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Is There Something Going On With This 1961 Nickel?

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 Posted 07/06/2021  12:01 pm  Show Profile   Check SPP-Ottawa's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add SPP-Ottawa to your friends list

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Isn't the bare belly beaver 1990 from an over polished die as well?


No. It is not. I wrote about that specific variety some time ago in the CN Journal. See the May 2014 issue, p. 200-203. Members of the RCNA can access the achieved journals for free. Tons of information available there.
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 Posted 07/06/2021  12:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add JimmyD to your friends list

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I'd love to hear more about this, so it's no really an error but happens at the mint?

Just because something happens at the mint, it does not make it an error.
If that was the case, all the coins with bag marks would be errors.
It is only an error if it happens during the actual striking of the coin while in the striking chamber.
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 Posted 07/06/2021  12:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Wrekkdd to your friends list
Are the dyes added after the striking process? And I know I can collect what ever I want lol, if there isn't any info on the coin on coin Canada then I ask here. And even if it's no premium it's a bit older and in good condition and with the polishing makes it look Kool imo. That's why I'd keep.
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 Posted 07/06/2021  12:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add JimmyD to your friends list

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Are the dyes added after the striking process?

The DIES are the main part of the minting process. They would have been
polished before they were put in the striking chamber.

Suggest that you read up on how coins are minted and it will help you in
understanding what is possible and what is not in the striking of the coin.
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So then this does happen during the minting process? But it's not considered an error? And iv read a bit into it I just don't understand why some fetch a premium. Or are considered varieties? It's just confusing to me.
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 Posted 07/06/2021  1:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add JimmyD to your friends list

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So then this does happen during the minting process?


No, as I stated earlier they are polished BEFORE the go in the striking chamber so therefore cannot be an error

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They would have been
polished before they were put in the striking chamber.


And they are not considered Varieties.

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 Posted 07/06/2021  2:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Wrekkdd to your friends list
Ok so it happens before the stamping, but some over polished die coins fetch a premium, and are stated as varieties on coin and Canada, like the 1990 bare belly beaver right? So what makes some of these coins premium and some not?
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Ok so it happens before the stamping, but some over polished die coins fetch a premium, and are stated as varieties on coin and Canada, like the 1990 bare belly beaver right?


No. The 1990 bare belly beaver is not the result of being an over polished die. See my earlier post.
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 Posted 07/06/2021  9:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Wrekkdd to your friends list
I'm curious now about why the little spot where it looks like the beavers neck in the middle managed to stay there even though the rest was gone? I'm not even sure exactly what they do to polish or over polish a dime. Was this spot just missed?
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I'm curious now about why the little spot where it looks like the beavers neck in the middle managed to stay there even though the rest was gone? I'm not even sure exactly what they do to polish or over polish a dime. Was this spot just missed?


It was probably low enough in the Die that it didn't get touched.
Only the high spots get removed during polishing.

And it is a Nickel, not a Dime
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 Posted 07/07/2021  08:37 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Wrekkdd to your friends list
That was my auto correct sorry, meant to say coin not dime. And makes sense. I'm not sure that the spot left over is really a lower point. Looks like that spot is hire then some of the nek that's missing but I don't have the lense to look close enough. Or when you say hi points I think I'm taking that backwards. High point on the die is what your talking about right? Not high points on the coin?.
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 Posted 07/07/2021  08:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Wrekkdd to your friends list
@TNG thanks for the compliment, I don't know how to do the quote box to comment on specific comments. All my photos are taken on y cell phone, I'm surprised how well some of them turn out.i have an older Google phone, camera must be decent tho.
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I don't know how to do the quote box to comment on specific comments.


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 Posted 07/07/2021  10:57 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Wrekkdd to your friends list
Thanks again @TNG didn't know what any of those icons did lol. Now I know:)
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 Posted 07/13/2021  09:09 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Wrekkdd to your friends list
Itlooks like you can see doubling on the 1 in 61
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