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*** Edited by Staff to clarify topic title. Titles are important! ***There are certain error coins that interest me. Do you find error coins interesting enough to collect them? Interesting enough to pay above trends? If this ebay listing was a better grade I'd bite. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/112831534547 Unnaturally close  Normal distance *** Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. *** Edited by Sweet_Kenny
02/27/2018 12:02 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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I would call that a variety instead of an error. That sort of thing doesn't really interest me, but other types of varieties and errors do. To each their own.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Since the maple leaf seems to protrude much more than the rest of the design, I'd say that someone modified it post-mint. There is no such variety/error noted in the CaC listings(but that's hardly the bible), so I'd say it's PMD. Maybe someone was fooling around trying to make a dot out of a maple leaf and "blobbed" it. http://www.coinsandcanada.com/coins...ts-1937-1952Edited by okiecoiner
02/27/2018 04:50 am
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Some extreme error coins are very rare and valuable.
A good example would be an Australian florin struck on a U.S. wartime nickel planchet - an error of the S.F. Mint.
A prime error coin that would sit well in any collection of either U.S. wartime nickel error coins, or Australian error coins generally.
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So okiecoiner could it partial be angle of pic to make it appear closer? And Sel_691, what do you think of errors such as double text or inverted A/V. I like the idea of mishaps getting through though your examples seem especially rare.
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The Maple Leaf was hand punched into each working die by Thomas Shingles himself. There were a number of 1947 dies that were punched and used in early 1948, so the position of the maple leaf is not generally consistent.
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I dug up this post because I have recently seen a couple of these for sale at ridiculous prices. Is this a variety that should now be legitimately recognized? I understand there is some variance with respect to the placement of the ML but generally there is noticeable distance from the 7. However there seems to be some consistency with certain coins struck with the ML visibly hugging the 7. Opinions?
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I dug up this post because I have recently seen a couple of these for sale at ridiculous prices. Is this a variety that should now be legitimately recognized? I understand there is some variance with respect to the placement of the ML but generally there is noticeable distance from the 7. However there seems to be some consistency with certain coins struck with the ML visibly hugging the 7. Opinions? I would say its common, like some US small cents that had the mint mark hand punched, as long as it was in the general location within mint tolerance you find many with the mark closer and further away from the date, as SPP-Ottawa stated the RCM hand punched the leaf into the die, and I think as long as it was beside the 7 they didn't really care. Now if the leaf was between the 4 and the 7 (highly unlikely) or dead center on top of the 7 then that would be significant enough to be considered a collectable variety IMO. Finding and discovering modern Canadian doubled die varieties since 2018. 2023 Recent Publications: Modern Canadian Doubled Die Varieties - First Edition PDF & Paperback https://www.mcddv.ca (website currently down for maintenance as of 08/01/2024) |
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