If this was a plated coin, and not 100% nickel, the answer would be easy .... it would be that the plating was being cracked off. From What I can see, it's the strangest die crack I've ever seen.

I think that it was a worker at the mint. By using a vise or hammer/with leather, the impressed impression would have been on top of the normal design and it's not. The real reverse designs show on top of the impressed sections.

I think that it was one of the workers at the mint for it to look like it does.

That's from people believing what's written on a holder rather than their own eyes ... and also believing what CaC allows in the "variety" section of their site. They are just "raw" submissions by members that mean nothing and are given any name that the submitter wants to attach to them. Other than...

No, no use to get it graded, except spending money, as they are pretty common coins. The mint just didn't get it's act together when they colored or highlighted the sails. They made golden spaces between the lines that held the sails up. They should have been open air to see past the ropes/lines but...

Look at the last few entries in this long-lasting thread:
https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/top ... _id=377839

That's what I meant, in that the gas bubbles broke and the thin layer of nickel went by-by, and maybe the thin copper plate as well. The coins are 3 layers,with almost 95% of it a steel core and then thin layers of Cu & Ni. Just think of cooking a thick food mixture on the stove when a bubble comes ...

Gas bubbles coming up through the outer plating? These are layered/plated coins.

Yes, I think that it may be my coin (but maybe not)that we put in the 2011(65th ed) of Charlton in the back with the Vicky varieties. Yes, this site is wrong; it's an Obv 2. In the Charlton we had the 6/6 as 60 in VG, 90 in F, 135 in VF and 200 in XF. Nice find. There's a 2nd type of 6/6 showing low...

actually, it looks like clash marks on the one on the right. That would account for a weaker, shallower strike.

I think that both busts the same. One struck in nickel, one in tombac. One is harder than the other and/or a stronger strike. I like both coins.

Since there were many fewer Obv dies used rather than Revs (due to theintricate leaf patterns), I'd start with the C in Canada first to get it down to a handful of Obv dies. Then the D/.C's at the I-C in Vict and Regina and you'll be able to find your Obv. For the REv, the D/C's ar 5, 6, 7 and 12. T...

I can see some Mechanical/machine doubling (MD) on some of the letters, but that's not really repunched type doubling. Once the die is tightened back into the holder, the letters would be OK. They have been known for years, starting with Zoell. Very smal premium on CaC, but not a collectible psuedo-...

I thought that nickadate only worked on buffalo nickels (madfe of nickel).

Because it's on the highest point of relief on the Obverse, I'd say a scartch. You don't get die-cracks deep into the recess of the die very often and there is really no start or end to the line.