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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jj00, post: 2250009, member: 47072&quot;]Just some info,</p><p>1947 5 cent - dies didn&#039;t arrive until 1948 so mint added a maple leaf after the date, some dies were defective leading to a 1/2 maple leaf or a dot.</p><p>1936 25 cent - new dies were made for Edward VIII who abdicated so the dies for George VI were not ready until late 1937, to prevent a shortage of coins the mint used the 1936 dies with the addition of a dot.</p><p>1937 5 cent - dot was added by mint for &#039;aesthetics&#039;, it was removed the following year.</p><p>So those dots were purposely added by the mint or caused by something purposely added (ie - the maple leaf).</p><p>Dots not added by the mint purposely - usually a die chip error[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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