5th bag, 2 curiousities

[Rosco53]

5th bag is in the books, and have a couple nice finds. 22 wheats (oldest was 34), only 14 canadian (new low for a bag), and 27.36% coppers. I did find a few oddities as well, want to see what everyone things. First is a 1989, for some reason the date caught my eye, so put it under the microscope and:


Almost looks like a double date. I looked at a couple others, and the bottom of the first 9, and the side of the last 9 are much more prominent in this one. Thoughts?

Also, my biggest hit in the bag:



Nice 1998, not sure the term (double die strike?)

 

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[ArkieBassMan]

Not sure about the doubling on the date on the first one, but the one on the bottom sure looks like the real deal to my uneducated eyes. There are some fine error coin specialists here and they can give you all the info.

 

[yankeesfan4life]

Not sure about the first one, but the second one is not doubling. Not sure about the exact term though.

 

[GlenDronach]

I see glue or resin on the second one, like another coin was stuck to it and left its impression.

 

[enamel7]

I see glue or resin on the second one, like another coin was stuck to it and left its impression.

Adhesive doubling is what we call it. Lol! The top is just plating issues.

 

[Rosco53]

I see glue or resin on the second one, like another coin was stuck to it and left its impression.

Thanks for the expert eye, this is why I posted a pic! Any suggestion how would I go about trying to remove the glue/resin to verify? Don't just want to scrape at it (in the unlikely case it is something legit), but would like to figure it out. Thanks for any insight!

 

[Dozer D]

Looks like a very thin resin coating. Don't know how to remove it without knowing if it will DESTROY the coin.

 

[enamel7]

Thanks for the expert eye, this is why I posted a pic! Any suggestion how would I go about trying to remove the glue/resin to verify? Don't just want to scrape at it (in the unlikely case it is something legit), but would like to figure it out. Thanks for any insight!

Pure acetone will remove it, just soak for awhile. If there's nothing special about the coin just spend it!

 

[Rosco53]

Pure acetone will remove it, just soak for awhile. If there's nothing special about the coin just spend it!

That won't damage the coin?

 

[LooseChange]

Pure acetone will remove it, just soak for awhile. If there's nothing special about the coin just spend it!

That won't damage the coin?

There is no reason to clean it. Just spend it. It is not an error.

 

[engine823]

The first coin pictured has die deterioration doubling. It is common and occurs as the dies are reaching the end of their useful life