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Canadian cent. Any ideas how this happened?

ajaanajaan Posts: 17,126 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Do you think it is a mint error or post mint damage?

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    SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,482 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like the reverse was washed in some sort of acid that ate away at it.
    In memory of my kitty Seryozha 14.2.1996 ~ 13.9.2016 and Shadow 3.4.2015 - 16.4.21
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    CIVITASCIVITAS Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭
    Is the coin full weight?
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    ajaanajaan Posts: 17,126 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Josh, unfortunately my scale broke so I can't weigh it. It feels a little light to me.

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    ajaanajaan Posts: 17,126 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I wonder why someone would acid one side of a 1965 cent.

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    ASUtoddASUtodd Posts: 1,312 ✭✭
    Remember my post about my German 1 Mark that had the corroded side?? Here the post...

    I bought a big lot of German Pfennigs and non-silver one marks the other day and while going through them I found the following two coins.... The 1924 D 10 Pfennig is obviously a minting error but the 1965 F 1 Mark...well.. has me puzzled. At first I thought this was post mint tampering but the more I look at it I start to think it isn't. The nickel coating on one side of the coin is missing. It is also missing on the rim and is present only on the Obverse side. I tried to take some good side shots to show you how perfect the line of transition from Nickel plating to non nickel plating is. If it was striped, someone took their time doing it right... I also posted a picture of what it SHOULD look like...

    Die crack on the reverse across the ears of wheat and then rim issues on the obverse... Large crack and looks like it is rolled over on itself.
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    Nickel plating is on the reverse but missing on the obverse and side
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    Side view of the coin
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    Another side view showing the reverse also
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    And finally... how it SHOULD look
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    ajaanajaan Posts: 17,126 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Someone on the Canadian Coin Refernce Site (CCRS) wrote this. Anyone familiar with it?



    << <i>Authentic mint error. Struck through a very late stage die cap. When the die cap thins out after repeated strikes - more & more of the details start to appear on the coins it strikes. >>



    JFK, 9/11/2009
    CCRS member since: 3/21/2002

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    SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,482 ✭✭✭✭✭
    But I wonder if it was a very late state die capping if it would have the pitting that at least from the images it would appear as though it has?
    In memory of my kitty Seryozha 14.2.1996 ~ 13.9.2016 and Shadow 3.4.2015 - 16.4.21
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    ajaanajaan Posts: 17,126 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was able to weigh the coin. 3.1g or 46 grains.

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    coinkatcoinkat Posts: 22,795 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ask MrEureka...

    He is pretty good with errors

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