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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Idk if this is an error or mayb just my eyes but the back leg of the beaver looks weird, the ling where it meets the body seems really wide at first I thought maybe a die polish error but now I'm thinking maybe a really long acid bath that someone did to mayb try and clean the coin. The fur on the body seems almost non existent, what are everyone's thoughts   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Here's a picture of the reverse. Seems far to clean to have not had a good cleaning or something but maybe it's just a nice coin idk how to tell really  also above the queen right on the rim it kinda looks like extra metal but I think again mayb just melted from an acid bath. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Probably from over polishing the die.
You can see missing detail under the chin as well.
Also the Queen is the Obverse side, not the reverse.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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So is it an error coin or PMD? I found it in a roll from the bank, customer roll I think. But seems to clean to me. And the weird extra metal around the rim makes me think the coins was cleaned but slightly melted mayb. But ya I can tell it looks weird I just don't know what's up with it. Keeper or just a coin mayb dipped in something to clean it. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Over polishing is a Die Event and neither an error or PMD. It would be like MD is to doubling. You can keep it if you want but it adds no extra value. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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So all and all it's worth 5¢? And if so is there not something going on? Why is the coin so clean looking? Has it been cleaned? And over all if it's not PMD and the slightest error it would be my first error find lol so commemorative? |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Wow just noticed that what's up with that? The back leg indent flows directly into the water. Is this normal? I'm still unsure whats up with this
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Is this coin fake? I'd think not because no key date but something is weird here. And if all the coins the back leg and the
Flow to the pond below feature it's like the beaver is bleeding out imo
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Mint state coin, it is real, and it has not been cleaned. Reverse shows it was struck with an over-polished die.
The extra metal around the rim is from very minor finning from the collar (dies slightly misaligned, but still within tolerance).
Not an error, as over-polished dies are similar to die wear/deterioration. Just a normal coin, and in fact, collectors prefer coins struck with fresh dies, not over-polished like this.
Looks to be MS-60 or MS-62. So yeah face value, except, there is almost almost 8 cents of pure nickel there (some folks hoard the pure nickel 5c).
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Isn't the bare belly beaver 1990 from an over polished die as well? So and over polished die is not an error? I'm confused. Also the coins itself looks like the beaver leg line connects with the stream flowing down the rock. Makes it look like the beaver is bleeding out. Kinda ominous lol.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I'd love to hear more about this, so it's no really an error but happens at the mint? Also I know some of these can fetch a premium. What makes some of these worth more? Also I'm gonna call this the bleeding beaver nickel. Though as a Canadian that name sounds kinda gross to me lol.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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And just noticed this, there is a scratch looking thing in front of the queen's mouth is this a scratch or like a die crack?
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Moderator
Canada
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Coins struck by older dies become of interest to error collectors when dies crack, and then break (producing a Cud). You are free to collect anything you like, including die polishing errors, just don't expect them to carry any premium, "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 OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Beaver has front paw completely severed. Interesting?
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Quote:
Isn't the bare belly beaver 1990 from an over polished die as well? No. It is not. I wrote about that specific variety some time ago in the CN Journal. See the May 2014 issue, p. 200-203. Members of the RCNA can access the achieved journals for free. Tons of information available there. "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 OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Posted 07/05/2021 6:05 pm
