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Struck On Foreign Or Sintered 10c Planchet?
by Ken Potter -- NLG

Photo © Ken Potter 2004

    October 16, 2004 -- The subject coin appears to have started out as a normal silver dime blank.  It then acquired a heavy sintered coating of copper from cent blanks while stuck in an annealing oven.  The blank was then run through the upset mill (to raise the rims) and was later struck by cent dies.  However before making this call, we'd like feedback from readers that may be able reaffirm our findings or add other thoughts or information to the equation.  Note:  Fred Weinberg had determined the coin to be a heavy copper wash on a Cuban planchet.  More later as we get the details.

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CONECA Member Finds Dual-Dated Bahamian Variety
The Obverse is Dated 1975 -- The Reverse is Dated 1973

Photo © Ken Potter 2004/Coin Courtesy of Joe Rizdy

    September 26, 2004 -- Perhaps one of the more enigmatic modern coins to come down the pike in recent years is the dual-dated 1975-1973 Bahamas five-cent piece sent in by error-variety specialist (and CONECA member) Joe Rizdy of Chicago. It's a coin that hints at the possibility that it may have just opened up the door for many more varieties of its kind be discovered!  It’s a coin that comes from a series that along with its other fractional cousins has been largely ignored over the years. That's about to change!  There is finally something to look for!
    At first glance, this second-year-of-type coin appears to be normal, proudly boasting its nearly-new coat of arms obverse, which displaced Queen Elizabeth II the year before.  However, upon a closer inspection of the reverse, we can see faint but obvious traces of another earlier date -- 1973 -- divided by the coin's simple pineapple-reverse motif, the 19 to the left and the 73 to the right.  Of course, this is where the date appears on this type from 1966 through 1973 while Arnold Machin's portrait of Queen Elizabeth II graces the coin's obverse.

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