Reminder, There Are Three Dies That Strike Every Coin

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SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10464 Posts	Posted 01/19/2020 5:57 pm I pulled this one out a recent big search I did on nickel dollars this past fall. At first glance, this one appears to be slightly off-centre, with some rim finning on both sides. But as I handled the coin, it felt "odd" on the rim... This features runs evenly around the entire rim, and for nickel dollar errors, this one is very rare - in all my years of searching the big batches I go through, and hunting and buying errors at auctions and shows, this is the ONLY one I have ever found. The coin is well struck, but the collar die was not properly set I suppose? A pretty cool find for face value, and definitely a keeper!! "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

gidjit Pillar of the Community Canada 1980 Posts	Posted 01/19/2020 6:13 pm cool find but with you said this is the only one you have found out of all the dollars youve searched, how often do you actually look at the rim? Report this Post to the Staff
Tanman2001 Pillar of the Community United States 4408 Posts	Posted 01/19/2020 7:26 pm If you tend to hold coins by the edge, you'd be able to feel a partial collar like this one. You'd know before you even look. I have found two on US coins only because they felt different. One quarter and one penny. Definitely not common, nice find! Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9874 Posts	Posted 01/19/2020 7:30 pm Nice find! "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsguy Pillar of the Community Canada 2301 Posts	Posted 01/19/2020 8:19 pm Nice R! Collar clash on "south" rev,? Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10464 Posts	Posted 01/19/2020 8:33 pm Hard to say, there is barely a rim there... but looks like it (as the reeding is missing on the hammer die half of the rim). "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
JohnWayne007 Pillar of the Community Canada 1186 Posts	Posted 01/19/2020 8:50 pm Awesome find, I've seen this on a US quarter before but never on any Canadian coins, but it is also something I never really thought to look for which apparently I should, an I'm glad I finally know the answer to the third die that strikes every coin! I will keep that in mind from now on. Finding and discovering modern Canadian doubled die varieties since 2018. 2023 Recent Publications: Modern Canadian Doubled Die Varieties - First Edition PDF & Paperback https://www.mcddv.ca (website currently down for maintenance as of 08/01/2024) Report this Post to the Staff
Safaga Valued Member United States 191 Posts	Posted 01/20/2020 11:49 am Congratulations. Great find. That work really paid off this time. Report this Post to the Staff
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