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Arrods | 18:16 Thu 30th Dec 2021 | ChatterBank
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…. if you tried to turn the cogs on the reverse of the £2 coin, it wouldn’t work?
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Yes, because there are an odd number of gears depicted.
18:23 Thu 30th Dec 2021
Yes, because there are an odd number of gears depicted.
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Well done! Did you read the story behind it?
Yes but it's a while ago.

We often don't study everyday objects do we?
Do you mean the 2004 coin showing Richard Trevithick's "Penydarren" locomotive?

If so, you should bear in mind that the small cog on the top row is only attached the the large one adjacent to it. In fact it simply drives the larger cog. That large cog is connected to the two cogs on the driving wheels. There is an error in that the small cog on the upper row should actually be adjacent to the chimney and not, as shown, at the opposite end of the locomotive. But this does not impinge on the working of the cog system.

But then, you may be talking about something else entirely!
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Don’t think so NJ. It appears that the designer of the series of cogs correctly depicted the right number of cogs to make them mesh correctly. Although an artist, he knew that he had to get the cogs correct, to prevent pedants pointing out his error. It was the Royal Mint that deleted the extra cogs.
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I.e I was referring to something different NJ.
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Yes, Mamyalynne,!
https://youtu.be/34detVy-Hiw

It's included with other cig errors from about 6:35
Cog rather than cig...
Ypu, different thing entirely.
NJ, it's also missing the much larger wheel on the opposite side.

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