MALAYSIA COIN STRIKING ERRORS:MAJOR OFF-CENTER STRIKES
Malaysia Major Off-Center Strike Error Coin
Rarity:RRR
There are various classes of off-center strike coins.
The first is a measure of the degree or amount of off-center the error is. This is normal expressed as a percentage. A 5% off-center coin has the majority of the design present and could easily be missed with a quick glance. On the other hand a 95% off-center coin would appear as near miss with only the smallest portion of the planchet struck with any design and the odds of a full date are slim.
Rarity:RRR
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| Malaysia.2001.20 Cents. Major Off-Center Strikes.Obverse. (Dickson Niew Collection) |
There are various classes of off-center strike coins.
The first is a measure of the degree or amount of off-center the error is. This is normal expressed as a percentage. A 5% off-center coin has the majority of the design present and could easily be missed with a quick glance. On the other hand a 95% off-center coin would appear as near miss with only the smallest portion of the planchet struck with any design and the odds of a full date are slim.
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| Malaysia.2001.20 Cents. Major Off-Center Strikes.Reverse. (Dickson Niew Collection) |
Second,a no date, partial date, and the full date off-center strike coin. One can see that if a small percentage of any mintage is struck off-center in error that only part of them will still retain the area of the design that might contains the date, making full date major off-center coins the scarcest of all and the most desirable.
This a Major Off-Center Strike 20 cents coin,50% off- center struck at 9 o'clock on obverse.On the reverse,this 20 cents coin with 50% off-center at 3 o'clock and exhibits partial date.
Phew, a full date major off center coin!
ReplyDeleteGonna crank up our search machines, haha!
Thanks alot for sharing, Dickson :)