This coin was in a CCCS hard slab, but did not look right. I cracked it out and I am having real trouble convincing myself that this thing is...
Struck by a 90% capped die, probably by a mid-to-late stage cap, given the size of the mirror reverse brockage. Nice condition too. I usually see...
This is a fun one for the error folks to think through. This is a Canadian 1c error. First, we start with a split planchet (1.41 grams), you can...
[ATTACH] I suppose this would be the grand daddy of them all (well, except for the crazy stuff that Mike Byers has for sale). I bought this...
I just got some error coins back from PCGS, and I was admiring this one (bought it in 2014). http://www.pcgs.com/cert/32839554 Then, I added to...
I purchase nickel composition 50c and nickel dollars from coin dealers in Canada. In some respects, I am their bank, except I get to go through...
Picked this one up in my mailbox this week... absolutely love these north-south off-centre strikes. Probably MS-64 or better for grade, so it will...
I picked this one up last month at a small coin shop in Edmonton. I am not aware of very many Canadian George VI 1-cent coins, double struck, in...
A few subtle clues are there... uncommon, but not super-rare in Canadian 1-cent strikes. You can even decipher the date with this one... [ATTACH]
Did you know, that today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day?? http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html Yarrr!!! Show me ye pirate...
Feels like Christmas... In May, I sent some of my 1-cent errors that I had been sitting on for quite some time into PCGS. I figured given the...
Die cracks are somewhat common in letters of the legend, and sometimes linking the reverse and obverse beads, in this series. But, this is a first...
I learned today that for those of you in Ottawa, or who might be planning to visit Ottawa in the next year, the Canadian Museum of History (i.e.,...
...my local bank only has 8 extra large safety deposit boxes. After being on the waiting list for 7 years, I finally got one. My previous box, a...
Rare is a word I don't use often, except when I am ordering a steak. This is a Canadian nickel dollar struck on a 7.1 gram nickel 50-cent...
I finally got around to photographing my March Nuphilex Coin Show (Montreal) purchase. This is a nice counter brockage, in mint state condition of...
My new favourite Canadian coin. I just got it back from PCGS, graded MS-65... It is a 1978 1-cent, struck on a 1977 5-cent. The collar was not...
This one also was sent to Maddieclashes, at the request of the site administrator. I was torn with this coin in my collection. Was it an error,...
The low mintage sets produced by the Royal Canadian Mint, with a token in place of the 50-cent coin and sold at four conventions (RCNA, ANA, World...
I just snapped up this recent item on eBay, and I absolutely love it!! Canadian Trade Dollars are very low mintage and errors like this are...
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