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John, Guess you missed my edit: not this modern digital point-and-shoot camera.
It's a Canon PowerShot, about 20 years old. I don't use my cell phone camera very much at all.
Thank you for the links! I'll see what I can do. I USED to be a pretty competent photographer, but like I said, that was before digital!
So this is pretty frustrating, not being able to get good images...
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09/04/2024 10:34 am
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I think it was struck on a flawed planchet, I see lots of this roll searching.
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Oooh...just found out my Samsung phone camera likely has a MACRO setting!! John, thanks again for those links! Definitely need to try that out!  My PowerShot A520 definitely sucks at closeups of small objects! Chad, yeah, I'm guessing it had to be a striking error, as the margins of the coin aren't damaged as they would have been if it was due to the coin being run over by something heavy after it was out in circulation. Edited by Sheilajeanne
09/04/2024 11:07 am
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Okay, my cell phone camera does NOT have a macro setting. I can get a nice, clear, straight on, in focus picture of the coin, but the marks are so faint that the don't show at all. The coin must be slanted in order for them to show. Maybe a really close macro shot would also reveal them. But for the moment, the photos above are the best you're going to get. Here's the closeup photo I took this morning, for what it's worth. I will try again later - have no more time to play with it now.  Edited by Sheilajeanne
09/06/2024 10:08 am
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Here's the closeup photo I took this morning, for what it's worth. I will try again later - have no more time to play with it now. Not bad.  One more tick is to use the timer, so the subtle movement caused by touching the phone does not affect focus. This assumes you have the phone propped on something and not holding it in your hand. |
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If it is not even minutely raised or recessed, then it probably is post-mint damage or some gently scrapped over the surface. The "design" of the coin (portrait and lettering) was fully impressed onto the planchet and the anomaly appears to be a discoloration of some type. I'm guessing
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I think it was struck on a flawed planchet, I see lots of this roll searching. Flawed how? Did you save any? Maybe with a picture from you for comparison it might get the idea out of everyone's head that Sheilajeanne's coin is just circulation damage. Which it probably is but right now chadcoins you're her only hope for something better. |
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The most deeply inscribed line, the one at the upper right of the coin, is deep enough to feel. The others are too shallow.
One thing that strikes me is the way two of the lines cross each other at right angles. It makes me wonder if coins can be damaged if they are the end coin in a roll. What is used to seal the end of a (paper) roll? Is it something that's forceful enough to damage the coin's face?
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To me this Canadian one cent was struck on a scratched planchet. Note the frosting in the groves and this is a new mint roll find.  |
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Well Sheilajeanne I think everyone gave your coin its best chance to prove itself something special but I think you just have a regular circulated coin with an effigy of a guy who has a big nose.
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Like I said above, the marks are only visible when the coin is slanted towards the light. Unfortunately, neither my camera nor my photographic skills are able to show you what my eye is able to see. The only picture that shows the marks reasonably accurately is the blurry one I took with my Canon point-and-shoot camera. Maybe I'll figure out how to get a good picture of them without a macro lens, but for now here are the two best shots I've mananged so far. With my cell phone camera in 'Pro' mode:  Canon camera, which shows the feather-shaped marking I can see with my naked eye (okay, naked eye and glasses...) That's the mark that has me scratching my head. It is NOT the sort of mark you'd get on a coin damaged during circulation. It's faintly stippled, in a uniform way, from top to bottom.  Edited by Sheilajeanne
09/07/2024 1:04 pm
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And here is a better (if slightly overexposed) photo of the reverse. I agree, a planchet error of some sort is the most likely explanation, but it obviously did not affect the reverse of the coin. Edit: the mark on the left side is likely part of my thumbprint!   Edited by Sheilajeanne
09/07/2024 8:52 pm
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I'm new here so I'm a little slow but I get it now.
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