Found this roll searching. Have no idea what the coating is. Some kind of lamination???? Note extra metal by beavers face, tail, by canada, and by left leaf. I call this one the............ "Throwing-up Beaver". What do you guys think???
Hey, the 64 extra waterline was a cool coin, but you cant beat seein the beaver almost throw up on KG. lol Wonder if there are more of these out there somewhere? ALSO, do you guys think i should try to remove whatever is on there? or not? and if so, use what??? Im lost!
Is it some type of AT? I know some folks have jammed coins inside a potato and baked it to cause toning, others heat them or put chemicals on them.
Reverse of Coin is MINT MINT MINT!!! so baking in a potato is out of the question. Coin does not look heated either.
Does it really matter? I mean, it's just a 2002 Nickel. If it's not special I'd throw it back into circulation. To me it looks like someone took a Sharpie to it.
Sorry... nothing special. I have dozens of nickels inundated with die chips. Thinking I had the new bug tail, I was disappointed to find that the majority of nickels had these flaws.
The color isnt really ther thing. If the extra water line nickel from 64 can sell with soooo amny out thee, i think a throwing uyp beaver would sell as well. if you can find another like this, ILL BUY IT OFF YOU!!!
Keep an eye on ebay. There are lots of seller's selling common die chips and die cracks as rare errors. Mine go back into the reject pile unless it's dramatic.
Sometimes things aren't as simple as that. It might seem logical that an unique item should be worth a large amount. But there are many factors, such as supply/demand. I don't for see a large demand of people wanting a coin like that. Someone will I am sure,and then the amount they pay will be a factor. It would actually be better if there were enough to determine it is a variety rather than a one-on error, altered, or damage. An unique die combination might demand high money, but it relates back to the similar series of coins. if yours involves a lamination, it will be priced according to that of other laminations, rather than its uniqueness. The ebay era of Jesus french fry and Nixon potato has promoted this sense of uniqueness equals rarity equals value, which I would always caution members about. Jim
These are examples of common flaws found on Canadian nickels. None have any premium value. I have found hundreds of different examples just in a few dozen rolls. Considering this, just think of how many of these there are out there. There are seller's who will take coins with common defects like die chips, die scratches, machine doubling, etc. and sell them to new collectors as scarce or rare errors. The first two are die chips on the back of the beaver. They are found in various sizes and shapes. Just about every roll you go through will have a few nickels with die chips. This is similar to the 1957 "bug tail". This is on a 2001 nickel. No demand for it, no added value: This is blistering that I found on every nickel in about 20 rolls of 2007 and just about every 2008 I went through. Not an error: This is "extra metal" around the "G" and down to the waterline. A nice large die chip but again no added value: This one has a long die chip along the length of the tail. I kept two as examples and put 200 - 300 back into circulation:
Don't give up! Here's a few threads about some of my Canadian finds: http://www.cointalk.com/t94288/ http://www.cointalk.com/t93892/ http://www.cointalk.com/t48815/ http://www.cointalk.com/t109114/ http://www.cointalk.com/t109064/ http://www.cointalk.com/t108157/ And one about my best U.S. find: http://www.cointalk.com/t108331/
