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Coin Scavenger Valued Member Canada 444 Posts	Posted 12/15/2014 01:46 am In 1908 a large 8 or small 8 variety was available, is it possible to have a large 8 over small 8? The large 8 should have a bow and small 8 should have a cross/bow. This coin appears to have large 8 with doubling then a cross over bow, a mix of the varieties. Edited by Coin Scavenger 12/15/2014 09:20 am Report this Post to the Staff

Scropper CCF Sponsor United States 702 Posts	Posted 12/15/2014 02:22 am monitoring... this is an interesting one. I'm definitely no expert here, but interested and learning. This isn't a Newfoundland but rather a plain Canadian silver five cent, correct? The Newfoundland says "NEWFOUNDLAND" on it. From the quick survey I did of other large and small 8s, it looks to me like a lot of the large 8s show doubling. But this is an interesting one! And that is a BEAUTIFUL coin. : ) Report this Post to the Staff
Coin Scavenger Valued Member Canada 444 Posts	Posted 12/15/2014 09:49 am Thanks Scropper. Yes Canada not Newfoundland. Report this Post to the Staff
DEVLEC Pillar of the Community Canada 3234 Posts	Posted 12/15/2014 09:59 am I'm no expert,..but there is an 8 in that 8...very nice.. Report this Post to the Staff
SHAFTA9a Bedrock of the Community Canada 10743 Posts	Posted 12/15/2014 11:29 am I'm not an expert either but, it does look like a large 8 over a small 8.. Where's Zonad? Report this Post to the Staff
47P7 Pillar of the Community Canada 1505 Posts	Posted 12/15/2014 12:06 pm IMO, your coin is a small date Have never heard (or forgotten? old age) a 8/8 in this date. does not mean that IT DOES NOT EXIST. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10458 Posts	Posted 12/15/2014 4:17 pm Waiting for nickelsguy to comment on this... the 1908 strikes were a pet project of his... "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
Vancouver IslandCoinKid Forum Kid Canada 1074 Posts	Posted 12/16/2014 12:06 am the coin is very nice, double 8 maybe,i don't know... However is that what a large 8 is? a double 8 Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsguy Pillar of the Community Canada 2301 Posts	Posted 12/17/2014 4:08 pm 1908 Sm 8/8. A tough coin. Only the second one I have ever seen!!~!~ Report this Post to the Staff
DEVLEC Pillar of the Community Canada 3234 Posts	Posted 12/17/2014 4:12 pm Belated Birthday Greetings Mike..!!.. ..and there you have it..a very tough coin indeed.. Report this Post to the Staff
Strach-Man Valued Member Canada 491 Posts	Posted 12/17/2014 9:00 pm I would call it 8 over 8 and your right just because nobody has seen one or remembers one. Does not mean it's not out there very nice coin. Report this Post to the Staff
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