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eddio Pillar of the Community Canada 1330 Posts	Posted 05/17/2013 8:34 pm what is this caused by thanks guys,,,, Report this Post to the Staff

Joseph7420 Bedrock of the Community Canada 11922 Posts	Posted 05/19/2013 10:29 am To me,it looks like the coin on this site. Hope it helps. http://m.coinsandcanada.com/coins-e...he.php?id=23 Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10460 Posts	Posted 05/19/2013 10:49 am Die tooling marks would be my best guess. Good eye... "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 05/19/2013 10:50 am Report this Post to the Staff
CPC2013 Valued Member Canada 377 Posts	Posted 05/19/2013 10:58 pm The term used for the marks by the E & L are called spikes . Not sure what caused them . Die problem. Report this Post to the Staff
pennysaver Pillar of the Community Canada 937 Posts	Posted 05/20/2013 12:40 pm Hans Zoell calls them tool damage as well, in his 5th edition "Minor Coin Varieties" (1970). He says: "In most cases, these marks are found near the inner rim of the coin. After the impression of the hub-die is made on the working die, the latter is trimmed. The rough edges are smoothed out, usually with a fine file. Careless handling of such tools will leave indented thorn-shaped marks on the die, which, in turn, show in relief on the coin." Only the one working die will be affected, not the master hub die, so that's why tool marks will be found only on some coins of a certain year. You can commonly find them from the 1960's through to the present day, and while not rare, are a fun little error to find. Thanks for showing it to us! Report this Post to the Staff
eddio Pillar of the Community Canada 1330 Posts	Posted 05/21/2013 10:05 pm thanks guys Report this Post to the Staff
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