Appears to be a circulated coin, info on the 2002 penny can be found at
https://www.coinsandcanada.com/coins-pr ... -1990-2003

I have an 8MP Olympus point and shoot camera, I set it on super macro so that I can get a photo at about 3 inches. For the super shiny coins I built a light box by cutting the top and bottom off a 4L milk jug and shine an led light in from the side. The photos I submitted are un-retouched only cropp...

Picked up both of these recently, both are 0.999 silver, noticed that neither one has been listed here.

Thanks for the info

How would you explain that the damage is on opposite sides of the coin. Both obverse and reverse are on the lower right side

Going through some coins today and came across this 1982, while checking for large or small beads I noticed that both sides have damage in the lower right area. Does anyone have an explanation for this?

https://www.coinsandcanada.com/banknotes-prices.php
There is a Canadian Banknote section on this web site

Thanks Troubadour
That's what I thought too, but can't figure out the rust. I think I will try a little alcohol on it.

Has any one else run into this? It looks to me like the plating has rubbed off and it is starting to rust.

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Thanks for your opinions, you are both a great help to those of us learning.

Picked this up a while back thought it was probably post mint damage but looking at it closer today I noticed what appears to be a cud on the A. Any thoughts on what could cause this?

Thanks Bill, that's about what I thought based on the images in the grading section.

Pick this up the other day and was wondering what the experts think on condition and grade.

I was curious so I checked out ebay. The 2009 Specimen set with the Blue Heron loonie, latest set sold for $60. Individual coins not including 1 cent which I couldn't find as sold for a total of $65.75 with the Blue Heron loonie selling for $43. My guess is that the only way to get these is from a s...