TWO DIFFERENT ERROR COINS: 2 x 1993 One Rands

On our first coin the error occurred due to a clipped planchet (blank metal disk or flan, on which the coin is struck). The reason for this is that the steel rod that punches out blanks overlaps a previously cut portion of the coinage strip, and clipped blank results. The result in this case is a SEVERE error as the weight of the error coin is only 1.9 gram vs. the correct weight of the normal coin of 4 gram. (More than half less than the normal weight!) Also, the diameter is only 16 mm vs. a normal R1-coin that should be 20 mm. The coin, bar the spectacular planchet-error, is in brilliant uncirculated condition.

Our second coin is also a One Rand dated 1993. But compared to our first coin, a second error occurs. Not only is the weight of the coin half that of a normal R1.00 coin and the diameter remarkably less at only 16 mm, BUT the colour (metal?) of the coin is TOTALLY different to a normal R1.00 coin. If you look at the following picture, you will notice that the colour is almost exactly the same as that of the new 10c to 50c series (being a gold and NOT a silver colour). So not only is the planchet wrong, the metal colour is ALSO wrong – a truly spectacular DOUBLE error! The coin, bar the spectacular planchet- and metal-colour error, is also in brilliant uncirculated condition.

In the following picture the obverse and reverse of the two error-coins are shown on the bottom, whilst two normal R1 coins are shown on the bottom… (The picture could take a few seconds to load)

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