Canadian 1 Cent Coins Pre 1980: What Are The Odds Of Finding Minor Errors?

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oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5246 Posts	Posted 05/09/2018 5:33 pm I have a number of boxes of these-2500 per box-yes it is a hoard, I admit. Someday I may be bored and decide to search these for minor errors like clips, die cracks, thin planchets, and the like. I am sure that I would have noticed something dramatic like a broad strike or something off metal during the initial rolling. can anyone suggest the odds of finding anything like that, and are some years more prone to errors? Report this Post to the Staff

johnnysprawl Pillar of the Community Canada 1621 Posts	Posted 05/09/2018 5:46 pm Most of my minor cent errors are pre-'80's. 1969 was a good year for double struck cents... Report this Post to the Staff
mcshilling Pillar of the Community Canada 9163 Posts	Posted 05/09/2018 8:14 pm pre 1980 minor error are very common I have some from just about all years. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10458 Posts	Posted 05/10/2018 5:21 pm Ironically, 1980 and 1981 were probably the most common years to find errors in circulation, 1978 would be a close third... "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
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5246 Posts	Posted 05/10/2018 5:43 pm Thanks, SPP: I do have quite a few 1980s and 1981s too. What errors should I be looking for? How obvious might they be? Report this Post to the Staff
KHatt Valued Member Canada 291 Posts	Posted 05/11/2018 08:47 am If they are UNC boxes you may find a few clipped cents. But if they are circulation boxes, I doubt it. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10458 Posts	Posted 05/11/2018 12:39 pm Keep a scale handy when going through them. 1980 and 1981 is rife with coins struck on split planchets, struck through split planchets, and transition strikes (1980 cent struck on a 3.24 gram planchet from 1979 and older). "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
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5246 Posts	Posted 05/12/2018 06:48 am Thanks, SPP. Report this Post to the Staff
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