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malibu Valued Member Canada 304 Posts	Posted 05/02/2012 10:59 am Yesterday I bought a RCM sealed roll of the new 2012 bronze and nickel multi-ply plated steel loonies at a grocery store in Montreal: As expected, all are magnetic, weigh between 6.24-6.30g and none have rotated dies. The highest grade I found was maybe MS-64 (most range from MS62-63). Then I noticed something: Not just one or two but ELEVEN out of 25 in my roll have an identical die break on the 'D' in Canada: And out of those 11 about 9 have a continuation of the break towards the right of the 'D': The DB on the right of the 'D' varies in length so I would conclude that this die started to break on the left of the D and grew along a line towards the right. Has anyone else seen this and does the DB continue up to the last 'A' in Canada or beyond? Report this Post to the Staff

pennysaver Pillar of the Community Canada 937 Posts	Posted 05/03/2012 06:32 am Hi malibu On my 2012 loonie the die breaks run from left of the C, through the C, up to the beads, then down to the first A, as well as from the D up to the beads and then down to the last A. There is also one long die crack, or more properly, a series of die cracks linking all the letters in DOLLAR, as well as die cracks leading from the D and the R down to the beads and from the D and the R up to the bottom water line. And then there are 2 die cracks leading from each upper tip of the water into the beads as well. Check out your coins for obverse doubling as well; I picked one up in change that had the entire obverse doubled. Looks to me as if we're going to see a lot of errors on this new 2012 loonie. Report this Post to the Staff
Petersun Pillar of the Community Canada 1700 Posts	Posted 05/03/2012 10:17 pm When the coin is first designed, error is really common. Sometimes the price for coins with no errors would even be more than the ones with errors. Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9866 Posts	Posted 05/05/2012 12:02 am The coin pictured has a die crack not a die break.Big difference between the two.See the glossary on this site for explanation. This discussion,https://goccf.com/t/82191k,shows aphoto of a quarter with both a die break and a die crack Report this Post to the Staff
pennysaver Pillar of the Community Canada 937 Posts	Posted 05/07/2012 05:30 am I can believe that, Petersun. I've had 12 2012 loonies come through my hands so far -- all error coins, no "perfect" ones. Report this Post to the Staff
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