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Smallcentguy Pillar of the Community Canada 1984 Posts	Posted 02/23/2014 09:50 am This one has me stumped..... http://www.ebay.com/itm/291086956520 I took a look through what the mint produced in that date range and there is nothing that even remotely matches this planchet. When you look at the planchet, which is kind of an odd composition for a coin and is a bit ugly, it is hard to imagine that the planchet was ever designed to be coin. So while it looks like a back door job like the seller says, the planchet must have taken a bit of work to design and fabricate. Anyone have any thoughts on this one? Anyone seen anything like it? Edited by Smallcentguy 02/23/2014 09:51 am Report this Post to the Staff

DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9865 Posts	Posted 02/23/2014 10:11 am The RCM continues to have the most lax security of any mint in the world. I wonder if the demise of the NBU coins will finally put an end to this. @SPP, you should have added a couple of 0's to the price (seriously).If double struck dollars can sell for 4 figures,why not this? "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Edited by DBM 02/23/2014 10:27 am Report this Post to the Staff
pennysaver Pillar of the Community Canada 937 Posts	Posted 02/23/2014 10:45 am That coin won't last long. Nice to see it while we can though! Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10460 Posts	Posted 02/23/2014 11:10 am @DBM, unlike the masses on ebay who think a die chip dot is a $100 error, I believe in pricing errors at fair market value. Frankly, errors are about eye-appeal and this one has an ugly ducking look to it. It also has minor corrosion, being so iron-rich. I am an error collector myself, and I honestly don't think this coin is worth much more than $500. Trust me, if it was a pristine condition coin, it would have gone to PCGS and then to a Heritage Auction, and probably a 4-figure hammer... "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
Xanonite Valued Member Canada 218 Posts	Posted 02/23/2014 3:15 pm Definitely a unique coin! Very nice find. Hope you get lots for it. Report this Post to the Staff
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