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BWA error coins
Here is another very interesting and really unique error coin from BWA. It's not listed in Krause coin catalog, 1 Penny 1952, made by Heaton Mint. The standard coinage was made from bronze (KM#30a), this example was minted from brass. There is only one graded example (NGC VF35@1). I think that it is from Format collection.
1). SPINK(1991), R.J.Ford Sale, Lot 117. Penny, 1952H, struck in brass, 8.83gr (V339). Very Fine, extremely rare. Ex Format Reference Collection. Sold 70 GBP
2). HERITAGE (2016), David Vice Sale, Lot 37118. George VI brass off-metal strike Penny 1952-H VF35 NGC, Heaton mint, FT339, KM-. From the collector: "Error struck on a brass flan. Ex R.J. Ford Collection, Lot 117." An extraordinary rarity, missing from both the Diana and Arielle Collections. Some even wear, but an original surface with no distracting marks or discoloration spots. Certainly a curious piece, ideal for the error collector! Sold 294 USD
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Yes, the BWA 1d 1952 brass of metal strike of the Ford collection sale in October 1991 and of the David Vice collection sale in January 2016 is the same coin. Low grade but probably unique. It sold for $293.75 with an estimate of $500-$600.
But there are more error coins, for example BWA 1d 1940H, PCGS MS64RB, E11113.64/28578618, Stack's January 2014, struck on a GB 1/2dplan, w/o hole, $258.50 .
Another one: BWA 1d 1937H, NGC MS63BN, 3160161-004, BRONZE, as KM19, KM-PN A10, bought in 2009
KM PN A10, 1 Penny 1937H, Struck in bronze on a British East Africa 10 cent blank, ex Arielle Collection/
Firstly the coin has the coin orientation (↑↓), the standard mintage has the medal orientation. Secondly it was made from bronze vs Cu-Ni of standard mintage.
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7 coins came out of the Birmingham Mint in the mid 1970s
Auctions ~ 3-4 different coins
Graded - 1: NGC SPRB65@1
1). Spink 88 (1991), lot 115. Penny 1937H, struck in copper blank for the East Africa 10 Cents. A trifle spotty, mint state and very rare. Sold 110 GBP
2). Heritage Auctions 357 (2004), lot 12378. George VI Penny 1937H, KM-PnA10 (type of KM19), FT-337, struck on a bronze East Africa planchet instead of the usual copper-nickel planchet, toned Unc. An unusual and rare issue. From the Professor Wayne Newton Palmer Collection. Sold 546 USD
3). Baldwin's Auctions 58 (24.09.2008), lot 1376. THE DIANA COLLECTION. British West Africa Pattern Penny, 1937H, struck in bronze instead of the regular copper-nickel (KM Pna10). Brilliant uncirculated. ex Palmer collection. Bronze wouldn’t be used for the coins in BWA until 15 years later, so why would the Heaton Mint have considered this? It would be easy enough to take an East African 10-Cent planchet and use it as a test piece, to show that this coin was a serious project. They were struck with a coin die axis, instead of the typical medal die axis of the BWA and EA coins. A total of seven pieces came out of the Birmingham Mint in the mid 1970s. The only other one we can trace having sold is the Ford example. Sold 500 GBP
4). Baldwin's Auctions 85 (26.09.2013), lot 3080. British West AFRICA. George VI, Bronze Penny, 1937H, struck on an East Africa 10-Cents (KM -). Semi-prooflike uncirculated. It is thought that seven of these were struck but we can only find the Ford example, sold for £110, and the example in the Diana collection, sold for £500. As it is the first year of a new type, thinking of a new metal for their coinage is not unusual although it would be 15 years before this metal was used for this denomination. Part of the Arielle Collection Of British Colonial Coins.
5). Heritage Austions (2016). George VI bronze Pattern Specimen Penny 1937-H SP65 Red and Brown NGC, Heaton mint, FT-337, KM-PnA10. Struck in bronze on a British East Africa 10 cent blank. Aside from examples in the Diana Collection and the Arielle Collection, no other specimen of this particular pattern issue has been on the market in at least a decade. Judging just from the photographs in the catalogs, the coin on offer here is much higher grade, with more eye appeal in terms of luster and original red patina, than either of those two pieces. Another notable opportunity as part of the Vice Collection. Sold 1,410 USD
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Without a hole I have got 1 Penny 1945, not listed in Krause.Â
Struck in copper without a central hole
Graded - 1: NGC MSBN62@1
HERITAGE (2016), David Vice Sale, Lot 37117. George VI copper Pattern Penny 1945 MS62 Brown NGC, Royal mint, FT-, KM-. From the collector: "Struck in copper without a central hole. Unlisted pattern suggesting the Royal Mint was already thinking of changing from a copper-nickel coinage to one of copper. A change which eventually took place in 1952." A very important piece that was lacking in both the Diana and Arielle Collections. Wonderfully preserved with a chocolate brown patina. Sold 1,234 USD
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Really unique coin