Canadian Dollar Error

Hi just wanted to share a error coin that my mom found at the bank where she worked at in 1976 as she was rolling dollar pieces she came across this piece. The front seems normal but the back is the same image as on the front but backwards and all the edges are smooth.

 

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Welcome daisyd to the forum. I don't think that it was something the mint made. Probably someone with a lot of extra time made.

 

On the back where it is reversed, is the image raised or down into the coin???

 

It's down in the coin.

 

It could be an error but from those pictures it's almost impossible to tell. Being down into the coin is not an indicator either way It's possibile that it is an error but it is also possibile that it is someone messing around. When you flip it over... is the second image rotated or does it line up with the image on the front? Coins from Canada in the 70's are notorious for having some major errors...but also being relatively common...if it is a genuine error it does have some value but nothing to quit your job over... my personal theory is that someone was intentionally creating them... not saying anything about this piece either way... but that is food for thought.

 

Thanks for looking Rockdude...the story is my mom works in the currency centre at the bank, back in 1976 the money from the canadian mint came directly to the banks in bags and the girls who worked down in the cash cage as they called it, had to roll the coins by hand so it was quite noticeable when she saw smooth edges on a coin that should have been ridged. She took it on her lunch hour to a coin shop and even the guy there said "I don't think this is real , but i'll give you $50 bucks for it. She declined, I think that was smart on her part. Just recently we were talking and she told me this story and said she would bring home and To come over and see it, it's been in her saftey deposit box since 1976....my mom has found so real crazy stuff being empolyed at the bank for more than 30 years, it's real trust me.

 

It lines up with the image...I don't know why no one believes this is real, I think even as a coin collector myself I have not really seen anything like this and was quite shocked when my mother told me about this.

 

Yeah not to quit you job over forsure lol lol , not looking to sell either. Have seen a few people in the last few weeks and been offered a few hundred to a few thousand for it, I guess it all depends on the collector.

 

It's not that no one believes you... These pictures are hard to wrap our heads around. I believe you, and from the pictures I'm about %80 sure that it's a brockage... but I can't tell you %100... people are always looking to make a buck by making coins that look very very similar to real error coins... so without a very detailed close up (or an in hand inspection by someone pretty knowledgeable in error coins) there is really no way to tell for sure. A couple of US dealers handle some of these Canadian pieces from the 70's pretty regularly. Mike Byers, Rich Schemmer, and Fred Weinberg. A google search of any of those names will find you their websites... They are error specialist and will be able to give you a definitive answer as for if it is a real piece and also the value of the piece. You may have to send it to them... but I have dealt with all of them before and they are stand up guys.

 

Thanks for you thoughts dutchman they are appreciated.

 

I really didn't mean it in a harsh way that "no one believes me" lol I really so appreciate you input dutchman.

 

No problem, That's what we are here for

 

Thanks again may have to check them out! You must be a numismatist right? lol

 

That's quite a story daisyd. Sounds like stories I've heard before.

 

I've been called far worse! hahahah!! yes tho, you could call me that.

 

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I think you took my comment wrong. I meant it in a good way.

 

So sorry and yes I did take it the wrong way ...my appologiesKiss

 

No problem. One more question, you said the details are incuse, are the denticles and rim incuse also?

 

If this is real, it's the second best Canadian error I've ever seen. That's a big if, though. Perfect mirror brockages on large coins are in the same grouping as hen's teeth. This just doesn't seem right to me. Maybe I'm just paranoid, though.