I like what Fred Weinberg calls them " Electroplating " error . [ATTACH]
Somebody painted it with black lacquer . Here's a quarter I have ... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here's a 67 I own [ATTACH]
You better check the China papers, for the heavy equipment for the inside job ....
There's always an explanation for the area of question, just finding the right one, can take sometime ..
Here's what I think of China [ATTACH]
Bingo, we have a winner ....
Here's a couple of images of clashes [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Post it on Coneca forums, Mike or Ken will show-up there . But my money on a clash ....
You should be asking the OP if the dies are rotated, before you tell him to send it away to an error expert ......
I sold about 10 of the first image for 28 bucks a piece . Keep the really good ones ... Also gave Ken one of the number 4 image ones ...
http://www.coinsandcanada.com/banknotes-prices.php?banknotes=Canadian_banknotes_of_1954_with_the_devil%27s_face&id_cat=21
Here's when I showed the coins to Ken http://www.numismaticnews.net/article/black-eyed-grant Here's after Ken seen them...
Here's a Progressive Strike-Through I own . [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It's not a variety, but an error ( Strike-Through ) . Since there more then one the OP owns, and from the images it's moving, now it's a...
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After studying those two closeups, I'm leaning toward progressive strike-through ....
Do like us old timers do, give them a phone call and ask them what's up ... [ATTACH]
Since it's in the field, it can't be a chip . It's either a strike-through, or die dent ...
I've get paid too, my checks come in the mail once a month ....
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