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inside out german eagle €1 coin

  • 05-09-2012 11:50AM
    #1
    merc
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    I found a German €1 coin which has the silver inside the wrong way around.
    Its almost as if some one popped the inside out turned it around and then put it back in.
    At first I taught it was a fake but the print there on both sides.

    Just wondering is this common or have I got some thing unusual?


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  • #2
    kiffer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,097 ✭✭✭kiffer


    merc wrote: »
    I found a German €1 coin which has the silver inside the wrong way around.
    Its almost as if some one popped the inside out turned it around and then put it back in.
    At first I taught it was a fake but the print there on both sides.

    Just wondering is this common or have I got some thing unusual?

    What year is it?


  • #3
    Blade
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    merc wrote: »
    Its almost as if some one popped the inside out turned it around and then put it back in.

    If the design on both sides doesn't line up with the outer ring, then that's exactly what happened.


  • #4
    merc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 ✭merc


    its 2002.

    It just looks like the insode was turned around.
    How in the name of god would you pop it out and put it back in?


  • #5
    Blade
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    merc wrote: »
    its 2002.

    It just looks like the insode was turned around.
    How in the name of god would you pop it out and put it back in?

    It pops out quite easily actually, hammer and chisel should do the trick. Then just glue it back in.

    See image of the blanks below. The coins are struck on BOTH sides at the same time, all in one go. The struck image spans right across both metals. There's no possibility of what you have being any kind of mint error. I've seen people trying to sell these on ebay as 'errors' when clearly they are not.

    http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b165/DaniSchneider/b-1.jpg


  • #6
    kiffer
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    merc wrote: »
    its 2002.

    It just looks like the insode was turned around.
    How in the name of god would you pop it out and put it back in?

    Thought it might be 2002.... there was a batch of German euro coins that were looser than they should have been. I remember someone saying you could almost do it with your hand... there was some trick to it.


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  • #7
    Blade
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    Here's an example, obvious whack marks included.


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