Swaziland 5 Cents km48 and km48a

I maintain my coin data on site https://worldcoingallery.com as well as Numista. Keeping my coin data on worldcoingallery allows me to see coins he has for sale quickly and easily.

Recently I added a Swaziland 5 Cents km48 on Numista https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces2269.html and worldcoingallery http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/Swaziland.php and found that worldcoingallery listed km48 as well as km48a. It seems that the distinction between the km’s is that km48 the obverse bust is 3/4 right and km48a, the bust is 1/4 right and Numista does not list the variation. NGC https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/swaziland-5-cents-km-48a-1999-cuid-1100557-duid-1556018 has the variation also. Worldcoingallery has images for both variations.

But here is my question, looking at the images on worldcoingallery, my eye cannot see the difference in the coins. NGC does not have images. Is anyone on Numista aware of the variation and if it does exist, is it worthy of listing in the Numista catalog?

Usually a change in KM notation like that indicates a composition change.

Quote: "Cerulean"​Usually a change in KM notation like that indicates a composition change.

​Not in this case, as I understand it, this is about the design or position of the bust on the obverse. As km48 is identified as 3/4 right and km48a as 1/4 right.

I looked at the images. They appeared exactly the same. Probably a composition change? Or size change?

Quote: "Oklahoman"​I looked at the images. They appeared exactly the same. Probably a composition change? Or size change?

​I agree with Cerulean, a suffix of a letter usually signifies a composition difference. I checked the specifications on Numista for km48 and NGC for km48 and km48a and found them identical; diameter, composition. I am back to where I started, that there is no variation that should be km48a. The search that I have made has turned up evidence to make me believe otherwise.

Quote: "Oklahoman"​I looked at the images. They appeared exactly the same. Probably a composition change? Or size change?

​I agree with Cerulean, a suffix of a letter usually signifies a composition difference. I checked the specifications on Numista for km48 and NGC for km48 and km48a and found them identical; diameter, composition. I am back to where I started, that there is no variation that should be km48a. The search that I have made has turned up evidence to make me believe otherwise.

I also haven't found evidence for KM# 48a as a separate type.

For additional evidence, the schön catalog doesn't list any variation to correspond with KM# 48a.

I think, the km56 = km48a, which is the logical km# since it's only an alloy change, but KM says clearly km56, so please make the according change request for whereever you have found the km48a?

Quote: "Sjoelund"​
​I think, the km56 = km48a, which is the logical km# since it's only an alloy change, but KM says clearly km56, so please make the according change request for whereever you have found the km48a?

I do not think that km56 is the answer. As the links that I provided in the initial post indicated, NGC and Worldcoingallery are referencing Swaziland 5 Cent dated 1999. ​And examining the information given by these sites, the variation is beyond my ability to distinguish.

Quote: "Jerry Yeager"​

Quote: "Sjoelund"​
​​I think, the km56 = km48a, which is the logical km# since it's only an alloy change, but KM says clearly km56, so please make the according change request for whereever you have found the km48a?

​I do not think that km56 is the answer. As the links that I provided in the initial post indicated, NGC and Worldcoingallery are referencing Swaziland 5 Cent dated 1999. ​And examining the information given by these sites, the variation is beyond my ability to distinguish.

​I just checked my ONLY 1999 and it wasn't attracted to the magnet! So I cannot give any further input on this question.

I checked my Swaziland 5 cents KM 48 coins, about 10 pcs., but I could also not find any difference.
First I tought maybe the edge-waves position towards the head, but there is no difference too..
I guess it is simply a mistake, it would not be Krause's first one...

Quote: "yvon"​I checked my Swaziland 5 cents KM 48 coins, about 10 pcs., but I could also not find any difference.
​First I tought maybe the edge-waves position towards the head, but there is no difference too..
​I guess it is simply a mistake, it would not be Krause's first one...

​OH yes, it happens....

The coin being in Krause doesn't necessarily means it really exists. And as said before, the suffix of a letter to the KM# number normally signifies a composition difference. So there is definitely something odd about this KM# number, probably just a mistake in Krause.

One description says 3/4 right and one says 1/4 right, so the bust is at a slightly different angle between the two?

http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/Swaziland_all.php

I wish you could zoom in on the pictures on this page, but it appears in 48a, the bust is a bit more upright than the km48

KM 56 is a totally different coin - a copper plated Steel coin.

Aidan.

Quote: "Tovarich"​I wish you could zoom in on the pictures on this page, but it appears in 48a, the bust is a bit more upright than the km48

​You can zoom in: click "ctrl" and "+".

It's not the bust that is a bit more upright, the coin itself is a bit more upright.
After zooming in and turning both coins in an upright position, here is the result:



But I still don't see any difference and 3/4 right or 1/4 right, that must be seen clearly without any doubt.