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A dealer gave this one to me last week while I was buying some other error coins. The hole goes right through the date so he wasn't too keen on it, but I was thinking that knowing the last digit would be enough to nail it down. I certainly know zero about Canadian coins, but did some research and think it places as 1892. Possibly the doubling of the NA of CANADA would even pin it down to a particular die. Any help appreciated to verify the date. Thanks! 18X2 25 cent mint error - off center    |
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United States
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Canada
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One mans trash is another mans treasure.
I would love to own that.
Great find!
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Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nice addition to your collection. Merry Christmas!
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Thank you all for the kind comments but especially Smallcentguy! That's definitely the N, and looking at the coin there also seems to be a matching die gouge just below the lower lip. I'd say you nailed it, and quickly. Much appreciate the help as putting a date on this one seemed possible and now looks nailed down.
Merry Christmas to all and may the new year bring many new finds.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Pity about the hole, but I would have been very happy to include it in my collection, anyway, irrespective of the date and variety, due to the gross error.
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United States
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I've been trying to estimate the value of this coin. Figured it wasn't much with the drill hole, but in general I have failed to find anything even similar online either sold or for sale. Would an error like this be considered rare for that era in Canada? Starting to think this might be worth more than I was thinking but am still in the dark for any kind of price range. It's not actually going up for sale, but since I don't collect Canada coins at some point it will end up getting sold or traded and having some broad idea of value would be helpful. Any guesses?
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This would have been a really cool error with a nice large cap, but someone tried to make it a medal or something, most error guys would stay away from holed errors. Sure someone would pay a small premium for this unit.
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I would easily pay a small premium for it. Not a fan of holed coins, buy this kind of strike is pretty neat and assuming quite rare.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Probably impossible to find a sold price for a similar coin on ebay. If you don't intend to sell it, the value it may have is of little importance - similar to a typical museum policy. In the situation of a paucity of value information, it gets down to what the owner may think it could be worth. To my way of thinking, I would value a similar error silver coin such as this, at perhaps 20% of the value of a similar non holed coin. But that is just me. When it comes to holed Maundy coins, US Half Dimes, and Three Cent Silver coins, I have a collection of about 20. In this case, none are error coins, and as such, I would value them at about $5 each, or even less. Most probably, all of them were holed for jewelry purposes. |
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Oddly I was also thinking about maybe 80% of straight value. A 25% off center on a similarly dated US 25 cent coin would run about $2000 or so, but I just have no idea if Canadian errors have a similar value. From the few off centers I could find they are priced well above a similar error on a US coin. It is not impossible this is one of the strongest off centers known for that series. That's why I'm asking here, as I only have questions and all my google images searches are not finding any of these.
But value does have something to do with whether I will be selling it. A value of $600 and it'll go to PCGS to get slabbed and sold at auction. A value of $125 and I just stick it in a 2x2 and hold it until someone is looking to make a trade and finds it interesting. I'm happy keeping it around, as I like it, but if enough value I'd likely put it on the market as not really part of what I collect.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Off center strikes for modern base metal coins are not nearly as scarce as silver off center strikes of many decades ago.
I have two silver off center strike Australian Shillings shillings about as extreme as the Canadian 25 Cents pictured here, but I do not know how the value would compare between them.
I have seen similar examples of Australian Shillings at public auction, where they have sold for around AU$ 200 each or thereabouts.
If my coins had been holed they would be valued at less than AU$50 or so, IMO.
Because I have no intention of selling my coins, the value of them to me is largely academic.
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United States
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Thanks again, as that is all very helpful. Lovely set of coins in those links and the prices they sold for were also quite helpful. It does seem as if errors like these from the early dates are quite rare, and while the error is quite readily apparent, slabbing it is required for most major auction houses to sell it, which is why I would think about doing that. But it's rotten expensive so not something done without some forethought.
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As an error collector myself, a holed coin is something I'd never buy. For example, I sold this one for about 15% of what it's value would be without the hole. My guess is you might get $200 to $350 for it. It all really depends how bad someone wants it.  "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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