PART V. Planchet Errors:

Bi-metallic Errors:

Ring Incomplete Punch

Definition: Bi-metallic error coins are restricted to foreign countries. These coins may experience any of the many types of striking errors listed in the Error-Variety Ready Reference however, one must understand we are dealing with two components, a ring & a core. Any number of exotic possibilities or combinations of die varieties, die errors, planchet errors & striking errors can be found on bi-metallic coinage.

A 1996 Canadian polar bear two dollars. While the center hole is clearly misaligned, there was an unsuccessful attempt to punch the ring either the first or second time. Punch scaring is evident on both obverse & reverse face (black arrows indicate punch scaring).