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Date help 1886 Canada 5 cents

sjcoinssjcoins Posts: 69 ✭✭✭
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I could use some help with this. It's graded by our host as Canada 5 cents 1886 small 6. The date looks to me like a large 6 re-punched. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

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  • sylsyl Posts: 972 ✭✭✭

    From the vertical position and the shape of the inner loop, I'd say that it's a large 6. Here is the CaC info:
    http://www.coinsandcanada.com/coins-prices.php?coin=5-cents-1886&years=5-cents-1858-1901

    It appears to me that the large 6 will have the 8's & the 6 along the same horizontal line on the bottom. With a small 6, a line along the bottom of the 8's leaves the 6 higher vertically.

  • 1960NYGiants1960NYGiants Posts: 3,533 ✭✭✭✭

    I have to disagree with my friend Bill. It looks like the small 6 (RP-1) as shown in Charlton 2010 or 2012 P321. This variety has the 6 position slightly higher than other die pairs.

    @sjcoins - nice looking piece. Got a full view photo?

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  • sjcoinssjcoins Posts: 69 ✭✭✭

    Thanks for the information. I was looking at it on Great Collections. https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/517877/Canada-1886-Silver-5-Cents-Small-6-PCGS-MS-61

  • YQQYQQ Posts: 3,340 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 4, 2018 9:30AM

    could you please post a complete obv 1 and obv image?
    usung the dat only ,
    i woul say that your coin is
    narrow date- rep1- first 8 rep 8/8/3- large 6 over large 6
    it is actually, imo, fairly easy as traces of the original 1st 6 are clearly visible.
    possible that the 2nd 8 is also rep.
    charlton 10-page 326

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  • sylsyl Posts: 972 ✭✭✭

    Well, I never claimed to be an expert on 5 cent silvers .. I was just going by what appeared to be the most obvious to me. It also appears that there was lots of 6/6 repunching going on as well so it makes sense that the final digit was handpunched into each working die. There are probably many different positions for the 6. It won't be the first time that I've been wrong.

  • YQQYQQ Posts: 3,340 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Syl,
    you are totally correct. But nothing beats "coin in Hand" right?
    mine is only an opinion. I looked at some I have and compared with the OP and hence my thoughts.
    You are right with tons of punching going on. everything from off sentre to rotation to fonts to just simply carelessness.

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