For Consideration today: From the Royal Canadian Mint. 1997 Canada 1 Oz Silver Maple Leaf. NGC Graded MS 68. Hubbed In(Through) Debris Error Variety. “Nightcrawler II” (nickname similar to the similar issue found on 1971-S Proof Eisenhower Dollars—see below). NO toning or spots. #1 KEY DATE Silver Maple Leaf. LOWEST Mintage in series of only 100, 970 struck! Naked Eye visible error on the reverse, featuring “Hubbed In Debris”, as seen as a RAISED line of extra metal running virtually N/S through bottom of. 9999 into FINE, most likely a stray piece of wire, from a die-worker’s brush kept in the mint production rooms for cleaning up old dies–the 1 end is quite sharp, thus this hunch.. Many of these debris issues stem from stray pieces of fabric, plastic, metal, wood, whatever happens to be kicked up at the WRONG moment in the production rooms. Here’s a technical explanation for what you see. Definition: When debris falls between the working hub and the considerably softer working die, the foreign matter is pressed into the latter. When this foreign matter falls out, it leaves an incuse trace. The foreign material will conform to the newly-formed recesses of the working die, as will its impression. On the coin, the defect will appear as a raised imperfection that continues from the field to the design with no loss of clarity or relief. For the most part, the Canadian Mint, as well as all Mints, are especially careful to inspect all working dies for issues. Well, somebody hadn’t had enough coffee when this set of dies was made, and, they missed the error. The newly made dies would make roughly 1,500-2,500 coins, for the most part, before either being touched up, and put back into production, or, thrown away. I have NO idea if someone already has an example of this rare error or not. The mistake COULD have been spotted while creating the days’ coins, and, the presses stopped, and the faulty dies thrown away and destroyed, but, I’ll never know. The population for NOW will be stated as ONE, until more are located. (check your 1997’s, and, ALL years). I had 50 of these graded recently, and, this is THE only 1 I found in the lot. I believe less than 25 IKE “Nightcrawlers” have been found to date(out of a mintage of 4,265,234 coins, let’s call this R-7+, rarity factor—who knows what my discovery today will lead to, population-wise). This NGC slab CAN be sent to PCGS for relabeling with “Hubbed Through Debris” on the label, as they do for the 1971-S IKES. The coin is clean as a whistle, so, no need for conservation. Who cares about a stupid little tiny piece of metal on an old coin? ….. I base my price using rough numbers from the first Nightcrawler sales. Low Population at NGC with 55 in MS68 as of 1-02-17. NGC Guarantee of Authenticity so important in this day and age of numismatic forgeries invading all markets. Why risk your investment funds anywhere else? A stunning Investment Coin. Where will spot silver top on this next bull run, nobody knows. Key Date Coins command TOP Dollar due to rarity factor and low supply vs. NGC has ONLY graded 185 TOTAL of this 1 Oz Silver 1997 Maple Leaf to date… Weight is 31.1000 grams. Any variations in tone on photo are reflections, not. Issues on the coin. Please, NO sales to those with 0 feedbacks… Or, multiple neutral feedbacks and late payent strikes. The item “1997 Canada 1 Oz Silver Maple Leaf NGC MS68 Nightcrawler Variety RARE” is in sale since Tuesday, January 03, 2017. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ Canada\Commemorative”. The seller is “itsallgoodstuff2011″ and is located in Petaluma, California. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
- Certification Number: 4355771-014
- Grade: MS 68
- Certification: NGC
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Canada