PART I: Conceptual Design Flaw:

Inaccurate Design:

1997 Italy 1000 Lire: Error Map; Countries with

Wrong Boundaries

The map found on the Italian 1000 Lire coin minted in 1997 was stylized. However, Denmark was shown as part of Germany, The Netherlands was included in Belgium and the eastern part of Germany was nowhere to be found. Italy quickly introduced a corrected version of the map and produced a million new coins. Mintage for both the error and the corrected coins are comparatively the same.

  1998 (same as 1997) corrected map (left image)1997 error map (right image)

Inset area in red is where the change occurred.

1976 Montreal Olympic $5.00 Marathon Runner Coin: Runner with Two Left Feet

A close examination of the $5.00 silver coin, issued for the Montreal Olympics in 1976, shows the runner having two left feet.

Images courtesy of the Royal Canadian Mint.