How Important Are Canadian "varieties" For Your Collection?

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DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9865 Posts	Posted 08/07/2011 1:42 pm Varieties are as important as I can afford Many are out of reach even if one can recognize them I doubt that I'll ever own three varieites of 1885 25cents in VF or better Report this Post to the Staff
canadian-varieties Pillar of the Community Canada 1442 Posts	Posted 08/07/2011 3:06 pm 1885 25 cent varieties are very difficult. I've managed to rescue two 1885 25c 5/3s so far, unlabeled, one from a US dealer, another from an eccentric Canadian dealer...both in VG10-F12... I haven't been around very long, but they seem extremely rare. I suspect only one 1885 5/3 has sold on Heritage Auctions archive in the last 10 years, it may have been EF. I've rescued one 1885 straight 5 as well, in VG... What excites me though is rescuing a whole bunch of 1872 25c varieties, some in EF-AU, that no one seems to know exist, or no one cares to collect. To top it off, I've gotten them at 50-70% off trends of the regular 1872, which is bountiful. Now that's sweet :)... The only variety that I find REALLY expensive is the 1858/1558 dime ...then there's the really tough ones like the 1859 9/6 cent, 1881 single serif N...haven't seen one yet :). Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9865 Posts	Posted 08/07/2011 8:05 pm Zonad,how can you tell that your brockage is not a British half penny? Report this Post to the Staff
Zonad Pillar of the Community Canada 1472 Posts	Posted 08/07/2011 8:27 pm I can't. Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9865 Posts	Posted 08/07/2011 8:56 pm Have you tried to post it in other sections of this forum? I'm sure there is someone here who can decipher the berries to help you narrow it down. Report this Post to the Staff
Zonad Pillar of the Community Canada 1472 Posts	Posted 08/08/2011 08:06 am PCGS called it a Canadian provincial brockage. Is that good enough? Would you like to do the detective work? I will send photos to you if you like. Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9865 Posts	Posted 08/08/2011 09:40 am Your photo didn't show it in a slab,you didn't say PCGS had attributed it No Kreskin here Report this Post to the Staff
Colhand1 Pillar of the Community United States 629 Posts	Posted 08/08/2011 11:57 am What's wrong with the 1936 Dime? Report this Post to the Staff
Colhand1 Pillar of the Community United States 629 Posts	Posted 08/08/2011 11:59 am If I find them when I buy them. Off center especially or with brockage. But I don't want to spend a lot. I guess my favorites are the 1872 a/v halves and the 1964 EWL nickels. The 1964 can easily be overlooked if your not looking for it, meaning you can get them cheap. Report this Post to the Staff
Zonad Pillar of the Community Canada 1472 Posts	Posted 08/08/2011 12:09 pm What's wrong with the 1936 Dime? Has the poorman's dot at 8:00 o'clock. Report this Post to the Staff
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