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I need your help on this one. This is a 1962 5 cents with only 2.22 grams. Normal weight should be 4.54 gr. We observe a weak strike which is the result of the thinner planchet. The coin is magnetic. I tried to find without success foreign coins that fit those caracteristiques and produced by the Mint at that time. If it's not strike on a foreign planchet, that could be a thin planchet. Thanks for your suggestions.   Edited by SP67
08/16/2024 5:14 pm
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Very interesting.  |
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An XRF would help and would narrow your research
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Valued Member
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I know. Just need to find XRF instrument around Quebec City.
My first is pure nickel.
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Contact TCNC auctions they probaly has one or they will know who has one in the area
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Bedrock of the Community
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Standing by. Errers and Varietys.
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Very nice!
Sometimes hunting down information is half the fun.
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I tried to find without success foreign coins that fit those caracteristiques and produced by the Mint at that time. Aside from the Jamaica strike after WW1 and Newfoundland, the Royal Canadian Mint did not start producing coins for other countries until 1970. Your coin was struck on a planchet that was split before the strike. The nickel 5c planchets back then were produced from nickel powder by the Sherritt Mint, and sometimes they were prone to splitting. Most examples I know of were split after the strike, but I have seen an few examples like yours, all from 1962.
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Great find!  Errers and Varietys.
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Wow! Noce split planchet and a great find! I had never heard that 1962 nickels had this issue. Now I want one to add to my collection lol.
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Your coin was struck on a planchet that was split before the strike. The nickel 5c planchets back then were produced from nickel powder by the Sherritt Mint, and sometimes they were prone to splitting. Most examples I know of were split after the strike, but I have seen an few examples like yours, all from 1962. Excellent!
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Valued Member
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Thank you SPP-OTTAWA for the detail explanation.
I was close with my thin planchet option, but the split planchet is much more better.
We can clearly see the powder granularity on the reverse.
Case Closed !
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Do we know the period of time where Sherritt produced planchets for the RCM? |
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When you are very lucky you find both halves 38 years after they were struck!!   Edited by Zonad
08/19/2024 9:37 pm
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