1962 "Guitar" Variety Canada Cent

I decided to crack open some of the rolls that I had bought a while ago. These are uncirculated and some are unopened. One of the 1962 rolls contained a really nice example of the "Guitar" variety, a fairly rare one.

 

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Very nice find

 

Thats pretty neat, I've never seen one before.:thumb:

 

That's cool coin.

 

Nice!
I need to ck thur my Canadian cent and ck them out better

 

neat!

 

Those line going down, Is the guitar effect right?? Also is that
Considered an error??

 

This is from the family of the "Harp" variety. The "Harp" has lines that extend about halfway down whereas the "Guitar" has lines that actually reach the leaves. I believe the "Guitar" is more scarce than the "Harp".

Prices for the one I have can reach over $250 (Canadian). I'll be sending mine in for certification since it came out of a bank roll. If it gets graded MS65 it could be worth over $500!

 

Amazing!! Yeah I just looked on the bay and saw a couple, are they considered an error? Excuse my ignorance on the subject but this is the absolute first I've heard of these. Also, did you say you had a roll of these with the strings or did your roll contain one? thx

 

I only have one. I went through 30 rolls of 1962's and that was the only one. It's considered a variety, actually the term is "Harp" variety which this is a variation of. The harp has lines that extend about half way whereas this one actually reaches the top of the leaves.

This site lists errors and varieties. Click on #12 and #13 for the differences:

http://www.coinsandcanada.com/coins-errors-varieties.php

 

Again a great example :thumb:

 

Yeah, that's one great find ya got there! :thumb:

 

I swear I learn something new on this forum everyday.

GREAT find!

 

Sure is:eat:

 

Thanks for the link. I'm going to assume that this is caused by gouges in the die, is this correct?

 

I believe that's what it is. Mike Diamond could probably verify that.

 

Interesting, I've never heard of this. Notice the severe warping of the fields around the lettering etc. I suspect this die was seriously worked on due to clashing or polishing and the lines are probably the remains of a coarse file or brush that didn't get polished away. Then the "harp" pieces he mentioned are a later state after more of the lines wore away.

 

So I have about a billion canadian coins in a bowl at my house that I've pulled out of circulation the last few years. Is there a good site that shows varieties on all of them along with prices? I don't know much of anything about them and I would love to see if I have any varieties.
Thanks,
Tyler

 

Best Canadian cent I have ever seen!!

 

It is true that the guitar and harp are by far the most beautiful varieties of canadian coin!