1955 Silver Dollar - "fu Manchu" Variety

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collectorx New Member Canada 24 Posts	Posted 03/02/2022 4:25 pm In last night's TCNC auction (Prominence Sale VI - Session 4), Lot #1396 was a 1955 $1 coin, certified by ICCS with grade of MS-63 and the comment was "Fu Manchu". Based on image and lot description, clashed dies have given the queen a straight-line moustache. Hammer + premium = $659.64 Current Trends for MS-63 = $50 (not Arnprior) TCNC states that this was a test of the market for such an item. Interesting to say the least. Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 03/02/2022 4:34 pm Can you give us a link? to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
GMS5 Pillar of the Community Canada 1533 Posts	Posted 03/02/2022 4:56 pm Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21689 Posts	Posted 03/02/2022 5:30 pm The 1955 dollar "Fu Manchu" variety is a die clash on the voyager at the rear of the canoe and has a value of about $148.00 in MS63 condition. I have never seen or heard of one on the queen. Please provide linc as there cannot be two varieties with the same name. Report this Post to the Staff
collectorx New Member Canada 24 Posts	Posted 03/02/2022 5:59 pm Website is not intuitive on how to get a link (hence why I provided lot details) but glad it was requested as it forced me to figure it out... https://auctions.canadiancoinsandpa...366/lot/1396 Report this Post to the Staff
Pacificoin Pillar of the Community Canada 5405 Posts	Posted 03/02/2022 6:05 pm Always amazed what people pony up for very minor die clashes . Report this Post to the Staff
okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5600 Posts	Posted 03/02/2022 6:35 pm I still don't see where the clash from the canoe came from. And I agree about someone spending that amount of money on something so trivial. Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9875 Posts	Posted 03/02/2022 6:46 pm The rear paddler's arm. Helpful tool on CAC https://www.coinsandcanada.com/coin...ities&id=108 "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Edited by DBM 03/02/2022 7:15 pm Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10464 Posts	Posted 03/03/2022 1:54 pm I am even more surprised that ICCS put that "expression" on the certification flip!! Dr. Fu Manchu is a fictitious supervillain. I think that ICCS comment is what drew the bidding. I would have expected ICCS to be somewhat professional here, and put "die clash" in the comments. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
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1955 Silver Dollar - "Fu Manchu" Variety