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Hflirn Pillar of the Community United States 586 Posts	Posted 08/27/2014 03:51 am I always enjoy looking into my Canadian collection and finding possible errors. This coin struck my interest b/c of the O over I in Province. Lately I have been on a Canadian buying spree and hope to post some interesting errors. Hopefully some will enjoy Report this Post to the Staff

ace_ftw Pillar of the Community Canada 1747 Posts	Posted 08/27/2014 11:13 am Are you showing 2 different tokens, or both sides of the same one? I am not an expert on these, however one side says deux sous, and the other says 1 penny. It would be odd that the bank would put 2 different monies on the same coin/token. (sous is an old French coin) why would one side say 2 sous, while the other says 1 penny? Was there a fluctuation in currency back in the 19th century? Seems like there is some historical information I don't know about early banking/monies of my own country. The error you mention is cool, and something we don't see often on Canadian coinage. Report this Post to the Staff
Hflirn Pillar of the Community United States 586 Posts	Posted 08/27/2014 12:28 pm Thanks for your response ace. A sous is actually a Half Penny so Deux Sous is a whole Penny. As for the error yes I thought it was cool b/c I don't see signs of rotation elsewhere on the coin. I'd be interested to hear from someone how this might occur Report this Post to the Staff
ace_ftw Pillar of the Community Canada 1747 Posts	Posted 08/27/2014 12:37 pm I have read before that the earlier north American minting processes had movable letters/numbers (?) I am sure I read somewhere that this kind of error happened because in this case the 0 somehow got onto the die right before it was struck. I might be talking out my second mouth but I am sure that's what I read. Thanks for the explanation. Report this Post to the Staff
amida17 Pillar of the Community United States 4897 Posts	Posted 08/27/2014 12:43 pm Looks like damage to me. Report this Post to the Staff
Wade Pillar of the Community Canada 2781 Posts	Posted 08/27/2014 11:28 pm some close ups would be nice, at a variety of angles Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9866 Posts	Posted 08/27/2014 11:53 pm Gas bubble? "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Report this Post to the Staff
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