Thanks! I get 2 degrees on the obverse and 10 degrees on the reverse....so,I have an 8 degree die rotation(10-2=8?). How many of the under 45 degree versions of the flying goose are out there, do you figure.... and what angles?. 8 degrees sounds about right. Otherwise, I don't have answers to your ...

You got one of these in your change?! Nice find. I saw this coin sell quite recently for $32.65. Click here . I know nothing else about it, other than the colour registration is horrendous, and in the printing industry we would consider this totally unacceptable — in other words, a misprinted reject...

Brass, I think if you draw a line across the top of the C and 7 [CANADA 1867-1967], that will give you the reverse baseline. On the obverse, draw a horizontal baseline between the bottom edge of the E [ELIZABETH] and the A [REGINA]. You should then be able to accurately measure the difference with a...

A little brother to the die-cracked 1913 dime I posted here . As I've pointed out in the second image, the reverse die crack on this fishscale runs from a denticle, across the imperial crown, through the 5 , the N , and into the bottom of the T in CENTS. I don't believe it got any further but with s...

Looks like a planchet flaw. Thanks for posting this quite interesting coin Rick.


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I think you have to consider that the 1949 $1 was a commemorative and was hoarded by Canadians. This would give a disproportionate number of them in AU to MS-60 grade over those that stayed in circulation. I.E. In February a teller at a local RBC branch told me an older woman had brought in 20 silve...

I think you're right Bill. I'd pretty much suspected that to be the case. Although, I thought what was even more outrageous than its fuzzy last 1 in the date, spoiled condition and apparently low grade of yet a non-circulated coin, is that someone would bid on an uncertified 1921 on ebay. Neverthele...

672,218 minted.

Highest since '39 and not beaten until 1953, then finally for good in '58 and beyond.


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In your dreams... This popped up on a 3-day ebay auction a couple of nights ago. Saw it about 18 hours later at a $770 bid. Next time I checked, it had been delisted and flushed down the memory hole. http://www.coinsandcanada.com/forum/class/test/1921_5c_rev_obv_625.jpeg Cheers

Hi Bill, I think if we'd gotten our hands on this '43, on closer examination it might have turned out to be a retained broken die coin that has worn just enough near the rim that in this low-rez photo the crack, as it reaches the denticles, is too blurred to make out. Take a look at the top of the c...

Excellent.

So... Granny was a wise woman. Please do tell.

Hmmm...Jello? Did your grandmother know Rose Knox by any chance? Seems possible at least. I wouldn't think many women owned banks and factorys at the same time in NY back then that wouldn't know of each other.


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Are these a rarity on your coinage? Can't argue with Bill on the Vickies (and if I did I'd be completely out of my league), but I can say from some experience that it seems to depend on the era and denomination. This 1913, from my complete GRV set (pretty well all F to EF, therefore good enough not...

In regards to the differences in sizes between the bronze LB and SB varieties; the large bust has already been mention as being 26mm, although I measured mine to be 25mm ; the small bust variety is said to be 31mm , and this I gleaned from an ebay offering of one example. Now, that being said, I'm h...

I'm not sure if you use the same terminology in your country, but in the US, we call this machine doubling. A slight bounce during the strike flattens out part of the device. You can tell because of the flat, shelf-like appearance and also how the "doubling" cuts into the device rather th...

Reverse and obverse. Pretty straightforward . -- Cheers http://www.coinsandcanada.com/forum/class/test/1913_10c_rev_1b.jpeg http://www.coinsandcanada.com/forum/class/test/1913_10c_rev_1a.jpeg http://www.coinsandcanada.com/forum/class/test/1913_10c_rev_2.jpeg http://www.coinsandcanada.com/forum/class...