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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I found this while looking at them under microscope the penny on the left look's BLUNT 5 and the one on the right POINTED 5  New varities? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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How interesting! The right 5 definitely looks more pointed to me.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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 Hey Kurt I see it nice and clear under the microscope the angle of the right one point toward the N in Canada and the left one point's toward the first A. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's a great way to describe it! Do you have an idea which variety is more common? I'll look for one of these today...we've had a show the past couple of days. Edited by KurtS
04/12/2008 11:48 am
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Valued Member
Canada
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thats interesting, never heard of this variety.. you know what that means.. now theres 65 75 and 85 pointed/blunt varieties to look for...
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Hey, Andre, I've been going through $50.00 worth of cents this weekend, and since you said about the 1975s I have been watching for them, all I have found were all pointed ones, so I guess the Blunt one is the "rare" one. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I don't think there is only one like this one,maybe lots of them on the market,it's just that peoples don't look for coins like this one most of us go by the book and sometime stick to what the book show,my self and I'm certain many of us have the abbit to verify every single coins that they put ther hand on. I have found many coins like this with any type of dies error or missmint.I guess Numismatic as no limmits.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm back from the show and only saw the pointed ones, so I'd have to agree...nice find Andre! |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I could be wrong, but I think I have also found the pair of 1975 cents. One is ever-so-slightly pointed, and the other is more noticeably pointed.
Perhaps sadly, "the book" often motivates us as to what to collect. Some varieties get all the attention, while others get none.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Hi Bibd  I don't think you will find this one in any book it just happen to pull my attention that both coin represented a difference to me and I found that one while passing my change under microscope as I do with any coins I put my hand on. Andre |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I should check my PL cent for '75.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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What I really think about all this is that most of us are going by the book to find the rare damage coin it's should be all around.When you start looking at different coins you get to know them exactly the way they are made,if we have reference books today for error coins it's beacuse people like us discover something that differ a coin from an other and they reported those to the publishers.
I remember buying an 1973 Canadian Silver Dollar with the RCMP at a flea market not that I needed the coin but this coin to me add something different from the one in my collection,after looking on the REV side I discover that this coin was fully double punch on the reverse side,the book mention that this year of 73 RCMP there is double date struck,funny mine as everything that on the reverse double,so this make another varities not describe in any coins books
Andre
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Yes, I agree that books miss a lot! Collecting is made more fun for all by people like you looking carefully, and with your helpful posts. Thanks for this find Andre!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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This weekend I went through about 20-25 1975 cents (just what I had on hand), and found all but one were pointed, and that last one, while I believe it is blunt, I could be wrong, without something better than my little 10x loupe. (The coin is, admittedly, pretty well circulated, too, which doesn't help.) So, from my one-tie experiment, it looks as if the blunt 5 is the less common. I'll get a box of cents this week and specifically look at all the 1975's.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Andre, is that a small die chip, just to the right, and slightly up from the blund end of the left photo? The right photo is the pointed one.
Chris, The box you speak of, unless it is solid date, will just be another "batch", and will teoo you very little by comparison. You went thru 2-=25 cents, (in hand), and the box will not give you that many, I'll bet. I have finally put all my cents, *Canadian) in tubes, so I can search by date, and get a failly good idea as to what is available. Thanks,
Dick
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04/27/2008 2:38 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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this is the one sure find.  I think there are 5 more possibles.... Dick |
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Posted 04/12/2008 11:33 am
