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Furless Beaver On Nickel

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 Posted 02/13/2015  10:34 am  Show Profile   Check SPP-Ottawa's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add SPP-Ottawa to your friends list
Can you post a picture of the other side? Is it equally as weakly struck? Or is this a strike through only on the reverse?
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 Posted 02/13/2015  12:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Buddy to your friends list
Looks like it was Struck Through Grease. Tail details are missing and some log details, too.
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 Posted 02/15/2015  7:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chadcoins to your friends list
This is a 1965 5 cent still in a PL Set.It has a little cameo on it too.

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 Posted 02/15/2015  8:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Vancouver IslandCoinKid to your friends list
gosh these are very fascinating. I believe it is a weak strike myself!
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 Posted 02/15/2015  9:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add pennysaver to your friends list
I love your enthusiasm, Vick! It's great to see someone enjoy this great hobby of ours as much as you do! I, too, would like to see a picture of the coin's obverse -- I believe that an actual weak strike would show a similar lack of detail on both sides, due to the fact that you can't have 2 different measures of pressure pressing the coin at the same time.
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 Posted 02/15/2015  9:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Vancouver IslandCoinKid to your friends list
thanks for acknowledging pennysaver! In addition, I have heard that sometimes the press is not calibrated properly and by the smallest measurement it can be out to produce these weak struck coins! Often the dies become either filled or worn, this could be the case.

The really fascinating piece is from 1964. It is very hard to distinguish on a circulating coin, as you may presume!
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 Posted 02/15/2015  9:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add pennysaver to your friends list
1960 and 1962 had strong "missing fur" beavers as well, and 1961 and 1963 showed signs of it too. Even a few from the early '70's had it. It would be neat to collect the whole set!
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 Posted 02/15/2015  10:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Alexer to your friends list

2001 I think this one was grease packed the obverse is only a tad weak.
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 Posted 02/15/2015  11:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Vancouver IslandCoinKid to your friends list
wow that is simply amazing, it would be a cool idea to get a set of them! kind of like the no chromes too eh!
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 Posted 02/15/2015  11:52 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wilsonwu89 to your friends list
I have arisen. And I see someone changed the title to "Furless Beaver on Nickel" I LOL'd because I saw earlier posts mentioning this.

Heres pics of the obverse:
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Compare with:
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She's missing hair. It's a lot more pronounced in person but she's missing hair, especially above her ear. Not only is this balding beaver, it's also a balding Queen! I'm so glad I didn't open this from the mint plastic.

Is there any value to this coin considering it is still sealed in the plastic?

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Off topic but check out this cool keychain I bought the other day from some tourist trap in Niagara Falls :P The closest thing to a 2013 Penny.
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 Posted 02/16/2015  12:00 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Alexer to your friends list
Cool keychain..I'd buy it too
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 Posted 02/16/2015  12:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wilsonwu89 to your friends list
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 Posted 02/16/2015  03:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Normic67 to your friends list
I would as well but I'm2,100 miles away and all, how much was it? Maybe they have something like that in Vancouver somewhere.
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 Posted 02/17/2015  1:28 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wilsonwu89 to your friends list
Any opinions on the obverse though anyone? (on previous page)
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 Posted 02/17/2015  3:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Alexer to your friends list
I toned the light down
The queens hair is not fully struck, her beads are weak and she's missing SB initials. light strike..IMO

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