Over 24,000 Canadian Cents

I just bought a pile of Canadian cents from a dealer/friend of mine who is retiring from the coin-selling business. This batch is a 25 year accumulation of King George to early Queen Elizabeth cents that were sitting in his garage. They are relatively unsearched so the opportunity of finding varieties and rarities is there. There are several rolls of BU 1940's to 1967's and a few rolls of unopened 1985's.

The first pic is of a toned cent that caught my eye right away. I think it's gorgeous!

This is going to be a fun project for the next few months.

 

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I occasionally get GVI's in roll searches, last year I got a GV which is no small accomplishment on my side of the border.

Good luck searching.

 

Looks like you have a nice project there to search through. Have fun going through it!!!

 

Nice, I would love to:bigeyes: look at them,:hail: need any help if so send some my way

 

:bow: hope you injoy i know i i would :bow:
dave

 

Wow...be sure to check the 1949 for the "A to denticles"
You probably know the markers, right? I came across a truly unsearched lot that had 8 in VF-EF grade.

 

Terrific pickup. You can have many hours of fun going through those little beauties.

 

Hi KurtS!

I have the reference material for the 1949 "A to denticles" from Ken Potter. There's quite a few '49's in this batch so I think there should be a few at least.

I've only just begun checking the pennies out because work is getting in the way. So far, I've found a minor clipped planchet (1957), a nice lamination (1947ml) and a few die cracks.

I'll post some pics later in the week.

 

Will you be selling any of the BU rolls?

 

Still up in the air about that.... I'm going to examine a few rolls this coming weekend. I'll post my decision on the weekend or list them in the "Open" section of the forum.

 

Wow...how cool is that! I am envious.

How many 1964s did you get? I have one that I got from a mixed world coin lot that has some major doubling on it, yet no one can seem to tell me if that is a known variety, or even what kind of doubling it is. (I can't tell them apart to be honest).

It's got more then the famed 1995 US cent, that's for sure. Here is my scan of it. If you have any that look like this, maybe you could take a nice clear picture of one!

Check out the bottom of the leaves, the As in Canada (especially the last one) and the 1...

 

At a glance, I have at least one Unc. roll of 1964's. Most of the rolls are '62's, 65's, 67's, 82's and '85's. There's a lot of paper rolls that are dated anywhere from 1939 to 1959. I opened two duplicate rolls (1967) and found one roll was uncirculated and the other circulated, so I'll have to peek in all the paper rolls to see what they are (weekend project).

I'm pretty sure I have a '64 with the same doubling as your's but I'll have to go through my albums to find it. I think it's machine/strike doubling but the interesting thing is, in my Hans Zoell books from the sixties, he calls that kind of doubling- "re-cut" dates, legends etc.. Die deterioration, he calls "mortar-set".

I'd like to get coppercoins verification of these terms.

 

Cool beans! Have fun searching through them.:eating:

 

This is too much fun!

I pulled these two out of a bucket. Both have doubling on the date. One is a 1938 and the other a 1939. I suspect it's similar doubling to what you have on your '64. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's machine doubling.
(Notice the doubling on the leaves above the '38.)

 

Excellent photos, well lit and focused, please keep them coming. This could turn into a heck of a thread as you go through the hoard. Great Christmas present!

 

Very cool, I agree, MD, cool none the less, keep em coming!

 

That does look pretty similar...I will have to do some research on that kind of doubling! Thanks!

 

I think the '38 is easily explained by machine doubling, seeing how the doubling appears on the ML too. I'm less certain about the '39 because the doubling appears on thinner areas of the 9 where a re-engraving would be particularly helpful. Also interesting how there's a lack of doubling anywhere else. Not conclusive of course--but this one merits closer scrutiny if there is a documented 1939 RE.

 

Here's a clipped planchet (although minor) that I found in the batch. The Blakesley Effect is clearly visible on the obverse:

 

Another Clipped Planchet, 1980 this time: