Unknown Type - South Africa Penny 1929

Hello everybody…!!!

I found this coin on eBay, as an “Error Coin”… it has on the Obverse at 9 o'clock - cracked rim… and at 3 o'clock starting at letter “O” to the Emperor's Head - a die crack.  But the the uniqueness is that it is made of another metal (other than the Bronze), or was dipped into another metal (no actual traces of that) - Please compare it with:

N#70366

While it looks silver, or copper nickle, or nickle, it is not silver (the Ping Test is not long like silver)…  This coin is only slightly magnetic - I checked with a very strong Magnet and it faintly attracts it… 

Here are the specs of this coin:  Size  = 30.8 mm, Thickness = 2mm, Weight = 10.5g (the Bronze one weighs 9.45g)

My questions are:  Has anyone seen anything similar?  Is this a modern fake?  A contemporary imitation?  Or do you think it is a coin that was minted back in the days of 1929, as an error…?!?!

Thank you in advance for all your feedback…!!!

Have a pleasant day…!!!

It looks like a crude imitation

Frenchlover

It looks like a crude imitation

Indeed. it looks like it is cast.

Thank you for your replies…

I found one more difference:  the coin in question has reeded edge, while the one on Numista has smooth plain edge…

Question: how do you suppose this coin got the reeded edge if it was cast…?!?! and it looks like it was machine-done…!?!?

The same way it got all its other features. You have a mold and it gets filled and if you've done everything right you get a perfect copy of the mold. But because most criminals want cheap profits and making a good mold is costly and controlling the process can be quite difficult, most cast copies are faulty and of relatively low quality.