Hammered coin mis-strike?

Hi folks,

I have literally just started collecting coins and have decided to collect British sterling silver shillings. My first 5 coins bought at auction arrived in the post today.

I have been looking for my next buy and have seen photos online of a hammered shilling that obviously has had some kind of mis-strike. The monarch's head has a slightly offset shadow image, and the circle of beading around the image has merged somewhat (I hope that makes sense, but it's hard to explain with limited knowledge).

My questions are:

a) are these common errors to find?

b) how, if at all, would this affect the value?

Many thanks 

N 

Hello 🤖

Without pictures, it will be very difficult for anyone to help you. Could you please post clear pictures of each side of your item?

Please note that this is an automatic message. Feel free to ignore if it is not relevant.

Yes, these types of errors are common in the era of hammered coins, and they are usually NOT valued higher like modern error coins.

If they distract from seeing the correct design, they can lower the value.

If you are shopping for hammered coins for the first time, it's good to do your research in advance on websites like CoinArchives.com or acsearch.com (or the websites of auction houses that specialize in the country of the coin), where you will usually find multiple examples you can examine, and compare condition vs. price.

Good luck and happy collecting!

Thanks for you comments. I found a lot online talking about double strikes and doubled die errors with milled coins, but there really wasn't anything about hammered coins.

Cheers.