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can I post links to reddit or an image hosting website? I think that is frowned upon since the image can perhaps be lost or altered on the external site. Photobucket is one example of a site that went down and took images with it. Images posted here are permanent.
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United States
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That is one cool looking coin! May go to a reputable coin dealer nearby and see what his/her thoughts are? Info is power!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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As mentioned a good weight will tell the story
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 To CCF! I am thinking it's been damaged after it left the Mint. If you can get the weight, that would help.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Which side is raised and which is incuse? I see both sides as raised. Specify portrait or date side so I'm not confused (Canadians sometimes say obverse for the date side). Image next to a normal nickel, dime and/or quarter would help for size reference. An edge view would help - it looks like it's much thicker on one side than the other. I'm thinking it was hit with something at an angle that left a clean raised semi-circle on the portrait side but not sure about the date side.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You could do a makeshift scale (balance) to see if it is heavier than a normal Canadian nickel.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Weight is critical here. It will go a long way toward solving the issue. Try a coin shop or jeweler.
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Pillar of the Community
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Try your local postal outlet.
I did before I had a scale.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The obverse doesn't look like a legit error, so by default the reverse can't be one either, imo.
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Specify portrait or date side so I'm not confused (Canadians sometimes say obverse for the date side) As far as I am aware, the portrait side (king or queen on Canadian coinage) is always called the obverse while the other side is the reverse. The date can be on either side. This appears to me as PMD as I can't picture how it could occur during the production process.
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Canada
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The OP says it is raised on the obverse and indented on the reverse. To me it looks like it was put on top of something with a round opening, obverse down. Some sort of hard metal surface with a hole in it closer to the size of a dime. Something roughly hex shaped but a little damaged (butt end of a cold chisel maybe?) and smaller than the nickel was placed against it at a bit of an angle so that first contact was ahead of the beaver and was hit hard with a very heavy hammer, or perhaps more likely, a press of some type. This would give you the raised obverse circle shown and create the odd looking, vaguely hex shaped indent on the reverse. That's my theory. :) Regardless, PMD imo. |
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From the pics provided I see a raised reverse and an indented obverse. I don't see how this coin left the mint in this condition, PMD IMO. |
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You can tell the obverse is raised by where the damage is. The centre part that is raised has no significant damage but around the outside of the raised part is completely flattened, exactly like it would be if it was hit like I described above. The same with the reverse. The damage is all inside the hex like it would be if something hex shaped was hammered into it. You can see where it hit into the date and the C in Canada.
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