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Pillar of the Community
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First photo in that last post rules out any garage / "soft die" job, doesn't it? The "real" strike is on top of the "error" one.
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Pillar of the Community
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If it was multiple struck in the Mint, I don't think there's going to be raised rim designs on the coin like this one has. Error-ref says: " Genuine coins struck a second time by soft counterfeit dies show soft, blended overlap between the original, genuine design and the counterfeit second design." Unfortunately they don't have a picture for it, but the overlaps on this one does look blended enough to me (on the obverse at least). |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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To be absolutely sure about this coin, mcneil123 has to send his coin to either, nickelsguy or SPP IMO
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New Member
 Canada
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are either of them coming to the Oshawa show in May?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Struck once sandwiched between 2 die caps (or sandwiched by multiply struck pieces of sheet metal) during slack time..how it escaped the mint  . Cant look at it anymore..I know it could be made fairly easy within the the confines of the shop floor, looks easy to replicate with the right machine and some metal. We'll see what the experts say in when they see it in hand. |
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Just to follow this up. Both Zonad and I saw this coin, in hand, at Coin Expo this past May. This coin is a good example of what messing around with a soft die can do... not a genuine multiple strike error.
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Well, that was a surprise, I was expecting maybe a $1 start to see what it would fetch as a curiosity...
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It's clearly post mint damage...struck from counterfeit dies. I agree with SPP.
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