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 Posted 03/28/2023  6:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dsking to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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VF-20+ narrow 9.


Thanks! I'm thinking that might be a woohoo moment. I paid $50 for her several years ago.
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 Posted 03/28/2023  6:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Phil310 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That particular reverse die was used probably longer than any other involved in striking the narrow 9's. The missing exterior vines (including the leaf 2 vine) are the result of Die Deterioration rather than an unrepaired vine break. I'm glad you pointed that out Bill. That coin could easily be mistaken for a reverse group G or I because of the apparent vine break at 2, but actually it is just a well worn Reverse group E die.

Oh what fun the 59's can be!

dsking, it is a narrow 9, not a wide 9. That particular die pair is a tricky one to ID, because of the die wear. So I will tell you the reverses die is E10.

https://www.vickycents.com/rev-e10.html
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03/28/2023 6:37 pm
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 Posted 03/28/2023  6:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dsking to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I can pick 'em eh? Now I need to figure out what metal it might be. Weights and measures or is there a way to test the metal?
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 Posted 03/28/2023  6:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add okiecoiner to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It is a normal coinage bronze cent, just like the 9.5 million plus others.
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 Posted 03/28/2023  6:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dsking to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I was thinking Bronze. I did notice that it's awfully thin. Thanks Okie!
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Yes, it's normal bronze, .95 CU, .04 Sn, .01 Zn. They were struck in London on the same presses and set-up as the Brit half pennies. But Canada wanted the planchets to be 1/3 thinner than the Brit half penny, so that 100 of them weighed exactly 1 pound and that 12 of them strung out to 1 foot .... they could be used as a type of "measure" for commerce. There were millions made and they are very inexpensive, except for some scarce varieties. Yours is worth $7-8 Canadian, but you wouldn't get that to sell it, unless it's a scarcer Haxby marriage.
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 Posted 03/29/2023  10:58 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dsking to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks again Okie! I have a lot to learn about my Canadians! I'll just take my time, review and research each coin and provide pics if I'm stumped.

Thanks to everyone!
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