leah_s Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 I wonder if anyone can help, or is indeed interested in this! I spent the weekend sorting out a lot of old stuff in my loft, and found that in September 1991 I found a 'new' (as it was then) five pence coin which had no milling around the edge. I was around 11 at the time, and it appears I wrote to the Royal Mint about it! They sent a simple response saying that if i wanted it valued, to get in touch with a coin dealer. I dont think i ever bothered - and now with the advent of the internet, i thought it was worth posting the question; is this coin of interest/value to anyone? thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 leah_s, that is quite interesting. It can be possible that it is a genuine mint error. However it can be possible that someone nasty decided to wear off the edges using a sandpaper or such and tried to pass it off as an error coin. You'll never know though. If it is possible to post pictures of the edge (which I can assume is quite difficult), please give it a try Welcome to coinpeople by the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leah_s Posted April 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 Hi there, See links below for a couple of photos which, as you say, aren't easy to take! it doesn't look (to the very untrained eye) like it has been sanded, but i guess its possible! I couldnt get them to attach, sorry, but hope these help! http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/album_phot..._photo=96244087 http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/album_phot..._photo=96244097 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De Orc Posted April 29, 2007 Report Share Posted April 29, 2007 Um unfortunatly a bit hard to tell from those pics, I would sugest that you try for a acurate weight and check it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlavicScott Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 lHowever it can be possible that someone nasty decided to wear off the edges using a sandpaper or such and tried to pass it off as an error coin. Or, it could've been altered to defraud vending machines. There is a rash of "error" Polish coins from 1989 & 1990 (10 zlotych, if I remember correctly), without the milling. It has been determined that these were machined down in order to be passed off as German 1DM coins in vending machines (and a very lucrative scam at that, judging by the quantities of these "plain edge" coins available). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Or, it could've been altered to defraud vending machines. There is a rash of "error" Polish coins from 1989 & 1990 (10 zlotych, if I remember correctly), without the milling. It has been determined that these were machined down in order to be passed off as German 1DM coins in vending machines (and a very lucrative scam at that, judging by the quantities of these "plain edge" coins available). Yeah, I have a bunch of those too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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