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seems to be a hot topic lately.   Thoughts? |
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Weight? John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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That obverse has beads and denticles by the look of it.
Is there a chance a finished cent got re struck into a nickel?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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There is... It looks like a 6 cent piece to me  |
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Canada
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Is there a chance a finished cent got re struck into a nickel?
I do see what you mean. However, I don't think that would be the case here. If so, shouldn't there be elements of the maple leaf design on the reverse? |
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Canada
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it seems to be a copper planchet mixed into the nickel hopper, and a copper nickel was struck.
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This coin was struck twice. First, as a normal 1-cent coin, then, struck by dies for the 5-cent coin. The high pressure to strike the pure nickel 5-cent planchets would have almost obliterated the original 1-cent design... Note I said almost. The obverse has the clues. 1) denticles, where there should be just beads, and 2) look in the fields behind the Queen's hair and neck - you can see the curved ADA of CANADA, from the reverse of the original 1-cent strike. Lastly, I know the owner of this coin, I can confidently say he is definitely not a photoshop wizard...  Very nice coin Mikey... "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 OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
Edited by SPP-Ottawa
12/17/2012 1:18 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I didn't even see the ADA on the obverse. Good eye SPP. And another nice "pickle" or was it "nenny"?
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SPP is probably 100% correct about being struck twice... I used one of my programs and asked it to place pink colour at the high spots, and if you look where the arrows are pointing, that may be parst of the penny relief....Just a thought. 
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Pillar of the Community
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There is no doubt about the coin being double struck. I am thrilled SPP caught on as did Windchild and Bm. Look for what is there, not what you expect to see.
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Pillar of the Community
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I didn't see the denticals until it was pointed out to me... I saw the ADA... and read the comments |
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Probably way more impressive, with more subtle clues, in hand...
"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 OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Not really. But once you see the few tell tales of the 1 cent strike, makes it rather special.
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Can you make out the date of the 1 cent strike ?
A lot of these double denominations have different dates !
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Posted 12/17/2012 10:55 am
