Does anyone know anything about a 1970 Canadian $1 error coin showing Queen Elizabeth with a goatee?? I got one at an auction, but can not find anything about it.
Looking to see if others are familiar with this coin and a fair market value?
Mike
I have never seen or heard of this error, but I am not an error collector or expert. Try googling error coins, there are definitely experts out there. As for market value, how much did you pay for it at auction and when?
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When I collected bank notes this was one which always caught the imagination from Canada as well, the 1954 devils face dollar, in the queens hair there appears to be the face of the devil.
When I collected bank notes this was one which always caught the imagination from Canada as well, the 1954 devils face dollar, in the queens hair there appears to be the face of the devil.
Where? I don’t see it…
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This is from Coin World April 4th 1973 p62. While the issue is not available, one can reconstruct the text on the Newman Numismatic Portal by searching a couple of distinctive phrases:
Fragment Makes Coin Error
Queen Elizabeth does not wear a goatee, pictorial evidence to the contrary. This 1970 Canada $1 has been analyzed as having been struck through a fragment of metal that fell on the planchet before striking. Evidently that planchet stuck to the die because F. B. Merritt of Michigan sent two similar coins to Collectors Clearinghouse. The area is incused indicating that the cause was something added to the die. The lower left photo shows an early stage. The lower right photo shows the incused area has become larger and less deep under pressure of succeeding strikes.
This is from Coin World April 4th 1973 p62. While the issue is not available, one can reconstruct the text on the Newman Numismatic Portal by searching a couple of distinctive phrases:
Fragment Makes Coin Error
Queen Elizabeth does not wear a goatee, pictorial evidence to the contrary. This 1970 Canada $1 has been analyzed as having been struck through a fragment of metal that fell on the planchet before striking. Evidently that planchet stuck to the die because F. B. Merritt of Michigan sent two similar coins to Collectors Clearinghouse. The area is incused indicating that the cause was something added to the die. The lower left photo shows an early stage. The lower right photo shows the incused area has become larger and less deep under pressure of succeeding strikes.
👍 nice one, now we have the text of the article, I don’t know what the OP was on about - he literally had all the information there, I suspect there is more info written on the flip where the coin is stored, but it seems he doesn’t want to share that either. Moreover I would now conclude that the OP original enquiry was solely about worth, just my opinion.
Interestingly the coin is a one year commemorative issue with less than 5,000,000 total, so a relatively scarce coin anyway, with this extra strike through error, it could have a decent monetary value. Shame the OP hasn’t yet replied with the price he paid and when, this info should be added to the coin page if we could get a better image?
