Interesting finds on Canadian coins

I recently purchase a digital microscope for use in coin photography and 'found' these while going through my old collection of Canadian coins.
Nova Scotia 1864 1 cent

== reverse
Newfoundland 1941 5 cents

== obverse

== Canada 1859 1 cent

 

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What kind of scope?

 

Found it on Amazon. Only drawback is I cannot always 'stretch' the holding arm high enough for a complete photo of the coin. Otherwise, for $35 it does what I need to do. Did have to 'create' a light diffuser to get rid of the glare from the built-in LEDs; so I turn them off and use a lamp for light on the CLOSE UP photos.

http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Micr...usb+2.0

 

Nice finds. It pays to have a second look.

 

Yes, it does indeed. Cannot believe what I'm finding after all these years; some I have had for more than 30 years and just never EXAMINED them as I should. And I keep looking.

 

Those are interesting! The reverse die on the NFLD 5c appears to have been scored, rather than a crack. Perhaps the feeder mechanism did that? I haven't seen another on the coins I have...

 

First I've seen also.