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1979 Canadian 5 cents error help

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2017 10:16 am
by Coinlady
I'm a new coin collector. I've been helping my son. I came acrossed a 1979 5 cent coin that clearly is a error. Was hoping for some help to put a name to some of the errors. Thank you
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Re: 1979 Canadian 5 cents error help

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2017 10:46 am
by Bill in Burl
I don't think that your photo got posted.

Re: 1979 Canadian 5 cents error help

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 11:43 pm
by Coinlady
Oh dear! The photo didn't go :( I'm not good with computers. I will try again!

Re: 1979 Canadian 5 cents error help

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 11:55 pm
by Coinlady
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The .5 cent!
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Re: 1979 Canadian 5 cents error help

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 11:58 pm
by Coinlady
I hope my photos are available for you to view. I'm very grateful for all input. And thank you all for not slamming me for my lack of computer skills :D

Re: 1979 Canadian 5 cents error help

Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 5:11 am
by Bill in Burl
It looks like post-mint damage and not an error. It just looks like it led a hard life (maybe some of it underground) once it first hit someone's pocket. Sorry!

Re: 1979 Canadian 5 cents error help

Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 9:50 am
by Lightw4re
Bill in Burl wrote:It looks like post-mint damage and not an error. It just looks like it led a hard life (maybe some of it underground) once it first hit someone's pocket. Sorry!


I agree. Post-mint damage.

Re: 1979 Canadian 5 cents error help

Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 12:45 pm
by Coinlady
Thank you so much for your response! I have a couple more coins I would like feed back on. However I'll post once I gather more info. I was also wondering where in Nova Scotia you can take coins to be graded??
Thanks in advance for your help

Re: 1979 Canadian 5 cents error help

Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 6:45 pm
by Bill in Burl
Rather than sending coins in to be graded, post them here and you will get an opinion from some experts here and it won't cost a dime. Unless you are talking about a real scarcity (by that meaning that you could sell it for more than $100) you are wasting money sending it in to be graded .. you would be spending more for the cert than the coin would ever be worth. Getting a TPG is very expensive unless a coin is extremely high grade (65 or above) or extremely scarce. All a cert is is an "opinion" of what someone says that it is. Especially if a coin is after 1920, you would be hard pressed to find anything worth getting a TPG.

Re: 1979 Canadian 5 cents error help

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 8:14 pm
by Coinlady
Thank you so much! I will gather the coins I have questions about. It will attempt uploading with my questions, I'm attempting to figure out a better way to obtain a clear photo. Looking back I noticed the last photos were not as clear as I had hoped :)
Thanks to all!!