On the Internet you can find such an "interesting fact" that says that the first coat of arms of the USSR, approved on July 6, 1923, was drawn with a glaring mistake! Surprisingly, neither the artist himself nor the members of the CEC could notice this in time. Nobody noticed this mistake for 14 years!
Actually, here it is …
And here is another example of the image of the coat of arms of those times:
There is a version that the artist drew a sickle from life, and for this purpose he was provided with the first copy he came across, which could no longer be useful in the household and he was not sorry to give it away. And the handle was rearranged there for some purpose.
What other versions could there be?
Promotional video:
The error was corrected only 14 years later, in 1937, when a new version of the coat of arms was adopted. By the way, Madagascar also appeared on the new version:-)
However, there are also opponents of this theory.
They claim that the handles are different:
Or something like this:
Who is right?