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1941 5C deformed letters in CANADA

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 12:27 pm
by mr_smith
Is this a mint error or something done to the coin after the fact?

Re: 1941 5C deformed letters in CANADA

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 12:41 pm
by troubadour
Post-mint damage

Re: 1941 5C deformed letters in CANADA

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 12:55 pm
by Bill in Burl
Post-mint damage

Re: 1941 5C deformed letters in CANADA

Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 5:45 pm
by mr_smith
Why do you think it is post product damage? With the left side of the A deformed, I would have thought it was a mint error

Re: 1941 5C deformed letters in CANADA

Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2016 7:33 pm
by Bill in Burl
Something struck the coin and displaced the metal. The same whack hit both the D & the A.