MEXICO BLANK ERROR?

[gabriel101101]

I bought a bank bag of Mexican 20 Centavos pieces, and I looked through all the coins and found 3 1951 keydates and some 1952's, and a decent mix of 40's and toned coins, but this coin stood out the most. I picked this coin up and thought it was a regular coin untill I turned it over. This coin was completely out of the ordinary. Is this coin a blank planchet error? It is a has a type 2 eagle from 1955 - 1971. Also is it worth anything?

 

[Mackaydon]

Type 2, indeed; larger snake.
The mark on the blank appears to be a hole that starting on the 'eagle' side of the coin; yet no mark appears on the eagle side to have created the mark.
Very odd,
Don..........

 

[gabriel101101]

The hold is not completely into the coin it is at where the date should be. It also looks like it has a small clipped planchet on the right side rim of the eagle not shown in the picture

 

[Mackaydon]

I couldn't tell if it were clipped or just the shadow of your finger--in both pics.
Don.......

 

[gabriel101101]

I cant get a clear shot of the clipped planchet but is the coin a mint error? The top edged of the hole are folded over on the rest of the coin. Is It a mint error? Is there any extra value to it? Yes you did see the shadow of my finger

 

[kingskid1611]

That's cool. I want a bag of Mexican coins to go thru. Neat find.

 

[huntsman53]

The lack of a rim or any remnants of one on the Obverse side, I am voting that the smooth surface is man-made.


Frank

 

[gabriel101101]

Blank coins do not allways have to have rims.

Blank Coins with No Rims
If your blank coin doesn't even have the upraised rim yet, it's technically a coin blank. If it is made of silver, it is almost impossible to authenticate, but if it's clad, an expert in error coins could probably authenticate it, in which case (if authentic) it's worth maybe $50 or more. Keep in mind that a genuine coin blank will have a rough, perhaps sharp edge, and the blank may be off-color or grainy looking, depending on what part of the coin blank processing phase it was in when it left the mint.

This coin is a very grainy coin and it also has a small sharp edge on the rim of the coin that appears to be a clipped planchet on the left edge one part of the rim but the clipped planchet is only about 1/3 of the part of the rim

 

[Mackaydon]

The composition of the coin is bronze.
Don......

 

[kcm]

Very interesting!

 

[HuntinDog]

Weigh it and compare it to an authentic coin.

 

[gabriel101101]

I weighed it and it was 8 grams instead of 10