An Interesting Wellings Mint Test Piece / Encased Cent

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Smallcentguy Pillar of the Community Canada 1984 Posts	Posted 05/31/2023 3:22 pm I am an avid collector of Encased Cents so when I saw the coin that appears later in this post it immediately got my interest. First, for context, this coin is a well known 1963 Encased Cent, which I now believe was struck by the Wellings Mint. I found this on line reference to medals struck in 1963 at the Wellings Mint for the Toronto Coin Club featuring the Toronto Armouries. The medals can be found on ebay from time to time in copper and silver with nice sharp strikes (See images 9 & 10). https://www.torontocoinclub.ca/medi...C80years.pdf Then here is the medal that I have found. I think it was a test strike of the Armouries die made at the Wellings mint using the Lucky Green Stamps die as a mate. It looks like they put a copper plug in the hole meant for the cent which has been absorbed into the brass planchet (not the copper that the final medal was struck in). The strike is weak and off centre, so I am guessing that the planchet was not quite the right size. Hope you like it. A favourite among my Encased Coins! Edited by Smallcentguy 05/31/2023 4:18 pm Report this Post to the Staff

HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 25733 Posts	Posted 05/31/2023 3:56 pm Very interesting! Thank you for sharing it with us. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 190135 Posts	Posted 05/31/2023 4:08 pm Very nice! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
darryldarryl Pillar of the Community Canada 2428 Posts	Posted 06/01/2023 09:15 am KEEP ME. NEVER GO BROKE Love it ! Report this Post to the Staff
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