Whats Up With My 1989 Canadian Cent?

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nohope587 Pillar of the Community United States 5953 Posts	Posted 05/13/2007 8:00 pm It has a growth but the design is stamped in it.... Report this Post to the Staff

Metalman Pillar of the Community United States 7123 Posts	Posted 05/13/2007 8:07 pm Hi Nohope It is either a lamination error or the coin was struck thru scrap. I would need to have a better look around the edges to know for sure which . My gut says struck through scrap due to the raised irregular shape of the area. Metalman Report this Post to the Staff
nohope587 Pillar of the Community United States 5953 Posts	Posted 05/13/2007 8:09 pm Its not a lamination as the area is raised. So where does struck through scrap fall on the big scheme of the desirability scale. To me its just interesting... Report this Post to the Staff
Metalman Pillar of the Community United States 7123 Posts	Posted 05/13/2007 8:22 pm to someone who collects these type of coins , it may be worth a couple of bucks,, and that is based on finding the coin interesting ,, If it helps I do not know how common these are on the canadian cents , its the first Ive seen. but I do not look through alot of canadian cents either . Metalman Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 05/20/2007 12:55 am It appears to be a glob of clear glue Report this Post to the Staff
chrycopaul Pillar of the Community Canada 1106 Posts	Posted 05/20/2007 01:10 am quote: It appears to be a glob of clear glue I was thinking the same thing, as there appears to be some of the original luster were this glob is. Report this Post to the Staff
Metalman Pillar of the Community United States 7123 Posts	Posted 05/20/2007 02:06 am it looks metallic to me . Metalman Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 05/20/2007 7:12 pm It's glue. The details under the glue are shiny, so the glue was placed on the coin, then the coin was placed into circulation until it turned brown. From the shadows on the coin and the lighting in the photo, it's obviously raised. Not a struck through or a lamination - both would be sunken in on the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
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