Canada 1978 Cent - Die Cap Or Offstruck?

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johnnysprawl Pillar of the Community Canada 1619 Posts	Posted 11/11/2016 12:35 pm I'm a little confused around whether this would be simply offstruck or a die cap due to the raised rim? thx Report this Post to the Staff

robmck1967 Pillar of the Community Canada 870 Posts	Posted 11/11/2016 4:12 pm Looks struck off center to me! Edited by robmck1967 11/11/2016 4:13 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Scissel Pillar of the Community Canada 693 Posts	Posted 11/11/2016 8:53 pm It looks like a simple off centre error. A die cap would have a raised rim all the way around. Report this Post to the Staff
Alan Pillar of the Community Canada 1463 Posts	Posted 11/11/2016 9:49 pm Actually looks like a smaller planchet as well, might want to weight it Report this Post to the Staff
kbbpll Pillar of the Community United States 4233 Posts	Posted 11/12/2016 12:27 pm It looks like two planchets fused/sandwiched together in the obverse image. I don't know if that's possible or what it would be called. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10458 Posts	Posted 11/12/2016 4:42 pm Off-centre, but struck with collar fully engaged. That is quite the Rim Fin on that coin. "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
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