1979 - The Year For Wild 1c Striking Errors

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SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10458 Posts	Posted 09/25/2019 1:45 pm Not sure why this did not occur in the other denominations, but for the 1c strikes, 1979 was a crazy year. Got this one back from PCGS, with a decent grade: https://www.PCGS.com/cert/37951201 "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

mcshilling Pillar of the Community Canada 9160 Posts	Posted 09/25/2019 1:58 pm Wow I like that one cool. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10458 Posts	Posted 09/25/2019 2:01 pm I think CCF member John100 has one struck like 5 (or more) times... "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
robmck1967 Pillar of the Community Canada 870 Posts	Posted 09/25/2019 3:10 pm wow. that's incredible! nice one. you have to wonder what was going on in 79 and 80 at the mint...was someone asleep at the switch? the equipment wasn't calibrated properly? someone was deliberately letting these escape the mint? we will probably never know but glad these are out there for us to find! Report this Post to the Staff
john100 Pillar of the Community Canada 5324 Posts	Posted 09/25/2019 3:11 pm Yes that coin is at PCGS or maybe back from them hoping to reunite at Coin Expo, this is a nice example of a double strike coin. Report this Post to the Staff
CanadaPennies19 Valued Member Canada 201 Posts	Posted 09/25/2019 3:12 pm This is outstanding Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 09/25/2019 5:13 pm Quite a pile-up! Report this Post to the Staff
darryldarryl Pillar of the Community Canada 2426 Posts	Posted 09/25/2019 6:23 pm SPP can you please explain what has happened to this coin for those that just read through these post and don't really understand what it is they are seeing. BTW... Great coin ! Well done! Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 09/25/2019 7:11 pm Fantastic error. Congratulations. Report this Post to the Staff
fortcollins Pillar of the Community United States 3646 Posts	Posted 09/25/2019 9:13 pm Yowza! What a eye-popper! Report this Post to the Staff
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