1870 5 Cent - Strange T In Victoria

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Zester76 New Member Canada 11 Posts	Posted 01/15/2020 6:46 pm Hi all. I'm far from an experienced coin collector. Going through a few of my coins and stumbled on this strange looking 1870 5 cent coin. The T in Victoria seems to have a knob or extension at the top. Has anyone seen one of these before? Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10471 Posts	Posted 01/15/2020 6:54 pm Looks like a little die break. "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
Zester76 New Member Canada 11 Posts	Posted 01/15/2020 7:08 pm Thanks for the reply and input. I'm assuming this is quite common? Report this Post to the Staff
okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5612 Posts	Posted 01/15/2020 8:19 pm It looks like a die crack from the denticle down to the T. The the crack opened up inside the vertical part of the T. This looks to be a later die state. With every strike the D/C may have gotten larger and wider. A keeper coin, but not much added vale. Report this Post to the Staff
Zester76 New Member Canada 11 Posts	Posted 01/15/2020 9:23 pm Thanks for the info okiecoiner. Much appreciated! I have a lot of coins to go through still some hopefully I finally come across some rare variety. Likely? No. It's fun to look however! Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9879 Posts	Posted 01/15/2020 10:45 pm Lots of varieties for 1870. Post full coin pics of both sides. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 191727 Posts	Posted 01/16/2020 12:25 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Zester76 New Member Canada 11 Posts	Posted 01/16/2020 4:45 pm Thanks for the welcome...sorry, here are the complete photos. Report this Post to the Staff
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