20 snt finland 2001 error?

[stupido]

Hi im new to this coin collecting thing and i was wondering is this coin an error or variant or just plain damaged coin?

circular lines between stars.

Any insights?

-Stupido

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It is a normal coin. Its shape is the standard Spanish flower, used for all the euro 20 cents coins.

See: Coin characteristics: the Spanish flower.

[stupido]

circular lines between stars also normal?

-Stupido

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circular lines between stars also normal?

They look like scratches. I'm English, so let's hope an EU citizen can answer your question.

[Figleaf]

Yes, they are scratches. Sometimes, this happens when a brush in a cleaning machine is changed and the new brush is just a little too hard, but it also happens outside the mint, e.g. a vending machine or parking meter handles the coin a bit roughly. If the coin had been a century or so older it could have been the fault of the pantograph when turning a big plaster model into a mother die.

Peter

[stupido]

Yes, they are scratches. Sometimes, this happens when a brush in a cleaning machine is changed and the new brush is just a little too hard, but it also happens outside the mint, e.g. a vending machine or parking meter handles the coin a bit roughly. If the coin had been a century or so older it could have been the fault of the pantograph when turning a big plaster model into a mother die.

Peter

interesting. Cheers!

[Globetrotter]

It also happens, when the coins are machine packed into rolls