1891 Canadian 5 cent silver , obverse #2 8/8 variety. Old Accurgade slab. Sometimes little gems show up in strange places. A very affordable purchase turned out to be a $75 coin with the top variety of that date.
Shes a beauty. I love those old Canadian coins. I'm in Maine so I can get ahold of some pretty easily.
It is an RPD an 8/8 The underlying 8 can be seen in the top of the upper loop. It is also a variety obv. 2
Both the Canadian and it's north American neighbor these little coins hold so much pleasure. The early 5 cent coin or half dime is quite often over looked. Take the example above, expand the 4th image look closely at the E in CENTS. Do you see the traces of an smaller underlaying E.
