1939 Canadian Silver Dollar Rim Question.

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Coin Scavenger Valued Member Canada 444 Posts	Posted 12/03/2014 11:10 pm What would be the terminology for this strike? Would this coin grade as a matte finish? Report this Post to the Staff

Pacificoin Pillar of the Community Canada 5394 Posts	Posted 12/03/2014 11:20 pm Circulation strike 1939 with the very typical mushy and slightly off centred rims. 1939 business strike dollars are famous for this anomaly . Probably one of the hardest dollars to find with fully struck up rims and dentils. Report this Post to the Staff
Vancouver IslandCoinKid Forum Kid Canada 1074 Posts	Posted 12/04/2014 12:00 am yes a slight off center sounds right! how bout a broad strike is it MS-63? Very nice dollar, a common year but a nice coin/grade Edited by Vancouver IslandCoinKid 12/04/2014 12:01 am Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 12/04/2014 05:26 am Broadstrike (no collar) obvious if there is no edge milling and the coin is of greater diameter than normal. I have never seen a dollar sized coin broadstruck, Therefore I reason they must be quite rare, and smaller broadstruck coins occur more frequently. Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21606 Posts	Posted 12/04/2014 09:23 am This problem is common 35-39 Silver Dollars. Of all the ones I have, over half have flattened denticles. It does not seem to affect the grade though as they still get MS grading. Whatever the problem at the mint was, they seemed to have gotten it resolved in 1945 as I do not see this on any of the later Silver Dollars. It is not a Matte Finish as Matte Finish was on Specimen Strikes only. Report this Post to the Staff
Pacificoin Pillar of the Community Canada 5394 Posts	Posted 12/04/2014 11:46 am The 1935 -39 dollars were struck with non chrome plated unpolished dies. This is the reason that they appear to be "matte". It would almost seem that striking pressure was a problem with these large size pieces. That said though there are lots of nice fully struck coins out there especially 1935's. It is a puzzle. Report this Post to the Staff
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