France 1922 25 Centimes without Hole -- anyone have info? [solved]

Hi all,

I just got a French 1922 25 centimes, KM867a, without a hole in the middle.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces710.html

I haven't seen this before and I haven't found anything in the catalogs or on google about it. Anyone know anything?

Thanks,

Chris

p.s. I can upload a pic if anyone is interested.

Yes please for pics!
Loruca

Very nice,
These kind of coins have often errors, smaller hole, the hole can be displaced... or sometimes without a hole.
Here a few examples:
http://www.saivenumismatique.fr/archives/monnaies_r1/monnaies-francaises-1793-1959_c45/monnaies-fautees_p1319/iii-republique_t131/

Fakes exist. Have you checked the weight and if it is magnetic ?

I saw something last night, admittedly for a 10 Centimes, that shows sometimes
French coins exist without a hole, so same happened I guess to a 25 Centimes as well ...

Quote: "chrismck"​Hi all,
​
​I just got a French 1922 25 centimes, KM867a, without a hole in the middle.
​
​https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces710.html
​
​I haven't seen this before and I haven't found anything in the catalogs or on google about it. Anyone know anything?
​
​Thanks,
​
​Chris
​
​p.s. I can upload a pic if anyone is interested.

​It certainly appears to be a real coin. Where did you find it?

It doesn't look fake but I would be interested to see the edge as the coin seems short (lake all around).
Error known, not usuall.
Example of sold one in Professional store : http://www.cgb.fr/25-centimes-lindauer-non-perfore-1921-f-171-5-var-ttb-48,fmd_063321,a.html
Exists with small hole : http://www.cgb.fr/25-centimes-lindauer-petite-perforation-1929-f-171-13-var-tb-35,fmd_307190,a.html

Quote: "Steve27"​
​​It certainly appears to be a real coin. Where did you find it?

​Hi Steve,

I was rifling through the foreign junk silver bin at a coin shop and pulling out the odd thing I needed, and it was in there.

Chris

Quote: "smy77"​Very nice,
​These kind of coins have often errors, smaller hole, the hole can be displaced... or sometimes without a hole.
​Here a few examples:
​http://www.saivenumismatique.fr/archives/monnaies_r1/monnaies-francaises-1793-1959_c45/monnaies-fautees_p1319/iii-republique_t131/
​
​Fakes exist. Have you checked the weight and if it is magnetic ?
​

​No, I hadn't -- but now that you mention it, it's 4.99g, which is a little light considering the extra material where the hole should be. It's also magnetic.

I guess it's fake...too bad.

Oh, these are bad news.
The weight should be definitively over 5 g. with the overage of metal.
And it should not be magnetic (cupro-nickel)
I'm sorry for you

Quote: "smy77"​Oh, these are bad news.
​The weight should be definitively over 5 g. with the overage of metal.
​And it should not be magnetic (cupro-nickel)
​I'm sorry for you
​
​
​

No worries, I bought it from a scrap bin. Easy come, easy go