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1970 Brazil 20 Centavos - Struck off-center

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  • 1970 Brazil 20 Centavos - Struck off-center

    Here are some photos of a recent buy -- I thought it was a nice error coin...









    How would you classify this error? Simply struck off center? Partial collar? Broadstrike?

  • #2
    Struck off-center against a stiff collar.
    Mike Diamond. Error coin writer and researcher.

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    • #3
      I do like the obverse, it reminds me of LIBERTY. The reverse; higher gas prices, UGH!

      BJ Neff
      Member of: ANA, CCC, CONECA, Fly-in-club, FUN, NLG & T.E.V.E.C.

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      • #4
        Thanks for the explanation Mike. Most off-center strikes I've seen don't have this cupping/curved up edge -- so I knew something else was also going on. I just didn't know what to call it.

        BJ- I too liked the obverse design. But I'd say it is perhaps what LIBERTY should have looked like. Sorry, but IMO most 19th century LIBERTY designs missed the mark as far as being attractive. And about the oil rigging on the reverse - I found it a funny contrast in that Brazil is now one of the worlds leading ethanol producers. So if minted today, I guess it would have to be a corn stalk.
        Last edited by russellhome; 04-29-2008, 09:11 PM.

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        • #5
          Actually, the Brazilians use sugar cane. A much better source of ethanol than corn.
          Mike Diamond. Error coin writer and researcher.

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