2007 5 Cent With Blobs... Error Or Post-Mint?

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mberteig Valued Member Canada 54 Posts	Posted 04/18/2012 8:27 pm Hi everyone, I'm very new here! I've been lurking and reading everyone's posts and really enjoying all the great things I'm learning. I've been a collector since childhood but only in my late 30's did I start to get more serious. I mostly collect from circulation, but I buy a few things from RCM too if I like how they look (e.g. the Map of Toronto coin from last year). I was going through some pocket change and discovered this five cent piece 2007: (PS. Photo taken with my iPad - I apologize if the quality isn't good enough. I took two photos with different lighting to try to highlight the "blobs".) Anyway, this is my first time looking through change when I even knew that it would be interesting to look for error coins. Any feedback on this would appreciated: what is it, have others seen similar things, is it an error or is it something post-mint? Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

nickle nubber Valued Member Canada 247 Posts	Posted 04/18/2012 11:21 pm Looks like a nose wart. I would say Plating (PLANCHET) defect. Report this Post to the Staff
mberteig Valued Member Canada 54 Posts	Posted 04/19/2012 01:36 am Lol! Nose wart indeed! I actually wasn't even looking at the small discolored spots.... So, again, forgive me for my newbie-ness; do you mean that the spots are the plating defects, or the much bigger blobs to the right of the portrait inside and through the D G Regina text? Report this Post to the Staff
wert Rest in Peace 1988 Posts	Posted 04/19/2012 09:01 am First of all... Are those bumps as high as the rim itself...Looks like it to me when I run it through my program...? Report this Post to the Staff
mberteig Valued Member Canada 54 Posts	Posted 04/19/2012 10:15 am Thanks for the welcome! The bumps are not as high as the edge. In fact, I just did a little test with a very fine tip probe and discovered that the bumps are like bubbles: they can be depressed. Weird! It seems like the plating has come off of the underlying metal. Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsguy Pillar of the Community Canada 2301 Posts	Posted 04/19/2012 11:10 am exactly Report this Post to the Staff
mberteig Valued Member Canada 54 Posts	Posted 04/19/2012 1:25 pm So is that a common problem? Is it something that originates with the mint or is it something that develops after a coin starts to circulate? Report this Post to the Staff
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