Hello guys.
A very interesting find, in change I received some weeks ago.
Whatever it was, something terrible happened to this coin.. Do you think this is a fake?
My question is whether it is possible for this to be a mint error for this type of coin. How common are euro coin errors? I have not come across such major ugliness before!
Most errors I have encountered are minor and appear as small metal blobs appearing where they should not be on the coins. But this is too much.
I have something similar to this, but with a UK £2 coin.
The centre has been punched out, hence the hole/dent on the reverse, and then put back in the wrong way round.
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I'm not an expert in any kind of coins, but I reckon I'm good at research and will do my best to help. Feel free to tell me my identifications/valuations/gradings are wrong. It's the only way I'll learn.