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Entrepid New Member Canada 34 Posts	Posted 08/09/2020 09:02 am Hi All, I'm a new member, so please excuse if this has been answered before ... I found a mint bag of 1962 Canadian pennies and am attempting to sort them. The catalogues say there are some with a missing 'M'. I cannot find an 'M' anywhere on the coin! Is someone able to tell me where I should be looking and how much magnification I will need to see it? Thanks in advance for your help! Entrepid Report this Post to the Staff

Smallcentguy Pillar of the Community Canada 1984 Posts	Posted 08/09/2020 09:29 am Have a look at this listing. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Canada-196...AOSwMDRfG1Ij It is not easy to see. There should be the initials MG incuse at the bottom of the Queen's effigy. The letters are the designer's initials......Mary Gillick. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Gillick Personally I don't think that this a very interesting variety....caused by a filled die. It is quite hard to see and there are lots of somewhat missing Ms and Gs. Edited by Smallcentguy 08/09/2020 09:29 am Report this Post to the Staff
Entrepid New Member Canada 34 Posts	Posted 08/09/2020 09:45 am Thanks for your help! I'm just trying to establish whether the '62 pennies have any value really. Should I take the time to put them into a cover or roll them, or ... ? Report this Post to the Staff
Smallcentguy Pillar of the Community Canada 1984 Posts	Posted 08/09/2020 09:59 am The Harp and guitar coins are worth looking for. Also, if you find a true MS66 that is worth keeping. Otherwise, an MS65 is not really worth sending to ICCS as you will likely not be able to get the price of the holder out if you sell it. Hanging 2 coins are also easy to find unless MS66. There is not much value to any searched BU Elizabeth rolls unless 1953 to 1956, 1983 or 1985. Report this Post to the Staff
Entrepid New Member Canada 34 Posts	Posted 08/09/2020 4:52 pm Thanks Smallcentguy! Report this Post to the Staff
john100 Pillar of the Community Canada 5324 Posts	Posted 08/09/2020 5:15 pm If you have an original mint bag sealed, look in the bottom for fragment strikes or other errors Report this Post to the Staff
Entrepid New Member Canada 34 Posts	Posted 08/09/2020 5:20 pm Yes, the bag was sealed. I'll have a look! Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188213 Posts	Posted 08/10/2020 12:16 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Entrepid New Member Canada 34 Posts	Posted 08/10/2020 4:18 pm Thank you! :-) Report this Post to the Staff
Entrepid New Member Canada 34 Posts	Posted 08/11/2020 01:25 am Update ... finding lots of hanging 2's. Sure is time consuming going through though ... Report this Post to the Staff
Entrepid New Member Canada 34 Posts	Posted 08/23/2020 6:28 pm Hey, does anyone know what the discoloration is on this coin? It looks like metal, came from a sealed bag from the mint and has a green hue when there's light on it. Thanks in advance! Entrepid Report this Post to the Staff
Smallcentguy Pillar of the Community Canada 1984 Posts	Posted 08/23/2020 6:34 pm That looks like a carbon spot. The coin was probably contaminated before it was sealed in the bag. This is very common on 1960s roll and bag coins. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10456 Posts	Posted 08/23/2020 9:48 pm Fingerprint smudge from a mint worker, in 1962, which eventually lead to corrosion and what you see now. Mint bags, while still sealed, are full of coins like that. "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
Entrepid New Member Canada 34 Posts	Posted 08/24/2020 5:05 pm Perhaps. It's difficult to see in the photo but the spot appears to be raised and has brush strokes. The overall area is almost a perfect square ... Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 08/24/2020 6:26 pm to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
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