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Valued Member
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Thanks for the opinions all. I haven't had a chance to visit my dealer yet, but after taking the close-up photos, I also didn't think it was the genuine dot. It's been a neat few days "fake" imagining what it might be like if I had the elusive dot penny. It's still a neat coin to have in my collection, and found in a circulation roll no less.
Maybe I'll affectionately call it the dud dot penny on my flip.
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Valued Member
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The true dot was not centered they were hand placed. Living examples show the dot closer to underneath the 3 then centered.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It is "a" dot, but it is not THE dot.
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Pillar of the Community
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Doesn't seem centered enough.
I remember a locked forum several months ago also concerning a dot cent from circulation.
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Since there is at least one 36 dot coming up in an auction this year (maybe 2), then these discussions usually serve as a prelude to them. This is also being discussed on other forums. You can take what "carpman" and "Aussie Bob" say on the CCRS site http://www.canadiancoin.com/ Also fakes and forgeries have been around for years with these, as are many pits in the working die that cause what appear to be dots, but aren't. Also be on the look out for any poster named "Dean" as any discussions about 36 dots bring he and his followers out of the woodwork .. don't believe the conspiracy theories about other placements and hijinks. Discussions about 36 dots always are good for a page or two of spirited comment, regardless the site. |
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Pillar of the Community
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We could call this one the "poor mans dot".
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"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 OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Valued Member
Canada
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And the verdict is..... (to no one's surprise)
I went to my dealer this morning and he also thinks it's most likely a die error (I think that's what he said) or something. He did say it was roughly in the right place, right size, the dot was raised, but that all four of the '36 dots have already been accounted for and the likelihood of this being a real dot was slim. It was just a shame that the obverse had so much damage and corrosion on it. Nevertheless, he told me that it was a great find and a neat coin to have, especially considering it came from circulation. Who knows, maybe in a few years it might be worth $5 to a buyer who wants a dot '36 penny, just not the dot '36 cent.
I shall lovingly place it into a flip into my album and dub it "the dud dot almost real dot cent".
Thanks all for your opinions. It was a nice few days imagining the what ifs. And, it's been my most exciting circulation find thus far (other than some early US wheat pennies).
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Valued Member
Canada
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Well, no matter what, it's still a 1936 dot penny. It is a 1936 penny and it has a dot under the date...
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I would be happy as well it may not be actual but as close as any of can dream and that is the best part, enjoy....
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Valued Member
Canada
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How about sending it my way. It would look much better in my album...but seriously, if it was mine, I'd be spending a lot more time researching it, rather than rely on a coin dealer who uses the term "probibly".
cheers
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Valued Member
Canada
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Gary - I've considered sending it to be graded. But given that all of the 36 dot pennies have been accounted for, I very much doubt that anybody would proclaim the penny to be anything other than a variation. History of the coins suggests a very conservative view of what this penny might possibly be. Even if it were an unknown, unaccounted for legitimate 36 dot penny, the likelihood of anybody stating with any measure of certainty that it is, is slim to none.
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Valued Member
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Well if you ever decide to sell, I'd love to be in on the bidding.
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I'll keep it in mind. Though, I suspect I won't ever sell this coin. It's already in my album and I do like looking at it from time to time and dream of the possibilities...
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