UNIQUE Two-Tailed Off-Metal 10 Cent Euro Struck with Two Reverse Dies NGC MS 65 - $15,000 - (Las Vegas, NV)
Contact Us | Other Auctions | About Our Coins | About Our Art Mike Byers is a World Renowned Expert on U.S. & World Major Mint Errors and an Award Winning Author He literally "wrote the book" World's Greatest Mint Errors, which received the Numismatic Literary Guild's award for Best World Book. He is the publisher & editor of Mint Error News Magazine & Website which is widely regarded as the most informative and comprehensive resource for Major Mint Errors. He was an ANACS consultant for Major Mint Errors and has written articles for the Coin Dealer Newsletter. Mike Byers and his discoveries have been featured on the front page of Coin World numerous times. Mike Byers Inc carries a multi-million dollar world class inventory of major mint errors, die trials and numismatic rarities. His extensive personal collection of major mint errors is being authenticated and certified by NGC and designated on the insert as THE BYERS COLLECTION. "Two-Tailed" Off-Metal 10 Cent Euro Struck With Two Reverse Dies On Chrome Plated Iron Planchet NGC MS 65 UNIQUE (The Only Coin In Existence) This coin is the only known 10 Cent Euro struck with two reverse dies and is off-metal on a chrome plated iron planchet. The dies were rotated 180° when they struck this two-tailed 10 Cent Euro. This exceptionally rare type of mint error has occurred only five times in U.S. or World modern numismatic history where a coin was struck by either two obverse dies or two reverse dies and struck on an off-metal planchet. It weighs 3.92 grams and is magnetic, instead of the regular 10 Cent Euro planchet that weighs 4.10 grams and of "nordic gold" composition. The composition of the regular 10 Cent Euro is 89% copper, 5% aluminum, 5% zinc and 1% tin. This two-tailed off-metal is in gem mint state condition which is amazing considering a wrong planchet in diameter, thickness and metal content was struck incorrectly by two reverse dies. This is the only known "two-tailed" "off-metal" Euro coin on a chrome p…
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