Canadian Encased Cents Discussion Forum: Post Your Coins, Questions And Comments

This is a very unusual Encased Cent.

It is a test coin or salesman sample from 1929, the first year where we know an Encased Coin was made with a Canadian small cent. I suspect a US encased manufacturer put the Canadian cent in the process to see how it would perform. Notice on the reverse side the aluminum work is a little sloppy.

When I see an unusual coin like this, I am always suspicious that the cent has been replaced. In this case I am 100% confident it is original, because you can see a little of the "I bring" stamped into the bottom of the obverse. If you understand how Encased Coins are minted (perhaps a topic for another post), you will know that this is 100% proof that the core coin is original.

I wonder if the last 1929 was a test coin run for the 1929 Souvenir of Canada Encased Coin. This is a popular and relatively common coin and seems to always come with the 1929 date. While the test coin above has a different shape, the stray aluminum on the reverse of the test coin is similar to stray aluminum commonly seen on many of the 1929 Souvenir of Canada coins. Perhaps the manufacturer was unhappy with the look of the round coins and tried a horseshoe with a Canadian coin to see if he got a better result?

The 1929 coin comes in a number of varieties. There are two obverses as shown in the first photo here. Also, the outside ring can be either coinage or medal orientation as shown in bottom left in the first photo. Note, as seen in the second photo, the Encased Coin also comes in a high 9 variety.

You can see the stray aluminum on many of these coins....it looks very similar to the 1929 test coin in the earlier post. In general stray aluminum is not that common so it tells me that for some reason the 1929 Canadian cent did not pair well with the aluminum encasement.

The 1929 Souvenir of Canada ring appears to be very similar to the Souvenir of Niagara Falls ring that is commonly seen with US cents of the time including 1929. The US coins do not seem to have the stray aluminum problem.

I want to see some Whiskys - Whiskeys

Thanks for the post, a lot of them Iv never seen before.

I have 2 x 1970 Windsor whisky

Are there more farm related ones like the 1947 Massey Harris

The Encased Coins are pretty cool. I never collected them but have always found them interesting. I have even thought about having some made as calling cards.