1969 Canadian Cent Proof - Type of error ??

Hey guys,

Came up with a couple of old stock books from an auction. Pretty bleak, but this Canadian Cent was in a flip.

I thought it might be a scratch at first, but when I scanned it, it looks like either a die crack or something got inside the die ?



Thanks,

gary

 

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I would imagine Proof Die Cracks are rare given the fact that the dies are treated with a lot of care for the entire purpose of
having a "Proof" coin.

 

I don't think it is a die crack. Looks more like a strike through.

 

Condor could be right; I was just stating opinion.

 

If it were a strikethrough, the southeast end terminates exactly with the detail. That puzzles me some. It might be a good place for a crack to start from though ?

Anyway, there was another US cent labeled "cracked die" among these that I haven't looked closely at yet. Evidently someone thought these two stockbooks were culls ? They went to the block without preview so nobody bid very much. I took a chance.

gary

 

I got this pic which shows how the area in question is raised.

 

I really don't know. Die cracks are lines sunk in right?

 

I thought a strike through would be sunken in because of the debris pushing into the blank, while a crack would allow the metal to be raised when the planchet was compressed. But I am easily confused and generally mistaken

 

You maybe right, and I think you are.

 

Hope it is a crack. That could really increase the value.

 

A "struck through (object)" appears as incused on the coin because the object is between the die and the planchet:



A die crack is raised because it is a crack (incused) in the die:

 

Thanks, I really believe the line on the coin is raised. When I looked as closely as my cheapo usb microscope would allow, I believe the mark looked like a router groove in the die. The line looked to me like the scratch you get when a drill bit walks on a metal surface. I guess I might need to send it to CONECA ?

That was kinda how I had it figured.

Thanks again,
gary

 

I just was discussing with a dealer about die cracks on Proof coins being rare because of how the dies are treated.
It would be a very unusual thing. Thanks digman for clearing that up! Good luck Gary with the coin!

 

Thanks ! I figure these dealer's stock books came to auction as part of an estate sale. And someone figured they were culls, because they were not allowed to be opened at the preview ??? Anyway, no one wanted to bid much. I got a good handful of 1c proofs and some 5c proofs with some errors mixed in. Think, taking a gamble might have worked out on these ? Hope so, anyway ! lol

gary

 

What type of errors were they?

 

The flips were marked "die crack". But I haven't had a real good look at them yet. I thought one of them looked more like something on the coin ? But that was with my poor naked eye. lol

 

Oh ok.