1918 "dot" Penny Any Thoughts?

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jackson12345 Valued Member Canada 71 Posts	Posted 04/03/2023 9:28 pm My 1918 one cent Canadian coin has what appears to be a "Dot" between the numbers 1 and 8. Size of the dot appears identical to the dots making up the inner ring circle. Could this be a misplaced dot from the circle which moved inward? Haven't been able to find another like it. Your thoughts please. Thanks in advance. Report this Post to the Staff

okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5585 Posts	Posted 04/04/2023 07:45 am Is it raised or recessed? Most "dots" that appear are die chips and nothing done intentionally or accidently. They are just small pits/chips in the die with a rust spot or a chip coming off the die. Those kinds would be raised on the coin. A recessed "dot" would be another matter. Edited by okiecoiner 04/04/2023 4:44 pm Report this Post to the Staff
john100 Pillar of the Community Canada 5324 Posts	Posted 04/04/2023 09:18 am Wouldn"t a raised dot maybe something special Report this Post to the Staff
okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5585 Posts	Posted 04/04/2023 11:19 am A raised dot would "normally" be a rust pit or die chip, especially where that one is. Report this Post to the Staff
dsking Pillar of the Community United States 2365 Posts	Posted 04/04/2023 12:15 pm I wonder if it's the top part of the dot in the center of the line below CANADA? Or part of the dots under the "1" that seem to be missing the full dot? Or from the outer ring? Either way it looks like a misplaced partial dot to me. Edited by dsking 04/04/2023 12:23 pm Report this Post to the Staff
kbbpll Pillar of the Community United States 4233 Posts	Posted 04/04/2023 1:14 pm A dot doesn't just move around on the die. If it was double struck off center there would be other evidence. It's possibly a die pit, but if you zoom in on it, it seems to only be a corrosion pattern that happens to look round-ish and jumps out at your eye because the surrounding corrosion is dark. Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsguy Pillar of the Community Canada 2301 Posts	Posted 04/04/2023 2:55 pm coin looks corroded and severely pitted with "the dot" actually just the uncorroded spot of the field. imo Report this Post to the Staff
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