https://www.ebay.com/itm/175377752900?hash=item28d5542344:g:fYIAAOSwM4Fi8cv3 Reported this sellers listings to eBay. Hopefully they will take prompt action. Unfortunately a few buyers have already purchased some of these today. Very much dislike that this is happening once again. Stay vigilant. RD

Yep, definitely messed up initiative by the mint.

Ok thanks, but the Arms have evolved numerous times since Confederation. I think they should have used Elizabeth II instead of her father. Using George VI instead of George V certainly doesn't make any sense. I think I would have clued in that it was some type of commemorative issue if George V had ...

What is the point of a coin such as this?

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I was going to as well but decided to wait until other members had a chance to view the listing and perhaps comment.

I have an NGC AU53 1898 50 Cents that I purchased 16 years ago. Its only an EF45, which I suspected it was anyway before I bought it. I removed it from its slab the same day I got it in hand. Its a stupid grade designation anyway. For this particular 1891 the T in GRATIA is re-punched with the 1871 ...

I actually truly wonder who is authenticating/grading these coins. https://www.ebay.com/itm/363830682388?hash=item54b5ffa314:g:0b8AAOSw7ltidopd Are they immigrant hires that get a one week crash course in grading and get paid poorly to maximize profit? Not only is is not an AU53 but look at coin car...

BTW, I did neglect to consider one thing which is something I have always wondered about flagrantly questionable TPG coins. Could the original coins have been transposed for a lower grade coin? I do not doubt for a second that the holders can be expertly breached. Therefore, for a coin such as this ...

Bill if you are able to save the obverse image to your desktop (or wherever) and the zoom into the forehead/crown/hair line area you will see there is no overlap. The tarnishing makes it appear there is an overlap unless you magnify. I think we've played around with this one enough. I don't own this...

Sorry, I proposed a confusing question. I was referring to the grade only, however it is definitely an Obverse 4 as I have an actual Obverse 3 to compare against where the projection of the crown is obvious and the chin is slightly different. As for grade, IMO overall its a F15. I'll await a few mor...

Anyone care to take a shot at this one? Appears to be Obverse 4.

Fellow collectors, I have a debate topic. Did the publishers of Canadian coin albums make a major error by including the Province of Canada coins in the Dominion of Canada coin collective? Why did they not designate the 1858 coins (and 1859 for the cents) as a Province of Canada issue? Sure it would...

Thank you for that extremely useful info gentlemen. After reading the very interesting and educational info in the link you provided Bill there is no doubt this is mechanical doubling. As to the value the coin, it is only in Fine condition, however for me its value lies in the exemplification of thi...

Here 's a couple more for fun.

Ok thanks for the info. Please see attached images of selected legend letters. If anyone would like to see a few other letters I will accommodate. As I stated previously, the majority of the letters show the DD effect.