1978 5 Cent Nickel With Excessive Polishing (Bare Belly)

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JohnWayne007 Pillar of the Community Canada 1186 Posts	Posted 03/23/2021 11:12 am Since I see a good presents of bare bellies being posted I thought I would show you guys this one that I've had sitting in my "randoms" collection, I know it is not a full bare belly but it is pretty close. Although its only due to over polishing I still think it is nice so I kept it anyway. Standard Reverse Over Polished Reverse 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) Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 03/23/2021 11:44 am Very cool, 2x2 worthy. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10470 Posts	Posted 03/23/2021 11:53 am Very cool, I think they were overworking the dies in the late 1970s, you see the same thing with 1-cent coins. Mint state examples will even show the die polishing lines. "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
coinman91 Pillar of the Community Canada 668 Posts	Posted 03/23/2021 3:53 pm Fantastic example, I will keep my eyes open. It erased so much detail it actually erased a lot of the neck area too! Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19323 Posts	Posted 03/23/2021 3:59 pm Now that's die polishing, with a vengeance. Nice example. Report this Post to the Staff
Greasy Fingers Pillar of the Community United States 7152 Posts	Posted 03/23/2021 10:46 pm Super neat.... Report this Post to the Staff
silviosi Pillar of the Community Canada 6244 Posts	Posted 03/23/2021 11:25 pm Nice and cool. The polish worker needed some beaver hairs, so hope complete his collection. Report this Post to the Staff
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