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October 8, 2008
Ramstrike or High Lip Coin Error
Australia 1964 1d Ramstrike or High Lip Error
Another type of out of collar coin error is the 'ramstrike' or 'high lip' coin error. This sort of error occurs when the planchet is partially off-centre or out of alignment when the coin striking process starts. As the hammer die moves down to strike the coin part of the planchet is retained against the top of the collar and the rest of the planchet is driven down into the collar against the anvil die. This results in the retained part of the planchet being stretched vertically giving an unusual high lip on part of the rim of the coin. Certainly for Australia pre-decimal coins, the ramstrike, or high lip error is not as common as the normal broadstrike, but when you can find one they are spectacular errors.
The ramstrike error above is the best one that I have seen. The coin is beautifully struck, is in truly choice uncirculated condition, and has a lovely high lip. These sorts of scarce high grade errors are what the error coin collector should be looking for all the time. They are few and far between and should be snapped up if you can afford them!
Posted by mnemtsas at October 8, 2008 4:34 PM
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