Nickel Dollars Missing Chrome Plating/Mortar Set

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Enyaw Valued Member Canada 461 Posts	Posted 05/01/2026 10:57 am I have recently been going through my nickel dollars and have found missing chrome plating/mortar set on the 1980, 1982 and 1986 dollars. As the die deteriorates the chrome plating chips or flakes off of the die leaving this feature on the coins. 1980: 1982: 1986, Charlton calls "Patched Canoe": Report this Post to the Staff

jbuck Moderator United States 191235 Posts	Posted 05/01/2026 11:04 am Very interesting! 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
Sharks Pillar of the Community Canada 1780 Posts	Posted 05/01/2026 3:48 pm @Enyaw: - After reading your post, I searched through all my proof, proof-like, and circulation nickel dollars and did not find one like your pictures. Good eye and great pictures. .... Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 75954 Posts	Posted 05/01/2026 11:25 pm Cool finds. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10468 Posts	Posted 05/20/2026 10:55 am The 1986 variant was listed in the 67th Edition Charlton Catalogue as "patched canoe" (as much as I hate names on die errors, it was Ray Neiman from National Pride coin shop in Edmonton who found, and named it. ICCS will grade and attribute it with the Charlton number. "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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