Monday, June 29, 2009

In Britain, for the first time in 300 years, produced coins with a mistake.

200 thousand 20-pensovyh coins were otchekaneno Royal Mint of Great Britain without the date of issue, writes The Daily Telegraph. Such an incident happened for the first time in 300 years.
This was due to the change of the design of coins such dignity. Part denznakov was produced with the same obverse and a new reversible, resulting in the release date has not been printed. A mistake is noticed only when a coin has come into circulation.
Meanwhile, mistakenly issued a coin collector's already aroused interest. In particular, monetary London offices, private companies engaged in unusual monetary signs, proposed for each of the 50 pounds of coins that 250 times as much formal her dignity. The company hopes to sell the coins for collectors more summu.Korolevsky mint noted that the coin is not removed from circulation and are accepted at face value. "But if people want to pay for them, their business," - quoted the representative of the British edition.

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