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Valued Member
United States
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I wish I could take a better picture of the reverse as there are details to be made out. I can make out a faint 19 and you can see parts of the maple leaf. The odd thing is that I can also see part of the queens portrait. On the obverse you can see strange things happening on the rim starting half way up both sides. Any idea's of what happened here?   |
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Moderator
 United States
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I'm no pro but I will take a guess,the obverse is a misaligned die issue and the reverse is a Grease Filled Die issue.The misaligned die is not enough to be collectible but the Grease Filled Die sure is. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5318 Posts |
Seeing how there's a raised rim on the reverse, that's an interesting one!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
535 Posts |
I know nothing of errors, but I think it reminds me of a capped die or brockage. It has something to do with a coin getting stuck on the die. Then this planchet goes into the press and one side (obverse is stamped by the press, the other side (reverse) is stamped by the obverse of the first coin. That puts the image of the queen on the reverse of this coin. It also prevents the rim from forming which is why the rim on the reverse looks funny. I don't even know if I'm explaining (or even understand it myself) correctly.
Hopefully someone will come along and tell me I'm way off base or I'm correct.
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New Member
Canada
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A really good resource is John Regitko for Canadian errors. He has a column regarding error coins in the Canadian Coin News. You can reach him at:
errorman@look.ca
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
693 Posts |
Is a very late Brockage................thats a nice piece.......error info will become more common knowledge with upcoming changes......Certain people with hold info to profit from it....where others do not. I wish I owned the cap which made your piece.....soon to be a spoon...AK, ty for sharing. Regard Me
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Karrlot....sorry, you are correct. :-) Regards M.E.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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 Dude, I've dated women that were stranger than that!  Glenn |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2669 Posts |
TMI, glenzy! akglen, if you post this in the error forum, you could get the big error guys to weigh in on it. Sometimes errors are not what they first seem. Great coin! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2738 Posts |
Struck by an early-stage, uniface hammer die cap. The working face of the die cap never had an image.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Valued Member
Canada
200 Posts |
Holy smokes - this was an old thread.
Interesting that the coin was in circulation for a while.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
693 Posts |
early? mid life at best...no rev details coming thru yet no Obv details either
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Posted 07/07/2009 12:32 pm
