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Fake or mistake
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2024 7:32 pm
by europaee
Hi everyone, I have a coins for which I would like some advice:
1 Euro from Latvia
/ with a shadow of the date 20?? is it a printing mistake?
Thank you
S.
Re: Fake or mistake
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 3:56 pm
by Elmo
I am tended to think it is neither: this is a heavily used coin with a lot of wear and tear. By looking at the photograph, I can barely make out the year 2014, so this coin is a real €1 coin that has been in circulation for 10 years.
Re: Fake or mistake
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2024 4:49 pm
by RKPLt
europaee wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2024 7:32 pm
Hi everyone, I have a coins for which I would like some advice:
1 Euro from Latvia
/ with a shadow of the date 20?? is it a printing mistake?
Thank you
S.
It is made with a near fully worn die. This has to be one of the last coins, minted with this set of dies. Additionally, this exact coin had some hard mechanical contacts some time in it's life. I suppose, this is 2016 year coin, they really happen to have clear "20" and less expressed "16" in their date.