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by Bill in Burl
Mon Apr 25, 2022 3:09 pm
Forum: Grading Help
Topic: 1892 50 Cents
Replies: 7
Views: 6407

Re: 1892 50 Cents

Well, by the ID photos in Charlton, the tilt of the crown and overlap with the forehead tell me it's an Obv 3. If you want it to be a 4, then fine; it's your coin.
by Bill in Burl
Sun Apr 24, 2022 2:18 pm
Forum: Grading Help
Topic: 1892 50 Cents
Replies: 7
Views: 6407

Re: 1892 50 Cents

I'll call it an F-15, although wear-wise it's probably a VF-20. Probably decades ago someone cleaned gunk or verdigris around the design elements on the Rev, the date, leaves, and bow at the bottom. It had re-toned, except for where the person took a toothpick or other instrument and tried to remove...
by Bill in Burl
Sat Apr 23, 2022 5:40 pm
Forum: Grading Help
Topic: 1881 for grading
Replies: 3
Views: 5154

Re: 1881 for grading

Yes, 30+ or 35 .... they are the same.
by Bill in Burl
Fri Apr 22, 2022 7:09 am
Forum: Grading Help
Topic: 1881 for grading
Replies: 3
Views: 5154

Re: 1881 for grading

VF-30 cleaned, maybe a bit better
by Bill in Burl
Thu Apr 21, 2022 6:46 pm
Forum: 1 cent
Topic: 1881 missing leaf tip? & die crack
Replies: 2
Views: 1919

Re: 1881 missing leaf tip? & die crack

Nearly impossible to tell from photos. Is it flat with the field? Recessed? raised? dirt/grime? Who knows.? You have it in hand. What does it look like?
by Bill in Burl
Wed Apr 20, 2022 8:26 am
Forum: Canadian Coins
Topic: 2009 Mens Hockey
Replies: 3
Views: 2654

Re: 2009 Mens Hockey

I would say a dryer coin. Look in the archives here and CCF forums.

Here's a past thread on CCF, but there are many more threads and some look just like yours:

https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/top ... _ID=143863
by Bill in Burl
Tue Apr 19, 2022 5:24 pm
Forum: 25 cents
Topic: 2021 Frosted Hair
Replies: 1
Views: 4029

Re: 2021 Frosted Hair

With it being so reflective and shiny, I thought that someone had lacquered it. Then another coin got on top of the semi-wet lacquer and left those marks on the wet surface.
by Bill in Burl
Fri Apr 15, 2022 6:11 am
Forum: 25 cents
Topic: 1955 Double Die Obverse
Replies: 6
Views: 5794

Re: 1955 Double Die Obverse

Agree, it's not a doubled die and that it's machine doubling (MD). A couple of the letters may also have some die deterioration doubling as the die wore and the edges of the design in the die wore away. It's not a variety and adds nothing to the value and may actually detract from it. Here's a good ...
by Bill in Burl
Wed Apr 13, 2022 3:32 pm
Forum: 5 cents
Topic: 1980 "Pointed 9"
Replies: 4
Views: 3908

Re: 1980 "Pointed 9"

I think a partially filled die. There is a small possibility that the bottom of the matrix that makes the dies broke off, but I doubt it.
by Bill in Burl
Tue Apr 12, 2022 4:01 pm
Forum: Grading Help
Topic: 1934 1 Cent?
Replies: 6
Views: 6347

Re: 1934 1 Cent?

Your coin is ungradable because of whatever got on the coin. Your coin shows good signs of some wear, based on the leaf tips and crown. Wearwise, I'd say VF-30 or so, but it was soaked or scrubbed with something very caustic that completely bleached out the normal color. Keep it as an oddity, but no...
by Bill in Burl
Mon Apr 11, 2022 6:44 am
Forum: Foreign Countries
Topic: 1968 Australia Double strike?
Replies: 4
Views: 5135

Re: 1968 Australia Double strike?

The places on the coin that have just a little bit of offset doubling are due, as coin guy says, to machine/mechanical doubling. However the "8" in the date has been repunched by hand, maybe to correct a flaw. Here's a link to some different types of common doubling and also click on the links at th...
by Bill in Burl
Sat Apr 09, 2022 7:41 am
Forum: 1 cent
Topic: 1979 Die Doubling
Replies: 2
Views: 2080

Re: 1979 Die Doubling

I'm sending you a link that has some great information for digesting. At the bottom are 3 additional links so you can see what is being discussed. None of your digits are repunched; they just have anomalies caused by the manufacture/striking. I really like your coin with the huge offsets: http://dou...
by Bill in Burl
Fri Apr 08, 2022 9:42 pm
Forum: 1 cent
Topic: Continuation of DDO variation.
Replies: 3
Views: 2047

Re: Continuation of DDO variation.

You have an 1882 Obverse 2/1, type 2. There were 3 types/varieties of the 2/1's and the type 2 has the denticles doubled from the I in Vicky to the N in Canada. The mint was still using old 1876 Obverse die punches for some of the strikes for finishing the dies, even though the '82 dies were almost ...
by Bill in Burl
Fri Apr 08, 2022 5:27 pm
Forum: 1 cent
Topic: 199? canadian penny
Replies: 6
Views: 2911

Re: 199? canadian penny

It could be used to level a table, under one of the legs.
by Bill in Burl
Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:28 pm
Forum: 5 cents
Topic: 1932 far 2 near something ? Any help is appreciated:)
Replies: 4
Views: 2524

Re: 1932 far 2 near something ? Any help is appreciated:)

Go through the archives on the '32. This has been talked about a great deal from different submitters. If the 9/3 gap and the 3/2 gap are the same width as the 2 to the leaf, it's a near2. On a far 2, the 2-gap distance is greater than the 3-2 gap and the 9-3 and 3-2 gaps are not the same. That's a ...