All of the anomalies are pretty common on the '81's. The hub(s) that made the dies suffered broken serifs and portions of letters as more and...
Further down in this forum is a thread concerning the 1882 Vicky cents. Almost all of what I wrote there in relation to the '82 holds for the...
Unless the mintmaster or boss on the floor calls for a dot to be placed somewhere, every "dot" I've seen is a die chip, rust pit, or dropped tool....
The 1882's have the 2nd most varieties of all the Vicky large Cents, second only to the 1859's. It has 6 different Obverses, Obv 1, Obv 1a, Obv...
From 54-67 Canada coined PL in sets from cent through to dollar. They weren't issued separately. Almost across the board an MS65 is worth 10 to...
Looks like machine or mechanical doubling (MD). Here is a reference, but don't take the prices as accurate. They are in Cdn$ and normally too...
In Canada, the term proof-like is used by the Royal Canadian mint and Canadian coin guides. It is not a made-up term here and has a specific...
I posted this on another coin site, but have no idea which forum something like this belongs. I have no idea if anyone else finds it so, but I...
The two orientations are "medal", where it's both heads up (like you just won a medal, wearing it around your neck, and whichever way it's...
It's just a very common, well-worn Geo V one cent. You can find coins like this in the 2-3 coins per dollar in dealer junk bins. 1911-1920 is...
I agree with "robp" in that a great deal of what's going on now is the tabloid press, Facebook, and other entities that embellish Get-on-the...
From when I have looked this topic up before in my references, 1797 was the last year the pennies and halfpennies(some halfpennies from 1799 were...
It's just a loonie that's led a hard life. No errors or variety; just honest wear on both the coin and the die.
Really need some larger fotos, but here it goes from the small shots: U-left VF-20, U-rt F-12/15, L-left VF-30, L-rt XF-40
However, he IS offering free shipping.
Here is the Ebay link...
F-15
I have a few dozen of or more them, but none in any semblance to mid-60's MS that you have. Along with my Vicky large cents, I prefer AU and XF+...
I used to have a great book on the German emergency coinage and tokens, but sold it, along with about 50 or so porcelain coins (I actually traded...
Who would have guessed that the Nobel Peace prize for Economics was awarded for auctions????? Who knew that numismatists would have their fingers...
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