1962 Australian Penny - Missing '1': '962'

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ClusterCoin Valued Member Australia 100 Posts	Posted 07/10/2023 04:11 am I've been going through my latest purchases at auction and came across an odd 1962 penny. It's missing the 1. Under certain light angles it looks like there is an extremely feint top half of the '1' on there, but I really have to search for it. 9.37 grams, correct size. Is this an error, or was someone being funny grinding off the '1'? Renniks doesn't list an error like this, although there is a coin on ebay that looks like it's from the same die. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/394446922436 Is my coin genuine? It doesn't seem to be a valuable error, as the above ebay coin in better condition only has a $149 asking price. Edited by ClusterCoin 07/10/2023 04:13 am Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 32709 Posts	Posted 07/10/2023 05:28 am Could it have been struck through some grease in the die causing that number one to not be fully developed? "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21593 Posts	Posted 07/10/2023 08:24 am Pennies were, in fact struck in AD 962, but this is not one of them. This Australian bronze (obviously 1962) Penny, was struck by a very neatly grease or debris filled die. It would definitely find a place in my collection of World error coins. Report this Post to the Staff
ClusterCoin Valued Member Australia 100 Posts	Posted 07/10/2023 08:52 am Thank you for the responses. I am still new to error and miss strikes so did not know what to ask Google to find out the answer. I was about to put the coin into my bucket of pennies, so I'm glad I caught the error. Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 54905 Posts	Posted 07/10/2023 4:55 pm Pretty nice example of a Struck Through Grease error. A keeper. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
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