AMDSCOrPiO Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 I picked up a Canadian Coins Catalogue today so I went through some coins I have. I came across some 1965 pennies which the Catalogue shows can be rare. It says their is 4 versions of this coin. Small beads, pointed 5 / blunt 5 and Large Beads pointed 5 / blunt 5. The book says the coin with large beads and pointed 5 is rare, my question is how much is it worth? Cause I can't find any values anywhere. Pics Compare http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/bellco564/Beads.jpg Obverse http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/bellco564/LBP51.jpg Reverse http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/bellco564/LBP52.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoRnholio Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 I think that it is the LB P5 variety. Looks to be in VF-EF grade. Perhaps $6-7. It is rarer than the other types, but still not all that rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEN 6 Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 I think its a LARGE BEAD BLUNT 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoRnholio Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 I think its a LARGE BEAD BLUNT 5 Looking back at it, I think Ken is right. I had to pull my book out and check, but the pointed 5 variety does show the point nearly touching the stem on the reverse. There is a small gap on yours, so it looks to be the blunt 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 In my 2011 Charlton Standard Cat. on Canadian coins, it says there are 4 types recognised. SB P5 - smallbeads pointed 5 SB B5 - smallbeads blunt 5 there is also LB P5 - Large beads pointed 5 LB B5 - Large Beads blunt 5 There is a note that -quote- 'small beads' the location of the "A" in "REGINA" on the small beads the A points between two beads. whereas on the large beads obverse it points at a bead - end- Two of the 4 types, are just face value until you hit MS 62 & up. The other 2 , SB P5 & the LB P5 are in my recent Trends magazine are $.15 for a fine 12 example . For the Large beads it says $3.50 for one in the same condition, & up to $350.00 for one MS-65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 In my 2011 Charlton Standard Cat. on Canadian coins, it says there's 4 types recognised. SB P5 - smallbeads pointed 5 SB B5 - smallbeads blunt 5 there is also LB P5 - Large beads pointed 5 LB B5 - Large Beads blunt 5 There is a note that -quote- 'small beads' the location of the "A" in "REGINA" on the small beads the A points between two beads. whereas on the large beads obverse it points at a bead - end- Two of the 4 types, are just face value until you hit MS 62 & up. The other 2 , SB P5 & the LB P5 are in my recent Trends magazine are $.15 for a fine 12 example . For the Large beads it says $3.50 for one in the same condition, & up to $350.00 for one MS-65 I blew the photo provided up to 400% & I have all of the 1965's a blunt 5 is very square & pointed 5 variety doesn't always touch....there is space in my example. My better half has an extensive penny collection & she believes its a pointed variety. This example has large beads on the obverse, at 400 magnification there is no mistake. So a LG P5 is worth according to my Trends mag , depending on condition ...F-12 3.50, VF-20 5.00, EF-40 8.00, AU-50 14.00, MS-60b 22, MS-62rb 35.00, MS-63r 60.00, MS-64 100.00 , MS-65 350.00. I think your coin is in the very fine range...but it is difficult to judge that in a photo, for me. Still its a nice find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoRnholio Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 It is a difficult one to judge. I didn't have my own example to compare to until recently. Based on the Charlton guide and the 1965's I have seen, I think the best diagnostic is the angle of the slant on the tip of the 5. The "blunt 5" is really just less pointed. Looks to be about a 15-20 degree angle. The "pointed" 5 is about a 35-40 degree angle. This is what made me change my mind on this piece, the angle just doesn't look sharp enough to be a pointed 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoRnholio Posted December 23, 2010 Report Share Posted December 23, 2010 Here's some pics I found of ICCS graded 1965 cents, pointed and blunt varieties. Found here: http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=72274 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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