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Smallcentguy Pillar of the Community Canada 1984 Posts	Posted 09/12/2012 8:56 pm Interesting ebay item... http://www.ebay.com/itm/39046748843....m1439.l2649 The seller says he bought it labelled as a specimen but he doesn't know. It sure seems to have nice fields....maybe it is. But I don't know much about old specimen grade coins. Seems kind of funny to see a specimen out in the wild so to speak. Any opinions? Report this Post to the Staff

Williamsonj320 Pillar of the Community United States 538 Posts	Posted 09/12/2012 9:28 pm It says proof I'm not much on Canadian coins but I believe specimen and proof coins are different. Report this Post to the Staff
rmc Valued Member Canada 478 Posts	Posted 09/12/2012 9:35 pm It can not be Proof as it was not an option in 1947. It is a very nice penny!! Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 09/12/2012 9:42 pm 'Specimen grade' has different definitions for different people. My version: A specimen coin is one that has been struck from selected new dies intended for circulation, and are taken from the press individually to avoid any damage. They can be fairly easily spotted because they have few blemishes, no bag marks and have never seen any circulation at all. They are usually marketed ex Mint in this condition. They sometimes find their way into circulation, and when that happens, to my mind, they are no longer 'specimen' coins. Many decades ago, proof coins were made in this way. They are now struck with dies that have cameo relief and polished fields, and struck using polished blanks. I am not keen on modern proof coins. To obtain the cameo effect the relief detail is etched to obtain it, and some of the relief detail is inevitably lost. Report this Post to the Staff
Williamsonj320 Pillar of the Community United States 538 Posts	Posted 09/13/2012 12:14 am Thanks for the info and discussion guys. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10460 Posts	Posted 09/13/2012 2:42 pm Does not look like a specimen strike to me. "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
Senex Valued Member 291 Posts	Posted 09/13/2012 3:27 pm It is a very nice coin, well struck. So well in fact, it could be a specimen strike. Definitely not a proof though. Report this Post to the Staff
doubleeagle59 Pillar of the Community Canada 2495 Posts	Posted 09/13/2012 3:45 pm Based on the pics.... I would say it's no proof and no specimen. Report this Post to the Staff
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