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Posted 01/05/2015 10:39 am
Official DOTS on Canadian coins are the infamous 1936 1 cent, 10 cents and 25 cents issues where the 25 cents coins actually reached circulation. Also the 1937 5 cents has a dot after the 7 that is official and was part of the original design to balance the date. The 1938 and later five cents did not retain this feature. I for one am not aware of any other official DOTS that were purpose made part of any Canadian Coin design.
Most of the other recognized ( by cataloguers and TPG ) so called dots on Canadian coins (among them 1947 5,25 cents and Dollar denominations, the 1956 ten cents and the 1958 50 cents) are die chips from dies that had problems. These resulted in circular die chips. The OP original coin is the 2nd Queen Elizabeth II Canadian obverse that was first used in 1965. The OBVERSE BEADING is part of the official design and certainly is not referred to as dots.
If one examines various Canadian coin issues of the classic period (1858- 1968) you can find die chips, die cracks and rusted dies of just about any issue if you look closely. Die usage often bordered on excessive as die steel was expensive and die cutting involved lots of valuable time being used.
Finally , at a recent coin show in Portland OR " a good US Dealer friend of mine who sells lots of Canadian coins asked me a very valid question, that pertains to this and the associated threads that always seem to end badly or get locked. He said " Jack, what is it with Canadian Collectors, they always seem so enamored with the most miniscule and minor so called varieties that are absolutely meaningless in the large scheme of collecting?" I tend to agree !
Most of the other recognized ( by cataloguers and TPG ) so called dots on Canadian coins (among them 1947 5,25 cents and Dollar denominations, the 1956 ten cents and the 1958 50 cents) are die chips from dies that had problems. These resulted in circular die chips. The OP original coin is the 2nd Queen Elizabeth II Canadian obverse that was first used in 1965. The OBVERSE BEADING is part of the official design and certainly is not referred to as dots.
If one examines various Canadian coin issues of the classic period (1858- 1968) you can find die chips, die cracks and rusted dies of just about any issue if you look closely. Die usage often bordered on excessive as die steel was expensive and die cutting involved lots of valuable time being used.
Finally , at a recent coin show in Portland OR " a good US Dealer friend of mine who sells lots of Canadian coins asked me a very valid question, that pertains to this and the associated threads that always seem to end badly or get locked. He said " Jack, what is it with Canadian Collectors, they always seem so enamored with the most miniscule and minor so called varieties that are absolutely meaningless in the large scheme of collecting?" I tend to agree !
