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by Bill in Burl
Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:36 am
Forum: Foreign Countries
Topic: 1975 nickel damaged
Replies: 2
Views: 421

Re: 1975 nickel damaged

Even though it's nickel, it has been exposed to chemical environmental damage and corrosion. There's nothing that causes any of that from the mint. It has been eaten away from the inside out, hence the weight, it may be physical damage that started it all off.
by Bill in Burl
Mon Jan 29, 2024 5:34 pm
Forum: Foreign Countries
Topic: 2023 quarter
Replies: 6
Views: 834

Re: 2023 quarter

Well, you do also have some machine/mechanical doubling like you thought. It still loks like a clash to me, maybe the tie-down on his ponytail? I'm not sure how the dies are set for the 25c coinage. The edges are too flat & congruent to be chips.
by Bill in Burl
Mon Jan 29, 2024 1:27 pm
Forum: Foreign Countries
Topic: 2023 quarter
Replies: 6
Views: 834

Re: 2023 quarter

To me, the "M" looks like a clash, but I can't see where on the Obv that it could have come from ...... an "E"?
by Bill in Burl
Sun Jan 28, 2024 6:34 pm
Forum: Foreign Countries
Topic: 1967 and 1979 US quarters
Replies: 6
Views: 862

Re: 1967 and 1979 US quarters

One had a billion minted and the other 500 million. There is no value and each worth about 33 cets Cdn. They are just normal clad coinage with no collector value.
by Bill in Burl
Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:40 pm
Forum: Canadian Coins
Topic: 2001P Canadian 5 cent error
Replies: 5
Views: 698

Re: 2001P Canadian 5 cent error

It looks like some one pounded another coin on top of it on the Obverse. Need better, clearer photos.
by Bill in Burl
Tue Jan 23, 2024 12:07 pm
Forum: Canadian Banknotes
Topic: Shinplaster Collection Valuation Part 1 of 2
Replies: 7
Views: 1270

Re: Shinplaster Collection Valuation Part 1 of 2

There used to be a member of the Hamilton Coin Society last year who was an avid collector of shinplasters, but forgot the name. Maybe a call to them or their website may help.
by Bill in Burl
Thu Jan 18, 2024 8:55 am
Forum: 2 dollars
Topic: 2 dollar canadian coin year 2000 missed strike on center and pedestal D
Replies: 5
Views: 1301

Re: 2 dollar canadian coin year 2000 missed strike on center and pedestal D

Yes, slightly offcenter core, but Cac shows that it's not uncommon. I'd like to see a closeup of the D:

https://www.coinsandcanada.com/coins-pr ... -1996-2003
by Bill in Burl
Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:45 pm
Forum: 1 cent
Topic: 1892 Canada Large Cents
Replies: 8
Views: 98171

Re: 1892 Canada Large Cents

Yes, they are. Just go to his website: https://www.victoriancent.com and click on books. The latest are also availble directly from the RCNA if you are a memeber. For your specific coin, he has a separate one just on the '92 and '94 dies. I loaned him many of those dated coins for his research. He i...
by Bill in Burl
Fri Jan 12, 2024 2:09 pm
Forum: 1 cent
Topic: 1892 Canada Large Cents
Replies: 8
Views: 98171

Re: 1892 Canada Large Cents

Well, I go by the photos and verbiage in Rob Turner's "Dies and Diadems" where it covers the Obverses from 1890 to 94, so technically I may be wrong with Charlton. The switch to a slightly different Queen image (hair, brow, crown) affected the 1892's, so you had Obv 2, 3 or 4. I have always used, an...
by Bill in Burl
Fri Jan 12, 2024 8:37 am
Forum: 1 cent
Topic: 1975 with doubling on obverse
Replies: 3
Views: 66413

Re: 1975 with doubling on obverse

It looks like mechanical/machine doubling to me. I will post this great reference again now for the Nth time. Read the article and then click on the links below the article. Not every anomoly that appears to be doubling actually came from the die. They came from the machinery that operated or held t...
by Bill in Burl
Fri Jan 12, 2024 8:31 am
Forum: 1 cent
Topic: 1892 Canada Large Cents
Replies: 8
Views: 98171

Re: 1892 Canada Large Cents

Sammeli.... The 1st coin photo isn't clear enough to tell about the smooth, rounded chin/throat like an Obv 1. The chin looks flat and the photo not clear enough to see if there is a wrinkle/gap there. Anyway, it's not a variety of any kind.
by Bill in Burl
Thu Jan 11, 2024 5:37 pm
Forum: 1 cent
Topic: 1892 Canada Large Cents
Replies: 8
Views: 98171

Re: 1892 Canada Large Cents

1, 3,4, 5 are all Obv 3. Obv 3 coins have a long cross on the E's inside. #2 is an Obv 2 with missing left serif on the N in Regina, which is normal, as is the broken upper serif on the D in Canada. I don't know what you are referring to as far as a "closed C" in Canada. For 1892, you also had some ...
by Bill in Burl
Thu Jan 11, 2024 1:35 pm
Forum: 10 cents
Topic: Need help identifying error
Replies: 5
Views: 67748

Re: Need help identifying error

Not an error. It looks like someone "sandblasted" it with sawdust/nut chips or talc to remove the outer plating. A neat garage job.
by Bill in Burl
Tue Jan 09, 2024 5:33 pm
Forum: Sell, Buy and Trade
Topic: AMERICAN 1965 QUARTERS 1 Black Beauty 1 Regular
Replies: 2
Views: 13965

Re: AMERICAN 1965 QUARTERS 1 Black Beauty 1 Regular

Poor pics, but neither look even close to AU. Unless I'm mistaken, the silver quarters ended in 1964, so this is a clad coin that is best just spent, with no numismatic value.

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