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Valued Member
Canada
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This toonie is being sold in an upcoming auction but I have a hard time seeing how it could be a legitimate error. If it is real I love to know how it came to be like this. Any opinions?   Thanks! |
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Moderator
 Canada
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Very legit. I know a twoonie collector who will be very aggressively bidding on that one...
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2301 Posts |
the obv distortion is a red flag to me roger
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1695 Posts |
Could you kindly explain the error?
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Moderator
Canada
10456 Posts |
Mike - the twoonie man tells me that what you are seeing is normal for 1996, almost like a struck through oil phenomena - you also often see it on the other side, near ELIZABETH. Jaime says it is likely hydraulic or lubricating oil. Regardless, I don't collect this series...
"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 OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Valued Member
Canada
153 Posts |
Sorry, I'm lazy, which auction? Am I to assume Coin Expo?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2781 Posts |
so is another coin involved? else how would DOL of dollar end up mirror/reversed?
to my uneducated eyes it looks like an off center vise job
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4233 Posts |
I don't understand how the reverse gets reversed either, nor where the serrated sections on the rim could come from.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5324 Posts |
Toonies have serrations on the rim.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2781 Posts |
yes they have serrations, but it doesn't address the reversed lettering unless another coin was involved.
would this be a flipped over brockage ? hydraulic oil doesn't explain it
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Valued Member
Canada
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Moderator
Canada
10456 Posts |
Sold on the floor... the more I looked at this coin... the more I can appreciate what nickelsguy was alluding too... I hope for that price, it was legit (often, we need these things in hand to make those judgements).
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Posted 05/03/2017 8:36 pm
