5 cent Tombac errors

[verdigris]

There are several 1943s on this site exampling errors but few are of mortar set. This coin has it in spades, over a much greater area on the right-hand side, yet still on every relief element except Thomas Shingles' initials. CANADA is joined at every letter with exception of the C where it's only started. The pattern around the 3 is especially interesting. Cheers

[verdigris]

This 42 tombac appears to be on fire around the rim. The erosive die wear shows up as grooves that shimmer bright orange as you rotate it in the light— especially in the corners where you find the most erosion. Several hairline cracks can be found on the reverse, most of which that are on the left-hand side remain as traces worn from rub that unconvincingly go nowhere, or disappear into the die wear near the rim. The best cracks show up quite plainly in the lower right where two cracks, one from the tip of the leaf the other forming out of the creek, join up near the rim. An arrow points to the spot that they continue to. The crack that runs through the beaver tail may actually contine down through the lower incuse and meet the rim in the corner near the A, but too much die erosion again leaves us wondering. Also visible in this photo is a crack that connects to the D and last A. The obverse has a single die crack that runs from the lower tip of the effigy to the first G of the inscription. Along the way a good sized chunk of the die has chipped away from the crack. A semicircular chip, seemingly not connected to the crack, is attached to the bottom of the effigy at its point. Cheers

[verdigris]

An identical coin to mine (identical in its errors) can be found posted a couple weeks ago here: A few Nickel questions - canadiancoppercoins.com

Scroll down to F ... same-same. Quite a coincidence that these two make an appearance within days of each other.


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