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After seeing the "Let's see your Nickles" post in the US Modern Coins section, I figured let's do one for our Canadian nickels, but just the 12 sided ones... This is for all 12 sided Canadian nickels from: 1942-1943 4.54 g 21.21 mm, 12-sided 88% copper, 12% zinc ("tombac") World War II 1944-1945 4.54 g 21.21 mm, 12-sided chrome-plated steel (World War II) 1946-1951 4.54 g 21.21 mm, 12-sided 99.9% nickel 1951-1954 4.54 g 21.21 mm, 12-sided chrome-plated steel (Korean War) 1955-1963 4.54 g 21.21 mm, 12-sided 99.9% nickel Here are a few of mine to start:        
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Are you sure about including the 1963? My set goes from 1942 to 1962.
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And here I thought nickles only had 2 sides :)
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atticguy posted:
"Are you sure about including the 1963? My set goes from 1942 to 1962" The info I took it from was from themint.ca & wikipedia http://www.mint.ca/store/mint/about....VWO_Xk3bKpo"1942 - 1963 The 12-sided coin Five-cent coins were made of nickel from 1921 to 1942. However, nickel's importance in the production of war materials demanded the development of another metal for coinage. Tombac, a kind of brass, was chosen as the replacement and was used until 1946. The 5-cent coin featured 12 sides to distinguish it from the one-cent coin" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel...nadian_coin)"1955-1963 4.54 g 21.21 mm, 12-sided 99.9% nickel" |
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You can count on the Mint to get it wrong. No 12 sided coins were struck in 1963, nor were any tombacs struck for circulation after 1943. The Mint's site is one of the lamest sources of information on Canadian coins.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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typical light strike   |
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This 1943 tombac has a big obverse die crack from bust to rim.   1942 Floating Beaver with same obverse die crack as posted by aardspeed.   1944 Chrome Plated Cud on inside of C in CENTS  1945 Chrome plated Cud on inside of C in CENTS  1947 ML Edited by SilverDon
05/26/2015 06:13 am
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Commemorative 1951 Nickel  |
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I don't have it with me and I don't have a full obverse pic, but the reverse die cracks ID it as a Zoell FL174e.  |
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Got this one in change yesterday at the burger joint. A little banged up.   |
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Edited by SilverDon
05/27/2015 7:40 pm
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