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Valued Member
Canada
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I think I may have two 1955 NSF pennies, though I am not sure because of wear. Take a look and tell me what you think. They are the first and last pennies. The two pennies in the centre are there for comparison (all 1955). I had to enhance the colour/brightness of the image with my scanning software, since the scanned pennies were a bit dark.   |
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Valued Member
Canada
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SF - The I in DEI is not flared
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5318 Posts |
Here's a 1953 SF to compare to your 4 '55s. Compare the position of the I in DEI to your coins--notice how the I aligns roughly to a denticle? Yours are all shoulder fold cents. The position of I is a better marker to look for than letter flaring (technical term is serifs).  |
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Valued Member
 Canada
464 Posts |
I see it lining up, thank you for the clarification.
One more thing I would like to ask about these pennies; do the denticles appear longer and thicker on the two outer pennies than the denticles on the pennies in the center? If so, does this indicate a different/new variety?
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Valued Member
United States
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Yes, the denticles on two coins are longer (obverse side). As I understand it, the variety with the longer denticles is a bit harder to find.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5318 Posts |
Good eye on the denticles! My Canada coin book by Charest lists those two denticle varieties, but gives the same value for short vs. long denticles.
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Valued Member
Canada
464 Posts |
Could you tell me the mintage? My Charlton catalogue only lists 1955 NSF and 1955 SF (56,403,193 total).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm always wondering about die variety mintage myself. For example, nobody has broken out the mintage of the 1949 "a to denticles" variety. However, I have the following info on '55. For the 1 cent, there were 215 obverse dies for an estimated 309,058 cents struck per die pair. So I'll guess there was only 1 NSF die used for '55, but 309K still seems high for the market value of the coin.  Edited by KurtS
05/06/2008 9:52 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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309K seems high for the mintage of that coin alooy. Remember, out cent has a softer alloy, and 250K is about the limit for a die pair. Or am I confused, (again)?
Dick
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Dick, I just went by a mint report issued by the RCM for that year.  But yes--for the value of the '55 NSF, the mintage/die pair seems high to me too. |
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Valued Member
Canada
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I vow to find one by the end of this summer. I have a 1955 roll on the way, so I have my fingers crossed!
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United States
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good luck!  |
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Posted 05/06/2008 6:26 pm
