Looks like the planchet had a scrape in it before the design was made. Nothing really. It was minted with a worn die so the doubling you see is...
Very nice. Best wishes with it and welcome to CT.
I’d leave it as is and enjoy it.
You have enough posts do you can try to post them on the buy/sell/trade forum on CT. You should be a more active member.
Definitely a contact mark. The rim is unbroken so it’s not a cud. A cud is a die break on the rim, not the date which is near the rim.
There are some collectors of Canadian coins here on CT. I however am not one of them. Since Canada is not part of the US you should probably have...
I looked several times and each time I wasn’t sure either but I think it is. It just had that look that only a clip can have.
+2, just not seeing it.
Yes to a black beauty.
Looks like a very small clip to me. Nice find!
There’s a first for everything! Lol
Nice little cud you got there. :)
Sounds nice to me.
I just don’t see how it could turn out the way it looks other than it wasn’t copper coated correctly. This was only the second year they used...
This was my first any only thought.
Thanks all. I’ve had them for 25 years at least. That’s why they only cost me $12.50 each. Today they’re worth at least $75.00 a piece so am I...
Second from the right. His eyes are looking straight ahead. The others aren’t.
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