164. 50 SEN 2000 DIE CRACK RTR AND DIE CHIP

image 1: obverse and reverse of the coin

image 2: obverse of the coin

image 3: the crack line and a cud

I am sorry for the long hiatus.

I was, and still being infected by syndrome of busy and hectic life.

Increasing workloads, papers, and books to read, and massive inputs from those numismatic sifus that I met recently are the top two things that made unable to spend long time in front of my computer.

As the Malay saying goes, "Jauh perjalanan, luas pemandangan" - the farther you travel, the more you know.

For the images posted above, this is my recent discovery of Malaysia error coin among my loose coins.

For this coin, a Die Crack Rim-to-Rim (RTR) can be seen with a tiny cud from a chipped die (refer image 3).

Interestingly, the Die Crack is quite similar to my specimen here of year 2003.

151. 10 SEN 1982 DIE CRACK PROGRESSION?

image 1: obverse and reverse of Coin A

image 2: obverse and reverse of Coin B

image 3: side-by-side comparison of coin A and Coin B

                     Just found the first die crack error coin, Coin A yesterday with my friend in his piggy bank. Quickly I asked him to own this coin as I remember I bought a quite similar crack error coin sometime ago. Could it be a die crack progression set? Both are dated 1982 and they could came from the same dies set. Upon close inspection, I think the crack on Coin A is situated exactly as crack on Coin B, but they are of different nature. The crack of Coin A seems heading a little bit south-west while on Coin B it headed straight bottom. Just my wild initial analysis. What do you think?

142. malaysia 1 sen 2007 die crack error

image 1: obverse and reverse of the coin

     A nice 1 cent coin of Malaysia, dated 2007 in uncirculated condition with original mint luster. Die crack line can be observed on its reverse. The die crack line starts from the rim at 6 o'clock heading up through "E' and "1" until it reaches the hibiscus flower. Upon close inspection I think this is an RTR Die Crack Error as a faint line can be observed at around 10 o'clock.

136. 50 sen 2011 DIE CRACK LINE

 

image 1: obverse and reverse of the coin

image 2: crack line on the reverse of the coin

       The last edition of the second coinage of Malaysia, dated 2011 which has a die crack error on its reverse. I notice that these 2011 dated 50 cent coin are quite hard to be found circulated outside Klang Valley.

     Looking forward to lay my hand onto those new yellowish 50 sen 2011 of the 3rd series!

115. Malaysia 50 Sen 2000 Die Crack Error

image 1: obverse and reverse of the coin

image 2: crack line on the obverse

image 3: crack line on the reverse

   A minor crack line on the obverse of the coin. Perhaps there are more lines due to cracks that cannot be seen with naked eyes. I need a microscope!

   Wait! From the scanned image of the coin, I notice there is a crack line on the reverse too! See image 3.

    After being pointed up by Mr Dickson, I now realized that the crack is in radial form. Most die cracks that I have encountered before is either radially inward or outward.

93. Malaysia 50 Sen 2003 Die Crack Error

image 1: obverse and reverse of the coin

image 2: crack line

    I think I am getting better at spotting error coin! Practise makes perfect, but nobody's perfect, sure got some imperfection on it. So does coins. :)

85. Malaysia 5 Sen 2010 Die Crack Error aUNC

image 1: obverse and reverse of the coin

A die crack error on the reverse of the coin starting from the rim at 4 o'clock to the center of the coin. This is considered as minor die crack as the thickness of the crack line is not so thick and only about 0.5cm in length.