1947 Canadian Penny

i think ya did alright there matchbox..12 bucks..your laughin.
Get yourself a book on these, there are lots of varieties you can nail down and they all go for around the same trend value.Amazon.com has them all.
Once the cents went into plated zinc 1999 and after, the mint marks really get interesting. Some years there are 3 different ones. I'm sure you can network with someone on here and they can get good examples of all of them from their pocket change. I find the recent cents are always in great shape, no finger prints etc.
Keep your eye open for a 2006, with no mint mark...if its magnetic, then its time to pop open the champagne.
BTW, theres a large and small cent varieity for 1920...thats they year they went over to the small variety.

BTW, blunt variety is worth more. 2 dollars for VF while the other is .35 cents.

If I do have diagnostic pics...I cannot find them right now.
But try this link--there are pics of the blunt 7 and pointed 7.
Ah--this is the same link as above

Dollar1948, I'll keep you in mind. There's a fellow in this forum from Winnipeg that may be able to help me out with my Canadian needs. At the moment I'm only collecting Canadian pennies, quarters and the occasional loonie and twoonie, the latter just commemoratives. However, the more I get into this I may branch out into nickels, dimes and regular loonies and twoonies. I have no interest in 50 cent pieces. I'm trying a go slow approach with this so it's not too expensive right away.

Toronto? I've been there. It's an INCREDIBLE city!

Ken

I have several comments and questions on the '47 pointed/blunt topic.

First, when I first learned of this variety about a year ago, the guy who told me about it seemed very convinced that the 'point' was at the very bottom of the '7'. But the link you guys provided above (a very helpful link in general) AND the discussion here makes me think the guy is wrong. On the other hand, I was pretty sure I had noticed pointier '7's at the bottom of the numeral. I may have been inventing something that wasn't there.

Second, most of us are well aware of why the maple leaf is there. Perhaps the more intricate question is on the origin of the pointed/blunt 7 variety. Is this a die chip, or a different numeral punch? Does anybody know for sure?

Realizing I had been mis-characterizing the variety, I just went through my George VI stash. Of about a dozen '47s, I picked a few that were representative and am attaching what are admittedly low-quality scans (below).



Observations:
1. The '7' in the non-ML variety seems distinctly different.
2. The one on the left is clearly pointed, the one on the right looks blunt (however on closer inspection under a loupe, I am not too sure - there seem to be remnants of a point, hence why I ask whether this is from a die chip)
3. The middle-lower one seems in between - probably pointed if I had to go one way or the other. (PS: I get frustrated by varieties which seem to have a 'grey area' like this. Maybe my loupe sucks or my coins are too low-grade.)

Matchbox,

You got a good deal. Normally, that collection of pennies would sell for 50% to 100% more at current ebay prices. Even though many are common pennies, assembling that collection from scratch is a lot of work

I know that seller (betmar2), I have bought many things from him and I recommend him highly. He is very honest and fast shipper.

You know, I don't really have a problem with Toronto or most of the people there.

The only thing I don't like is the notion held by many Torontonians that "Northern Ontario" is like, Muskoka, and if you go past that, you could fall off the edge of the world and get eaten by dragons.

I'm originally from near the other end of Yonge Street, otherwise known as "that part of Ontario that doesn't matter to Toronto", that most Torontonians know nothing about; the area that is inefficiently run by the Provincial government in Toronto, that's all. Although we are closer to Winnipeg than to Toronto, we still have to depend on the latter for the little drips and drabs they allow us for things like driveable roads and the like.

But, I digress. As I have said, Toronto is a great place to shop for collectables.

And Winnipeg does have some things in common with Toronto; for example, we don't have a hockey team either...

A few observations- on the 50 cents and 1 dollar coins, the pointed/blunt refers to the bottom point of the 7. On the 1 cent, it is the upper right corner that is different.
The picture on the right is clearly a blunt. The right one also looks like the 7 from the plain (no maple leaf) coin, but possibly with some damage to the left of the horizontal part of the 7. The middle 7 (ml) looks like a different 7 from either of the others- look at the space in the corner where the horizontal and vertical strokes join, and the shape of the bottom curve of the 7.
Also, the placement of the maple leafs is different on the 3 coins - the left one is lower than the ones on the right, which still seem slightly different from each other.

Yes, I too have heard of and seen different locations of the ML's.
Another good on to watch for while we're talking "pointed/blunt" is the 85 pointed/blunt varieties.
Same idea as the 47. Just watch the top of the 5.
I'm not sure who tried to direct you to look at the bottom of the 7, but maybe you should pay them a visit and sort them out.
They might be missing out on some good coins.