Ever Notice This With 50 Cents Pieces..?

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wert Rest in Peace 1988 Posts	Posted 03/22/2014 7:03 pm Hi guys..Nothing earth shattering, but have you ever noticed that the 50 cent coins from the 40's and 50's has something common but strange..Look at the picture below. On these coins the middle "A" in the word Canada is always smaller the the other "A's"...strange but true...haha. Report this Post to the Staff

persistnt Pillar of the Community Canada 726 Posts	Posted 03/23/2014 12:20 am yes I see, or is it just optical from curve.......I don't know.. Report this Post to the Staff
lambecolin Pillar of the Community Canada 618 Posts	Posted 03/23/2014 02:16 am Look at the triangle in the A's----2 different fonts---Hippie days for sure! Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 03/23/2014 05:33 am The die cutter didn't know what he was doing. He didn't show his calligraphic abilities in this case. In reality, it is only a small mistake, but you have noticed it. With normal card or sign lettering, the points of A', M's, N's, V's and W's extend either above or below a projected invisible line which connects the flat tops or bottoms of all the other letters. That does not happen here. The points of the A's don't appear to be high enough, although they actually are. The tops of the A's only equal the height of the other letters, but don't extend beyond the line as they should do. Report this Post to the Staff
wert Rest in Peace 1988 Posts	Posted 03/23/2014 09:31 am sel_69l...you are correct...I was a printer for a couple of years and letters like "A"..."C"..."O"..etc. had to be taller than others to adjust for the illusion of being smaller..Here they did not take that into consideration. Report this Post to the Staff
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