Exactly what part of the "5" are you talking about? Is it the horizontal top of the 5 or the diagonal part of the 5 that angles up to the tip? The coin that has pronounced scratches on it has been deformed by some post-mint damage... maybe that's what you are talking about?

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To me, both of the horizontal tops of the 5's have a little curve up on the end .. but the one on the right is a much stronger strike. In your photo, the one on the right looks to be a more magnified image, since the diameter appears bigger. The straight lines that you drew show nothing to me, other...

Where are you located ... Ontario is a large province. Send me a PM.

I would say a grease-filled die.

This post needs to be moved to the appropriate forum. If you have a cent that is silver, someone either plated it or coated it with mercury, which really adheres. If it's mercury, it will eat anything gold, so keep it away from rings and watches.... it's also poisonous to people.

VG10 or so. It has the die chip in Regina, but it is not a scarce coin. Keep it for the anomaly, but it's still only worth a couple bucks Canadian, tops.

Judging from all the US, Canadian, & foreign coins that I always collected "raw", almost across the board, those of lower denominations always wore out more because they may have been used in far more transactions and carried in pockets/pursesthan those larger. Just think of how more you used nickel...

Yes, I think high AU. Not many people will pay more for a die chip ... they may take off $$$.

With everyone essentially stuck at home, I'm surprised that there aren't more folks sitting on their computer and passing a little info or questions about coins that they didn't have time to before.

What a great visual aid, troubadour! Even though they are an error, rather than a variety, I've always been drawn to MD Vicky cents with nice offsets. Hub-doublings come from a working die that had 1 or 2 of the pressings needed to fully impress the design into the working die a little off kilter, s...

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or the French one:
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Also, don't believe the prices posted on websites, books or Trends. The ONLY way to find out what it MAY be worth is to look at the actual SOLD prices from an Ebay "advanced" search. Also, different TPG's have different definitions/grading specs for what is and isn't BU or UNC.

I see only lines/scratches on the Reverse of the coin. At the mint, "die polishing" will leave somewhat similar lines only on the 'fields" (the flat part of the coin). Since these lines go across both the fields AND the design, they are scratches that happened to the coin after it left the mint. I d...

In a way, they look like grown-up clashes.