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Edited by Windchild
11/08/2012 11:03 pm
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That same coin was also published in the CN Journal, July/Aug 2012 in the "Oops! Error of the Month" column...
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I know... However, I didn't know when... I haven't actually seen the article...
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Canada
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Please educate me, what is the error on this coin?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Yeah Looks like a normal nickel to me! IS this a low or high 6?
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Canada
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Whoops... Its the lines in front of the Queens face.. Die polishing... My bad..  I cant believe I missed that part... Edited by Windchild
11/09/2012 08:56 am
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Canada
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If it is die polish lines, I would not call that an error. If it is something that happened to the die itself, there is the potential for multiple coins with the same "difference"- thus it would be a variety rather than an error.
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I was thinking Nickelsguy can help you with that... I was told error and die polishing... I'm not well versed in errors/ varieties as a type collector... although a few errors would be a good addition as they are good to show to people  |
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Canada
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They are tooling marks. Not die polishing. There is a wonderful error set for this die pairing. The tooling marks on the obverse, coupled with collar failure which leads to cracking of the reverse die. I charted the stages of the reverse issue, they pop up on ebay occasionally poorly described. I have shall we say a few of these. The set of 3 shows the collar cracking, then the reverse die has small cracks to denticles, then to the legend with failure/displacement. A cool progression. But I like things like that. Thanks for the post Windchild! :-) |
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My bad.. I left the paper in which I wrote the description in the Hotel room.. As I had to visit my old school after the Expo... Thanks again Nickelsguy!  Edited by Windchild
11/10/2012 10:06 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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No problem. Have a look at the rim of the Reverse just below the A in Canada. See any thing? There is nothing better than teasing a YN! Any YN reading this can pm me. I will send them an example as well! OK, any aspiring error collectors can pm me as well for 1. Careful. I bite tho........
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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theres three A's in cAnAdA
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Oh... you mean the lines that look like scratches that only show at certain angles?
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Pillar of the Community
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from the rim to the denticles at 4 o'clock. :-)
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I'm wondering what that is... I've got no clue!
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I think you will see it start on top of the rim (flat) go from the edge of the coin to a denticle. It is a crack in the collar which in turn caused the reverse die to crack. I make this statement because I have coins which came from the same die pair with cracks just on the flat of the rim, some with cracks on rim and from rim to denticle and some with crack on rim then to denticle and then to the last A of Canada, (2 other cracks which stop in field). Nice fun stuff.
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Posted 11/08/2012 11:44 pm
