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errorone2012 Valued Member Canada 334 Posts	Posted 11/18/2012 6:54 pm like to see the obverse if you have a picture of it . Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10463 Posts	Posted 11/18/2012 7:21 pm I don't have a picture of the obverse. But, the owner of this coin wanted me to test and confirm the composition of some of the pattern pieces in their collection. The coin I tested, and photographed in my lab, is the same coin seen here: http://www.currencymuseum.ca/collec...5-cents-1942 The odd part is, that this coin is catalogued as a "trial strike", but it is circulated and 100% nickel. Trial strikes are never circulated. I think it is as others surmised - a nickel planchet strike by dies intended for tombac blanks. "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 Edited by SPP-Ottawa 11/18/2012 7:31 pm Report this Post to the Staff
errorone2012 Valued Member Canada 334 Posts	Posted 11/19/2012 06:28 am SPP - Is it the exact same coin in the link ? The coin in the link looks weaker struck ( which one would suspect in this case ). If is is the exact one then it most likely is just a wrong planchet strike . They don't look the same - must be different lighting if they are . Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10463 Posts	Posted 11/19/2012 09:28 am It is the same coin - with vastly different photographic techniques. My photo was taken with an iPhone. Look at the large mark in the fields above the N in CENTS, it is the same. "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
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9870 Posts	Posted 11/19/2012 10:25 am Interesting development!What has been the museum curators' response? Did the coin's owner influence the assessment? "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Edited by DBM 11/19/2012 10:28 am Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10463 Posts	Posted 11/19/2012 12:29 pm No. Once I had it hand, I told the curator what I thought it was... and he agreed. If this sucker was pulled out of circulation, potentially there could be others? "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
errorone2012 Valued Member Canada 334 Posts	Posted 11/19/2012 6:37 pm Interesting piece , most likely a wrong planchet strike . Photos online can be so deceiving . Report this Post to the Staff
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