Finland 5 markka 1937 "arrow head" or reverse L shape

Started by stupido, February 25, 2024, 08:39:45 PM

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stupido

Hey here i am again asking stupid questions:

I was going trough my stack of finnish marks and found this thing in my coin pile.
Is this post mint or mint error? what causes this kind of arrow head puncture formation?
I have seen something similar in some rare German 2 euro coins, but i don't know what causes this kind of pattern.
Reverse seems normal but what im interested is in the front of the coin.
Its not extra metal, its pressed on the coin, reverse L shape or "arrow head".

Please fill the gaps for me on this matter if you know something on the subject.

-Stupido




"Ask stupid questions. Never provide." -Stupido

stupido

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And giving reference for those German 2 euro coins i was talking about.
I dont even know if these are true errors, just similar thing i see here.

Foreign object in minting die or just someone stamped this after mint?
Trader made marking on the coin? (why? its not precious metal)
Ofc we cant know for 100% but i would love to hear some theories.

Im 99% sure most of these "rare euro error" things are scam, but why im seeing similar things on old finnish 5 mark coin?

-Stupido
"Ask stupid questions. Never provide." -Stupido

Figleaf

I have Islamic script counterpunched coins from the early middle ages (as far as that term is applicable to those coins). Counterpunching coins is of almost all times. The punches run from altering the trading value of coins in emergencies to vandalism, with big sub-categories financial emergencies, politics and (self)-advertising. In many cases, the counterstamper did not leave enough evidence of his motivation.

Such counterpunches as you show may or may not have meaning, e.g. the 5, well centred on the German eagle, may mean "just in case you were wondering, this is a 5 euro piece" or "let's try my brand new 5 punch on this coin". It is practically impossible to find out the who or why of such simplistic punches.

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.