I think I'm right when I say that it is an Off Metal error---a nickel struck on a dime planchet. As for value---I really don't know. Speedy
Ahhh see I thought it was a penny planchet. I then checked it and I did see little notches here and there (which I think are only on dimes right?) Thanks Speedy!
Nope---a cent planchet would be copper color....not this color---what you need to do is get the weight of the coin to be 100% sure. Speedy
eeee...I don't have a scale. I imagine I should probably invest in one with this new hobby of mine...hmm I hope they're not too expensive LOL I'll look into it and get back to you. Thanks for the info!
Hey suvoth, First welcome to Coin Talk. Second we are glad to see you have discovered the cool side of coins... errors!!! Man I know someone is going to slam me for that, but we're all thinking it. Third, just type coin scale into Google and take your pic of scales. They range from a few bucks to fifty or sixty. Remember you get what you pay for. Something simple that weighs in grams is sufficient. Happy hunting, Michael
If it was struck on a dime planchet would it not have a reeded edge and a rim all around it? Looks more like post mint damage to me. (grinder)?
No it would NOT have a reeded edge. The reeds on a 10 cent piece are created when the coin is struck. The edge of the planchet is smooth. (The only way it would have reeds is if it was struck on an alredy struk dime, but I don't see any traces of a dime design on it.) Suvoth, thought this was struck on a cent planchet but Speedy thinks not because of the color. But on my screen it doesn't look very silvery, and I would think that Suvoth wouldn't think it was a cent planchet if the coin was silver colored in hand. So I suspect the scan image does not represent the color of the coin very well.
If you don't have something you can weigh it on you can take it to a Coin Shop around you or maybe a jewerly shop---they should be gald to weigh it for you. Conder101---your screen needs to be fixed if this coin doesn't look "silvery" Speedy
LOL Yes, it is silvery. The only reason I said I thought it came from a cent planchet was because it was around the same size. I'm afraid I don't know very much about error coins so I wouldn't have known that the color would be a factor.
Well you see when an planchet of the wrong metal goes into the wrong set of dies it is always smaller than the coin dies that will be struck on it.....like a quarter can't go into and be struck on dime dies....but a dime planchet can be struck with quarter dies. Now when that planchet falls in there the collar of the die normal pop's up and holds the planchet inbetween the dies and such.....BUT it can't do that to a smaller planchet because the edge of the smaller planchet doesn't fit next to the collar it just fits loosey <sp?> in there---so when it is struck it spreeds out and therefore is larger than a normal coin....so a dime planchet might be the size of a cent...a nickel might be the size of a quarter (If struck in something like Half Dollar dies). That wasn't the best way I could have posted that but I'm just learning myself...and I'm running out the door Speedy
No, that explanation was awesome, thank you! So because it has some faded reeds, that would now make sense.
This coin is definitely an error and is worth some money. It appears to be an off-metal strike. The weight is critical but I suspect it is struck on a planchet intended for a canadian ten-cent coin. Bill
Don't forget - the RCM makes coins for dozens of countries (now, anyway, not sure back then) so it could be a planchet for a foreign coin.
Wrong-sized coin. Speedy,this Canadian 5c. is a wrong-sized coin error.An off-metal coin is a coin struck in totally the wrong metal.A Cent struck on a Dime planchet is a case of being an off-metal coin. Susan,you'd better hang onto that coin! It makes a great conversation piece,considering that some of the date is off the planchet of the coin. Aidan.
Aidan What do you mean wrong size error???...IMHO this coin was struck on a planchet intended for another type of coin..... Speedy
Hi, It should have been more accurate with my terminology. In this case it would be called a wrong-planchet error. Bill
Speedy,the fact that the date is almost completely off the planchet is a clue that it is a wrong-sized coin. Someone has pointed it out that it is also an off-metal coin,as the 5c. was struck in pure nickel,whereas,the 10c. was struck in cupro-nickel. Aidan.
Aidan Sorry but I still don't get you...I mean since its a off metal error than sure it would be the wrong size...that is normal...I never said it wasn't....maybe I'm missing your point but I think we are going about it both getting the same answer. Speedy
