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New Member
Canada
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The stem on the maple leaf, and the N and A of Canada seem to be errors to me. Any help greatly appreciated.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Not errors.
Impossible for this to occur during the minting process.
Heavily damaged.
It would take a lot of force to displace the metal like that.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
Edited by DBM
02/07/2021 7:10 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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New Member
 Canada
6 Posts |
Thank you. I don't see any evidence of cut marks in those areas, but I don't know much about coins.
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Valued Member
Canada
98 Posts |
 to CCF. You should be able to pry up the displaced metal. |
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New Member
Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
21601 Posts |
Better pictures but the results are still the same . It is PMD. There is no way that could happen during the striking of the coin so no matter what happened after that, it is damage. |
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 United States
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Yes, definitely PMD. Something was thrust or hammered straight up that peeled the left leg of the "A" and the right leg and horizontal bar of the "N" and piled the peeled metal to the top of the "N" and the gap between the 2 letters. It may have happened in normal use or with something like a chisel, as mentioned by nickelsguy |
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New Member
Canada
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Thanks for the help everyone.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
6244 Posts |
PMD, not only the N & A but also the stem up to A.
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New Member
Canada
17 Posts |
It looks convincing, but I suppose the community is correct.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Yes it does look convincing, as if it were struck this way, but there is no way that I can think of anyway, that this could be caused by the striking process of the coin.
It would have to occur after the coin is struck and is therefore considered after minting damage, which is just damage. Otherwise, we would all be making our own "errors".
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New Member
Canada
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This came out of a batch of old coins my grandmother saved, which I inherited from my father. It looks even more convincing under magnification, but I think Bond632 is correct. I think it's really neat though and will save it in my collection. |
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Posted 02/07/2021 7:21 pm
