1896 Cant Far 6? I Don't Think So... But Maybe?

Since the 6 was handpunched into each die, there are many many positions of the 6 ... high, low, near, far and every increment, as well, for each direction. What some books and the CaC show as a "far 6" is really a far far 6, high and rotated slightly CCW. ICCS and most TPG's no longer will cert any "far 6" because every die had a different spacing so there is no standard to go by. Yours is as close to "normal" as you can get.

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http://www.coinsandcanada.com/coins...nt-1896-1896

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okiecoiner and canadian-varieties, who are very knowledgable in this area post here that there are quite a number of far 6 varieties.
Dorado posts that for more infomation we should look at a site that has less information and does not say anything about a number of far 6 varieties but rather leads us to assume there is only one, and it is Zoell#J16b. Things have changed a lot in the over 50 years since Zoell published. Nowhere on that site does it state there are more known far 6 varieties, anyone looking there first without reading otherwise in a thread such as this would be led to believe there is only one known far 6 variety.

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I use CaC as only ONE of the references that CAN be used. It is not the bible and I find a great deal of misinformation in there, but lots of valuable info as well. It is no different than other sites and publications and that's why you never use just ONE place to get your info. There is a reason why TPG's have stopped certifying 1896 "far 6's". There is every position of the 6 under the sun possible,so which one is it? How far is far? Zoell never gave any other markers, nor did Griffin. Here are Griffin's description of the gap between the 9 & 6 of the 13 varieties that he found, but many more have been found in the 25+ years since he wrote it. Here are the 9 & 6 gaps in Griffin's words: "very close, close, less close, close, quite close, quite close, quite close, wider, wider, wider, wider, wider, wide, very wide." I will also add that we found many many discrepencies in Griffin when we wrote the 2011 variety section for Charlton.... and even sent in the items needed to correct the VERY incorrect Monograph 1 to Charlton, where the addendum has sat for 7 years.

Again, the last two digits on the '96 were handpunched. With an average reverse die life of about 40,000 coins struck and 2 million minted, that's 50 different placements of the "6" for the guy with the hammer and punch. Griffin was not really a "variety guide". It was based almost entirely on the digit spacing in the date and then a "few" markers may have been mentioned. Zoell saw and photo'd many of the '96's but even he gave up. Charlton and ICCS both refuse to even mention the coin and Trends needs to clean house of it as well. Louis at ICCS sometimes will still cert one if it is exceptionally wide and the owner is known.

I have submitted corrections to Cac numerous times in the past, but saw very little actually implemented, so I quit doing it .. I thought that it fell on deaf ears. However, the photos, mintage figures, and examples are a great source for any collector. Any reference, publication, or collector site should be just ONE of as many sources that you should use to make reasonable assumptions. I've researched large cent varieties for 40 years and still find nuggets of new info, some of it from CaC... it's a site that SHOULD be used. My personal opinion is that "new submissions" are not vetted thoroughly or things researched before they show up in print there. It's much easier to get something new incorporated that having something old "corrected" and there is a good deal of misleading info there... however, I look at the site at least 2-3 times a week. I'm not badmouthing the site ... it's just my personal opinion as a researcher and collector/hoarder.

Here's some examples found by the community of the french version of Coinsandcanada.