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I posted in July about a purchase of a 1945 narrow date variety of the Newfoundland 5c. At the time, this variant was not listed in the Trends or any other reference, aside from Barry Borselino's unpublished manuscript. I thought that it might be worth while updating this: the coin has since been listed in the Trends, though there is no indication of price point. I can report two sales of this coin in the F15/VF20 range for $300 and $150. One was sold over ebay and the other through a Newfoundland coins Facebook group. I've seen no reports of this coin in >VF20 though I suspect they're out there (there are many AU and MS examples of the normal version). Based on Barry's estimate that the 1945ND is ~1% of the total extant 1945s, it is about as common as the 1873H 5c which trends $2,000 to $3,000 at this time. My personal opinion is that this coin should be listed on CoinsandCanada.com and in the Charlton. I would be curious to know if there's any way to help bring this about? I've attached images of the reverse of the 1945 and the ND 1945 for reference.   |
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PS. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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I bought a 1945 5c narrow date ICCS EF40 on ebay a year or so ago, for about $80. I was going to buy this one but missed the auction. Well done. I'll post a pic when I get a chance. |
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This is a very interesting variety. I did a quick search and found the following information (the information below has been pulled from Barry's ebay listing for his book): "One example of this is the 1945 Narrow Date, Repunched "45", NFLD 5 Cents, for which only 22 coins have been located out of a total 2,582 researched examples. These numbers would suggest that fewer than 1,800 coins of this variety were originally minted!". Do you know if Barry's book is still available? |
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Contact Barry and ask him... I downloaded mine from him.
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Barry is pretty happy to share his book - which keeps growing and growing. I think it's over 600 pages now...
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Below are pictures of my 1945 narrow date. I struggle with taking good pictures. I do need better equipment to take better pictures. The coin looks much better in hands. I don't think there is any wear on this coin so I believe that it would be MS (perhaps 63 or 64), but I am not an expert.   |
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Wow - that is very nice. I've never seem one much above VF-20...
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Posted 10/10/2021 08:33 am
