The 1980 MS Strike 5 Cent / Some Interesting Finds.

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chadcoins Pillar of the Community Canada 1159 Posts	Posted 03/05/2023 8:18 pm Went through an old jar of coins that were very lightly circulated from 1980 and went looking for the 1980 double date 5 cent. Some interesting finds on some of these coins. I looked back in the history of this site and the French site and not much on these new findings. I'm going to start with the Revere and then the Obverse. This might take a few days. Make sure to shine in on this topic with about 10 pictures to view. First is a picture of the date, it sure looks like a small and large date. Note the bottom of the 9 how its broke and sideways. Report this Post to the Staff

chadcoins Pillar of the Community Canada 1159 Posts	Posted 03/05/2023 8:22 pm Found 2 coins were the bottom of the 9 is like sheared off and sitting at a 90 degree and one broken off. The first set of pictures has the other one to compare. Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10034 Posts	Posted 03/05/2023 11:19 pm Very interesting on the looks of the two different dates. It only took me 3 minutes of looking on ebay to find one of each listed there as well. Yet no mention on coinsandcanada.com How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Edited by Earle42 03/05/2023 11:19 pm Report this Post to the Staff
chadcoins Pillar of the Community Canada 1159 Posts	Posted 03/05/2023 11:53 pm Theres more to this coin than you think. I also checked out ebay and sure there are some there but crappy pictures. I have more pictures coming. I like getting into the science of the strike, there are clues already in the pictures posted. Report this Post to the Staff
okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5585 Posts	Posted 03/06/2023 07:42 am It looks like the 9 took a ding, and it shows well in the top photo, PMD. just looking at the 8's in the first two, to me just shows die wear. As the die wears, the digits and letters just get fatter. You can see by comparing the first 2 pics. Each coin struck was not meant to be a thing of beauty. It is a machine-driven stamping process like, as I've said many time before, just like nails, paper clips or bobby pins. There's always going to be minute differences when you churn out 10 or 100's of millions. Report this Post to the Staff
chadcoins Pillar of the Community Canada 1159 Posts	Posted 03/06/2023 10:53 am Okiecoiner you are %100 correct about late stage Die Deteriation. Here are some pictures of the Obverse and I have to say this is the best example for me to ever find. The mushy outline around the letters show it perfectly. As for the 9 in the date I think the die was starting to chip[break] and why I say that is I found 2 coins with the broken tail and 1 coin were it fell off. Enjoy these pictures. Report this Post to the Staff
chadcoins Pillar of the Community Canada 1159 Posts	Posted 03/07/2023 8:44 pm Here are the rest of the pics of the Legend just to finish up. I don't think it would be a hard one to find. Enjoy! Report this Post to the Staff
Zonad Pillar of the Community Canada 1471 Posts	Posted 03/08/2023 5:30 pm 9 is post mint damage Report this Post to the Staff
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