1988 Bermuda One Cent -- Bronze, not Copper-coated Steel

I have a 1988 Bermuda One Cent coin.  Weight is 3.09 gm.  It is not attracted to a rare earth magnet.

The common version of this coin is copper-plated steel (KM#44a), but the one I have is bronze (KM#44).  Older forum posts talked about this coin and characterized it as a metal type error.

I'd say the condition is VF20, maybe XF40.  My camera doesn't take very good pictures or I'd post some.

Can anyone tell me the approximate value of this coin?  The usual websites where I look up values don't even mention a bronze 1988 Bermuda One Cent.  Thanks.

You may please check the value of KM#44 and 44a (NGC Price Guide) from World Coin Gallery.
Hope you will get the information required by you.

rasa

The NGC price guide does not list the 1988 One Cent if it is bronze.  It only lists copper-plated steel, but my coin is bronze.

It is available - KM#44:
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Date
Denom
Mintage
 
 
AG3
G4
VG8
F12
VF20
XF40
AU50
MS60
MS63
|
Proof
1986
Cent 1,360,000
Shop Similar $ - - - - - 0.10 - 0.30 0.50   -
1986 Proof
Cent 2,500
Shop Similar $ - - - - - - - - -   2.00
1987
Cent 2,048,000
Shop Similar $ - - - - - 0.10 - 0.30 0.50   -
1990
Cent 1,500,000
Shop Similar $ - - - - - 0.10 - 0.30 0.50   -

Melt Value = "¤"
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ermuda Cent KM# 44     1986-1990
1987

New World Price Guide Search


1986-1990 Bermuda Cent reverse

*Image(s) not of exact coin
  
SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: Bronze
Weight: 3.1100g
Diameter: 19mm
DESIGN
Obverse: Crowned head right
Obverse Designer: Raphael Maklouf
Reverse: Wild boar left
Reverse Designer: Michael Rizzello
Edge Description: Plain
NOTES
Ruler: Elizabeth II
Numismatic specification data and valuation estimates provided by Krause Publications NumisMaster.
Find more coin values at NumisMaster.com

I have just copied and given. You may verify.

rasa

Thank you rasa.  I did see that web page.  But it doesn't list a 1988 bronze coin.  The One Cent that year is supposed to be copper-plated steel; my coin isn't.

http://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/bermuda-cent-km-44-1986-1990-cuid-38569-duid-108586

It looks like you do indeed have a metal type error coin here.
According to the weight, you have KM#44. Bronze, but wasn't minted in 1988.
KM#44a is the only 1 cent minted in 1988, but your's is too heavy (3.1g compared to 2.8g).

Can you supply a picture of the coin?
Just to confirm the date, it might be a 1986 that looks like 1988.

If it is 1988, then I reckon it's probably worth a bit more than $0.10.  

Turns out my wife's iPad takes better closeup pictures than my camera, so here's an image of my bronze 1988 Bermuda One Cent.

If anyone has thoughts about its value, they would be appreciated.

http://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/bermuda-cent-km-44-1986-1990-cuid-38569-duid-108586

In the above reference, the specification reads as "Bronze". Please verify.

rasa

I have a 1988 bronze Bermuda cent too.

Rasa -- the thing we're both finding confusing is that they say 1986-1990 is bronze yet they do not show any quantity minted for 1988.  If you search for the 1988 coin on the NGC website you get a copper-plated steel one.

I'm trying to see if the Bermuda Monetary Authority can provide more information.  Thanks for your input on my questions.

http://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/bermuda-cent-km-44a-1988-cuid-38570-duid-108590