error or not 1947 canadian dime

baccalas

there is a star after the date and i cant find others like it
anyone know?

lordmarcovan

Not a star, but a tiny maple leaf.

For some reason, Canada produced "Maple Leaf" and "plain" varieties on its 1947 coins.

lordmarcovan

In the dimes, the Maple Leaf variety is actually more common than the plain variety. Mintages were 9,638,793 for the Maple Leaf versus 4,431,926 for the plain.

Catalog values (Krause, 2007) are:

Plain: $0.60 VG, $1.25 F, $2.50 VF, $6.00 XF, $20.00 MS60, $45.00 MS63.

Maple Leaf: Bullion value in VG, $0.55 F, $1.50 VF, $3.00 XF, $10.00 MS60, $15.00 MS63.

As it happens, I recently dug a 1947 "plain" cent while detecting. But both varieties of cent are common.

kuhli

<< <i>For some reason, Canada produced "Maple Leaf" and "plain" varieties on its 1947 coins. >>



the maple leaf was added to coins minted in 1948, using the dies from 1947, while waiting for new dies without the "Ind. Imp.", since King George was no longer Emperor of India. Due to this, the 1948 dated coins are lower mintages, and much less common than other years in the series.

coffeyce

Yes pretty common i have about 10 of the 10c pieces like that I got excited the first one I saw as well till I looked it up.

Chris

lordmarcovan

Aha! Thanks, kuhli. I always wondered what it was all about. I didn't know if it was a mintmark or what. I had the feeling the story would come out.

ColinCMR

when worn they can almost just look like a dot