Bill in Burl wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 07, 2023 10:40 am

That's not "acculation", it die deterioration.

Okay thanks, that makes more sense to me as "crud" accumulating on the die would leave an indented feature instead of the raised features in the photograph.

Thanks again,

Mike

(Edited as I now believe Die Chip is a better description for this variety) Hi folks, just looking for more opinions whether this 2003 5 cent I have found was struck earlier in the mintage than the example pictured here: https://www.numicanada.com/medias/pieces-de-monnaie/erreurs/5-cents/5-cents-200...