AUSTRALIA FIREFIGHTER COIN BULLSEYE ERROR

 

Australia's 2020 $2 Firefighter coin was designed to be a collectable, but an error on the obverse side has made some even more so.

The coins were released in the aftermath of the Black Summer to commemorate the brave firefighters who battled bushfires across Australia, nine of whom died.

On the tails side, it features a male and female firefighter standing back to back as they wield their hoses against flames. A vivid, orange and yellow fireball sits in the middle.

But a handful of the commemorative coins were minted with an error.

It meant the coloured flame design was printed on the wrong side, right over the top of the late Queen's face.

The type of error is aptly named a bullseye, or an error in which the paint or coloured image is wrongly applied to the head side of a coin.

It's particularly common in Australia, where the typically circular designs on limited edition coins mean a mistake can plant a rather inappropriate bullseye symbol directly on the monarch's head.

 

An uncirculated (and therefore, mint condition) example of the coin sold at Downies Collectables for a staggering $5950.

The collectable retailer described Firefighter bullseye coin as excessively rare in any grade.

Coin expert David Jobson, director of Town Hall Coins and Collectables, confirmed the rare coin was worth thousands.

Very few of them exist … So, depending on quality, they can be worth about $6000, he told The Morning Show in 2020, when the error was discovered.

To read the complete article, see:
$2 Firefighter coin: Bullseye error worth $6000 (https://www.news.com.au/finance/money/2-firefighter-coin-bullseye-error-worth-6000/news-story/3a5bddf20541b4b0c08d75daf6228f45)

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