors in minting coins are:-

1. Discoloration of the Face.

2. Chipping of the surface.

3. Broken Edges.

4. Off-center or double striking.

5. Miss-stuck coins

6. Die rotation etc.

BROCKAGES (Lakhi Coins)

They are specimens of coins that are found with normal design on one side and the same design incused or stamped on the other side also. Remember the coin that Amitabh (Big B) uses in movie Sholey with both sides having 'Heads'. They are also called as Lakhi coins.

Why this happens? This happens when the coin last struck in the chain getting lodged in the die and then another blank comes into position and is stuck. The second coin gets the normal impression on one side and the impression from the face of the previous coin (still stuck in the die) on the other.

BLANK PLANCHET -

I wonder how these got away.

One Rupee was supposed to be minted on it!

MULTIPLE - STRUCK COINS

We also come across ‘multiple-struck' coins e.g. generally we see double struck coins/off centre coins. This happens as a result of a coin not being ejected from the coining press after the first striking, and getting a second strike. Then again, if the planchet slips out of place before striking, it receives an impression which is out of alignment. Off centre coin is a coin struck out of alignment, caused by the planchet slipping out of place before being struck.

Multiple Strikes: (So is it now 5 Paise or 10 Paise?)

OFF-CENTRE STRIKE : Massive Off-centre 2 rupee coin

MULES

An interesting variety of miss-struck coins are the 'Mules'. This term is used to describe coins which have the obverse die of one coin and reverse die of another. Mules are sometimes produced at the time of re-striking coins of earlier periods/issues. Unless the obverse and reverse dies are properly paired at the time of re striking, the coins struck may have the wrong obverse or reverse. Most instances of 'mules' are found in coins of Queen Victoria, which bear dates 1877-1901 and yet have the legend Victoria Queen on the obverse. This one has Victoria Empress with date 1876.

1862 Rupee (4 dots): In 1862 some rupee coins were minted by Half Anna die obverse. This probably happened as the size of rupee coin and Half Anna coin was same. Half Anna die was fitted to rupee minting operation and resulted in such interesting variety. Shown below is the mule with the original Half Anna.

EDGE ERRORS

Another type of error come across are specimens with upright milling in coins which normally have a 'security edge', It should be noted, coins having 'security edge' are first struck with the usual upright, or straight milling at the time the obverse and reverse designs impressed upon them. These are next passed through a second press where the indented groove is put on the edge, under pressure, while being fed into the second machine, if a few coins accidentally skip the press, unless weeded out at the Mint, these may go a circulation with normal upright milling.

1918 Rupee: Uni-face "The Uni-face 1918 rupee, with its milled edge, is a genuine Mint error. I have no doubt that it was the lower of 2 planchets which arrived in the striking chamber at the same time".

20 Paise:One side Blank

Wrong Date on coin (It was again Minted in 1997-correct date)

Different Metal Error? 1940 Half Rupee-Brass?

DIE ROTATION ERROR: The Obverse Die rotation to Right Side

Die Rotation is a minting error in which the Obverse/reverse Die is rotated, anywhere from 5-180 degrees clockwise or anticlockwise.

Some 1835 1/4 Anna coins are found with 180degree rotation, but they are not errors. They were minted like that, as the British way of seeing the other side of the coin was to flip the coin upside down rather than sideways.

DIE CRACK ERROR: When coins are minted using broken die or if during the minting process the die breaks/chips, the coins minted in that process are known as die crack error coins.

GHOSTING ERROR: The impression of the obverse die is seen on reverse side also.

Can anyone tell what happened to this coin?

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Fake Coins - Caution

Investigations into the first-ever busting of a gang running a business of fake coins gang has led Delhi Police to ask for help from central investigating agencies because a foreign hand appears to have played a prominent role.

Delhi Police sources said, “A fake minting unit had come up at Veerganj in Nepal showed a very "professional” group was behind the entire operation. There was about Rs 1 crore worth of fake coins have entered the country through eastern UP. We are in talks with the Reserve Bank and seeking their cooperation in identifying the fake coins already in circulation. It is quite similar to the one used to transport currency notes to India. The aim is to destabilize the economy. Such small denominations do not attract much attention of the agencies”.

On August 9, south district police busted an international network of criminals involved in minting Indian coins in Nepal and introducing the counterfeit currency into India through big food joints in Delhi, Gurgaon and other metropolitan cities. Two men were arrested — Sudhir Kumar (36) and Daleep Kumar (29). So far, 41,600 counterfeit coins of Rs 10 denomination have been recovered. A Maruti car used to transport the currency has been recovered.

But the main accused — Mangat Joshi who allegedly headed the Delhi operations — is still at large along with at least three other men.The gang allegedly carried operations from the Rohini area in outer Delhi. These coins of Rs. 10 are in circulation in

Delhi and shops and food joints where small coins are required in large quantity. These joint owners have told us that they were approached by the accused who promised to provide them loose currency at a very low exchange rate right at their doorstep. They don’t have to send a person each morning to get the change convinced these owners to settle for this method of operation.. A total of Rs 4.16 lakh worth of fake coins have so far being recovered. They are being questioned on whether they had any inkling that these coins were fraud”.

The one of the accused have disclosed that the gang consisted of around 8-10 members including some Nepali nationals. Sudhir and other members of this gang would stay in Hotel Navraj in Janak Puri, Nepal where one Nepali person would come in a Pajero and deliver Indian counterfeited coins of Rs 10 denomination to his Indian counterparts putting up in the hotel.

Thanks to http://www.latestsamachar.com

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Never buy old coins from people who sell them on streets, because most of them are fake. Buy coins from a genuine dealer who has a shop and participates in coin exhibitions. If you have doubts about the genuinely of coins then go to a good reputed coin dealer and show your coins to that person, but also bear one thing in mind that if you have a rare coin and you don't know anything about it the person you show your coins may say it is a fake and buy it from you at a low price. This thing happens, so before buying any coin study about that coin on the internet or refer to books which give you information about the coin you want to purchase.

And some coins with date of 1616, 1717, 1818,  and also 1839 written on it! Apparently the faker forgot the period for which the East India Company ruled India. We know that 1616 was in the Muslim King Jahangir era and the East India Company did not rule India then, though it did set up trade. And in 1939, we know very well that in 1939, George VI was the emperor of India and India was very close to getting its independence. So there is no way these coins had been in circulation in the East India company era, that is established beyond doubt. The deities on these coins are worshiped, but the East India Company never had any reason to mint coins having these deities on them , and never did so.

There is a big fake coin market in Johri Baazar Jaipur. -- So Careful Dear Coin Collectors

Do you collect coins visit and check the year, mint details -
http://republiccoins.indian-coins.com

&

http://www.IndianCoins.org/Encyclopedia/Intro_Ind_Coin_Forgeries.pdf

I have display some fake coins images below

do you want more details Please visit: http://beekar-the-numismatist.blogspot.com/p/fake-coins-of-india.html

A to J : Country Name, Currency Name & Symbol

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Country	Currency	ISO-4217	Symbol
A
Afghanistan	Afghan afghani	AFN
Albania	Albanian lek	ALL
Algeria	Algerian dinar	DZD
American Samoa	see United States
Andorra	see Spain and France
Angola	Angolan kwanza	AOA
Anguilla	East Caribbean dollar	XCD	EC$
Antigua and Barbuda	East Caribbean dollar	XCD	EC$
Argentina	Argentine peso	ARS
Armenia	Armenian dram	AMD
Aruba	Aruban florin	AWG	ƒ
Australia	Australian dollar	AUD	$
Austria	European euro	EUR	€
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijani manat	AZN

B
Bahamas	Bahamian dollar	BSD	B$
Bahrain	Bahraini dinar	BHD
Bangladesh	Bangladeshi taka	BDT
Barbados	Barbadian dollar	BBD	Bds$
Belarus	Belarusian ruble	BYR	Br
Belgium	European euro	EUR	€
Belize	Belize dollar	BZD	BZ$
Benin	West African CFA franc	XOF	CFA
Bermuda	Bermudian dollar	BMD	BD$
Bhutan	Bhutanese ngultrum	BTN	Nu.
Bolivia	Bolivian boliviano	BOB	Bs.
Bosnia-Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina konvertibilna marka	BAM	KM
Botswana	Botswana pula	BWP	P
Brazil	Brazilian real	BRL	R$
British Indian Ocean Territory	see United Kingdom
Brunei	Brunei dollar	BND	B$
Bulgaria	Bulgarian lev	BGN
Burkina Faso	West African CFA franc	XOF	CFA
Burma	see Myanmar
Burundi	Burundi franc	BIF	FBu

C
Cambodia	Cambodian riel	KHR
Cameroon	Central African CFA franc	XAF	CFA
Canada	Canadian dollar	CAD	$
Canton and Enderbury Islands	see Kiribati
Cape Verde	Cape Verdean escudo	CVE	Esc
Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands dollar	KYD	KY$
Central African Republic	Central African CFA franc	XAF	CFA
Chad	Central African CFA franc	XAF	CFA
Chile	Chilean peso	CLP	$
China	Chinese renminbi	CNY	¥
Christmas Island	see Australia
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	see Australia
Colombia	Colombian peso	COP	Col$
Comoros	Comorian franc	KMF
Congo	Central African CFA franc	XAF	CFA
Congo, Democratic Republic	Congolese franc	CDF	F
Cook Islands	see New Zealand
Costa Rica	Costa Rican colon	CRC	₡
Côte d'Ivoire	West African CFA franc	XOF	CFA
Croatia	Croatian kuna	HRK	kn
Cuba	Cuban peso	CUC	$
Cyprus	European euro	EUR	€
Czech Republic	Czech koruna	CZK	Kč

D
Denmark	Danish krone	DKK	Kr
Djibouti	Djiboutian franc	DJF	Fdj
Dominica	East Caribbean dollar	XCD	EC$
Dominican Republic	Dominican peso	DOP	RD$
Dronning Maud Land	see Norway

E
East Timor	see Timor-Leste
Ecuador	uses the U.S. Dollar
Egypt	Egyptian pound	EGP	£
El Salvador	uses the U.S. Dollar
Equatorial Guinea	Central African CFA franc	GQE	CFA
Eritrea	Eritrean nakfa	ERN	Nfa
Estonia	Estonian kroon	EEK	KR
Ethiopia	Ethiopian birr	ETB	Br

F
Faeroe Islands (Føroyar)	see Denmark
Falkland Islands	Falkland Islands pound	FKP	£
Fiji	Fijian dollar	FJD	FJ$
Finland	European euro	EUR	€
France	European euro	EUR	€
French Guiana	see France
French Polynesia	CFP franc	XPF	F

G
Gabon	Central African CFA franc	XAF	CFA
Gambia	Gambian dalasi	GMD	D
Georgia	Georgian lari	GEL
Germany	European euro	EUR	€
Ghana	Ghanaian cedi	GHS
Gibraltar	Gibraltar pound	GIP	£
Great Britain	see United Kingdom
Greece	European euro	EUR	€
Greenland	see Denmark
Grenada	East Caribbean dollar	XCD	EC$
Guadeloupe	see France
Guam	see United States
Guatemala	Guatemalan quetzal	GTQ	Q
Guernsey	see United Kingdom
Guinea-Bissau	West African CFA franc	XOF	CFA
Guinea	Guinean franc	GNF	FG
Guyana	Guyanese dollar	GYD	GY$

H
Haiti	Haitian gourde	HTG	G
Heard and McDonald Islands	see Australia
Honduras	Honduran lempira	HNL	L
Hong Kong	Hong Kong dollar	HKD	HK$
Hungary	Hungarian forint	HUF	Ft

I
Iceland	Icelandic króna	ISK	kr
India	Indian rupee	INR
Indonesia	Indonesian rupiah	IDR	Rp
International Monetary Fund	Special Drawing Rights	XDR	SDR
Iran	Iranian rial	IRR
Iraq	Iraqi dinar	IQD
Ireland	European euro	EUR	€
Isle of Man	see United Kingdom
Israel	Israeli new sheqel	ILS
Italy	European euro	EUR	€
Ivory Coast	see Costa Rica

J
Jamaica	Jamaican dollar	JMD	J$
Japan	Japanese yen	JPY	¥
Jersey	see United Kingdom
Johnston Island	see United States
Jordan	Jordanian dinar	JOD

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