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Those are just the sort of things that grab me. Very nice collection. I don't think many are seen on US coins. |
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Canada
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Thanks for sharing, very unique but one question, why were the 1859s planchets having this issue?
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I just love them MG, especially the 3rd from the end. The 1858 & 59's were essentially 1/3 thinner than what the same presses were minting before. The British half penny was exactly 25.4 mm (one inch) in diameter, the same as the newly ordered Canadian large cents. Canada wanted the weight to be 4.54 miligrams (100 would be 1 pound)so the coins themselves could be used as a measuring devise, both weight and dia. The Brit halfpenny used much thicker planchets (about 1/3 greater), so both the planchets and the dies took a beating (the dies because there was less buffer between the dies to absorb the pounding.
The Canadian people did not like the thinner planchets and many many cents lay in bank vaults, unused. When the next cents were struck, 17 years later, in 1876 the Brit halfpenny and the Canadian Cent were exactly the same size and both planchets and dies lasted longer.
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12/23/2017 12:48 pm
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Phenomenal presentation and excellent history too.
I very much enjoyed your presentation.
I don't think the US has ever seen such problems on any series or dates.
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Great collection of cracked planchet coins Viper  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Impressive! |
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viper, You've got the market cornered with these beauties..nice work..
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United States
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This 1858 cent is in an MS-63RB holder. I believe it is actually a specimen (it has the specimen die pair). Anyway, it is kind of a cool coin with two huge planchet cracks.  http://www.victoriancent.com2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Award Winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award Winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca Award Winner. Life Member of RCNA.
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Viper totally awesome lot  bosox how is that coin holding together Cheers Don
Vickies cents and GB Farthings nut.
"Old" is a figure of speech and nothing more
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United States
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Awesome collection, viper, and thanks for sharing! In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Thanks everyone!! bosox, That is a real beauty MG |
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Marcel - Those are great coins. Wasn't trying to deflect attention, merely to add.
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Quote:
Those are great coins. Wasn't trying to deflect attention, merely to add. Rob, I could sit and look at your "magnificent" Large Cents all day long. Add all the photos you want you are not deflecting any attention what so ever. Merry xmas. MG |
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Edited by dan-in-crystal-lake
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"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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