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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Greetings,
I'm in the market for a business strike 1948, 50 cents. I've looked at quite a few and just can't find one with a well struck reverse. Weakness on the upper left where the coat of arms meets the crown seems to be the norm. Although some are very close, none have what I would call a full, crisp strike.
I realize this problem plagued the mint for many years until the coat of arms was reduced in size, but I've had little difficulty finding other years with good strikes. Only the '48s seem next to impossible in this regard.
Has anyone else purchased or seen a '48 with a nice, fully struck reverse?
Thanks for any replies.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Where have you been looking? They are in the minority, most are weakly struck. First one that pops up on ebay search. 381823261394 Nicely struck reverse. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Hi DBM, I've been checking out all the online auctions and coin shops. During this process I've checked out perhaps 75 or more. Yes, I saw the one you point out. Seems it's about as good as it gets for a 48. Still, it's a bit flat on the high spots. But I might have to bite the bullet and get one like this. However I'd prefer purchasing one like this. It's a '54 I got in another online auction. Note the difference between it and the '48 on ebay. http://www.icollector.com/1954-Cana...63_i25553076Thanks for your reply. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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that would be the difference of year's struck, the 1948 is usually a weak strike,,the coin you bought is not from the difficult years..
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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there should also be no trouble in finding a mid strike coin, nice and clean..but the details will not be standing at attention, so to speak..but you can get them without the weakness being so apparent.,on the left side of the shield..
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Valued Member
Canada
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I had a similar problem. It's fairly difficult to find one with a really nice reverse strike, some of those MS-65 available are so poorly struck I just don't see how people are paying for them as they don't look nice at all. Comparing it to another year is really not something you should do as silverwolf says. The one DBM points out is a fairly nice strike and although I think you can find a slightly better strike then that it wouldn't be much stronger. It will also be costly. As you can see that coin has generated several offers probably due to the nice strike.
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Valued Member
United States
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How's my 1948 in terms of strike? It's in a PCGS MS64 holder.   |
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Beautiful coin!  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Quote:381823261394Nicely struck reverse. The one that DBM listed is a very nicely struck coin. The 48 that I have shows the typical weakness in the reverse upper left side coat of arms.. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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justanothercoinaddict, that's a beautiful looking '48. Better than average reverse for the year. Yours and the one DBM showed are about as good as it gets fr a '48 it seems.
Oddly enough the coins on either side of 1948 are easily obtainable with full, sharp strikes. I have a '47 ML and a '49 that both have razor sharp strikes.
The mint was under a lot of pressure in '48 to turn out coins and I wonder if that pressure resulted in coins being released that weren't up to normal standards. Just a theory I'm throwing out there.
Thanks everyone for your input.
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