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I just noticed this today when putting this coin under the scope. The reverse has a die crack running from rim to rim! (arrows) It was only a matter of time before this die split in two.  |
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i love finding cool die cracks - gives the coins character. I have always wondered if I would ever get 2 coins that had the exact same die crack - how fun would that be to find!
great looking coin btw.
-Steve
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Interesting coin there  BTW: I remember a previous post by you about the 1944c Newfoundland dime mintage numbers. And for the life of me I cannot find it again - brain fault-. Do you happen to remember where it is? THANX in advance |
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Hi, Whitman, if Kurt doesn't mind I'll answer your question. The mintage of the Newfounland ten cents 1944 is 151,471, according to the Charlton book. Now, if you can find a 1946, (only 38,400 minted), that would be great.  |
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Shaft,
In his post Kurt mentioned that a lot of the 1944c's were distroyed, making the existing population around 57K. Unfortunately I do not have one of those, but I do have a 1945c. I was wondering whether there was a similar happenstance for the 1945c.
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Wow...people found this old post! As we don't get a notify on old posts, I'm glad I saw it. Here's another photo I did on this crack...it's more noticeable this way. It can't be long before this die split in half.  Regarding the 1944 NFLD mintages, apparently Charlton's and Krause are incorrect. I found what I wrote last time on the revised mintages: Looking through my Charlton's Catalogue, I've noticed the values given for the 1944 1c, 5c, and 10c coins have seemed excessively high, considering the mintage figures provided. I just found an article in the Canadian Coin news that offers an explanation: the official mintage figures are off, in summary: Quote:
1944 1 cent = 255,840
1944 5 cent = 151,090
1944 10 cent = 56,177 The full article can be read here . Edited by KurtS
10/07/2008 1:53 pm
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A little off topic , your coin is a nice find , do you consider the h large or small, if it's small Carlton's 62nd edition shows a 03h small with Die Deterioration. Think they could be related ? |
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MrCanada,
My impression when I bought this was a "large H", but I'll take another look sometime.
It would be interesting if is the scarcer coin, because that die is near the point of failure for this strike.
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hi kurts, today I received your twin coin 1903h die crack.I was looking at it with a cheap magnifier to see if it was a big or small h when I noticed a die crack from rim above crown to at least the 0 of the date. lucky enough was I to see yours cause I was looking for info about large and small H. I decided to register just to tell you that. So if you know about yours (large or small H) I'd know about mine. The person wrote large H on holder but... I can't add a pic. but I tell you I have the same.
if it's possible for you to answer on my perso e-mail do it
bye Simon
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Hi Simon, Wow...that's pretty cool that your coin has the same break!  Glad you saw my photo. When I bought this coin, my initial reaction was a large H. Taking another look against the photos in Charlton's, I'd say large H due to the vertical strokes and the width against the denticles, despite all that die wear. The small H mintmark does not cross over into the 3rd denticle.  |
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