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Valued Member
Canada
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Got my hands on "The book of Canadian coins and their varieties, Golden Edition 2013" and found a few varieties I wasn't aware of. Out of nine 1876H's I had on hand, I found two with an open 'D' in Canada. Here are a few pics, let me know if anyone else has had the same success?    let me know if anyone else has the same success? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The "missing" parts of the devices, (letterd, or numbers), is most likely due to clogging of the dies. It can be frustrating! However, it can also be "die determining, just like a crack, or often a re-punched letter. Not too oftyen will the RPD's be "die determining".
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Valued Member
United States
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The open D is due to a punch failure when the working dies were made. Roughly 25% of all 1876's are of the open D variety.
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Valued Member
 Canada
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Thanks Dan, that is good to know. I was at a small coin show today and looked at another 10 or so 1876H's and didn't find one with an open D. So for a total of 19-20 coins checked, I have found 2, so 10% hit rate. Ill keep a running total as I check for them at the shows in coming weeks.
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 Canada
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The coin to look for in the 1876H mintage are the full-serif T's in VICTORIA. Those are much scarcer, and Dan can certainly elaborate...
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Valued Member
United States
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Yes the most interesting 1876's are the ones with a full serif on both sides of the T in Victoria. In most cases the left serif is broken. There are actually 3 different ones to look for but using the T as the marker gets you in the game. It's like saying 9/8. Most people don't think of the 13 different varieties, just the 9/8. The full serif T in Victoria is the same. These are scarce but not rare. You will only find them on the full D coins. Keep your eyes open, there are still unattributed ones floating around in dealers stock that you can have for regular price, not variety price.
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Canada
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The hunt begins, thanks for the info. I will be looking for these at the upcoming shows, I'll keep you posted if I have any luck.
Cheers,
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