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Stephen Oatway, Britannia Numismatics, had a bunch of 2015 dated 10c coins encased. The ring has the initials PPH.   |
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I think that is PPM for Penny Press Mint. He is the fellow currently trying to get tool steel.
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Nice examples!  |
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The Hamilton maple leaf coins come with dates between 1900 and 1920. I have only seen brown coins, which is unusual as many Encased Coins get put away unused. So even early date coins are often found with some decent red on them. The Hamilton coin is an unusual one....it is too large and irregular to be a pocket piece. Some of the coins have pins attached (all the pins look about the same) so some were meant to be (ugly!) jewellery. Most however have no pin attached. Here are three examples....Okie's 1919 coin, another 1919 with the typical pin attached, and a 1917.    |
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Very interesting. Seeing that pin hurts though!  |
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Yes mine (now smallcentguy's) had no pin on the 1919.
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Here is a pretty spectacular Encased Coin error I recently picked up. First is an example of the coin with no error. It is hard to tell from the photo, but the Canadian cent was probably a little too large for the hole, which was likely sized for a US cent. Or perhaps the Canadian zinc cent was stronger than the US cent. Regardless, it is not set in the encasement very well and it appears to have been under some undue stress. I am wondering if this is a sign of some problems in the minting of this Encased Coin.  Now we get to the error coin. I am still not 100% sure what happened here, but obviously the press got jammed and the coin was flattened and caused to be significantly enlarged. At first I was reluctant to buy this becuase I was afraid it might be a "railroad" job or in some other way flattened by a PMD mechanical process. But I am pretty sure that this is legit. On the obverse side, the lettering that is there. while significantly enlarged, is still crisply struck and convex in three dimensions. Also, the lettering on the obverse side comes from the reverse die. That could only have happened at the time the coin was struck. Since all the legends are convex it does not seem to be some sort of highly complex vise job. Any opinions on how this coin came to be would be most welcome! While I know how these coins are made, I have still not figured out how this came out this way.   Edited by Smallcentguy
03/03/2025 4:16 pm
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Very interesting! It looks like it went through one of those machines that make elongated cents, but able to work with a large sized coin.  |
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I agree at first blush it looks like that.... what I meant by "railroad job" was putting a coin on the tracks in front of a train and causing the coin to be flattened and expanded.
But a press would not cause the striking of reverse elements on the obverse.
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03/03/2025 4:17 pm
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Quote:
what I meant by "railroad job" was putting a coin on the tracks in front of a train and causing the coin to be flattened and expanded. Quote:
But a press would not cause the striking of reverse elements on the obverse. Ah. I see what you mean. Interesting. |
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Found these 4 examples in a small B&M shop in Augusta, GA yesterday. Snapped them up for $4US each. 1951 Dr. Drake's / GLESSCO For Adults 1953 Souvenir of Canada 1964 Windsor Canadian Whisky 1968 Windsor Canadian Whisky This 1964 Windsor is in a ring that has up/down orientation. All of the other Windsors in my collection are up/up.   |
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Nice examples! |
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Great thread! Nice examples. Errers and Varietys.
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Nice pick up and in the US to boot.
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http://www.victoriancent.com2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Literary Award, 2025 Guy Potter Literary Award, 2022 Paul Fiocca Award, & 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award. Life Member of RCNA.
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