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chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 12/19/2017 08:22 am Wanna buy a pair of "probably very rare" victory nickle coin dies (not my spelling)? Have fun! https://midlandauctions.ca/?p=7540&...ion_ID=34987 Report this Post to the Staff

arvan Valued Member Canada 125 Posts	Posted 12/19/2017 09:34 am Really interesting if real. Those are my favorite coins in the entire world! Report this Post to the Staff
john100 Pillar of the Community Canada 5324 Posts	Posted 12/19/2017 10:02 am This is almost certainly not a coin die, but maybe a process in the production of the dies themselves, so goofy things goes missing at the RCM during the 40's too. Still kind of interesting ! Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10458 Posts	Posted 12/19/2017 10:15 am Quote: but maybe a process in the production of the dies themselves Looks more like someone was painstakingly trying to create a homemade pair of dies, by sinking a real coin into softer metal - perhaps to strike some 1944 Tombac 5-cents. This auction house is in Midland, Ontario, and if these were indeed a legit pair of RCM non-cancelled dies, this seller would have been directed to Steve Bromberg or Sandy Campbell, who probably would not hesitate to write a five-figure cheque for the pair... "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 Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 12/19/2017 10:18 am Quote: Looks more like someone was painstakingly trying to create a homemade die, by sinking a real coin into softer metal - perhaps to strike some 1944 Tombac 5-cents. That's what I was thinking. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 12/19/2017 1:31 pm Same here. Report this Post to the Staff
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