Apologies, but I can't make out the year. So I've rotated and cropped the image in case someone wants to take a crack at it. I've highlighted the area where the date is located below:
coinsfan, you are probably in the best position to determine the date. If you tilt the coin at various angles to the light, you may be able to see the last two digits faintly, now that you've been shown where to look.
As mentioned by others, a coin with a date that cannot be determined is worth very little.
coinsfan2024: I've double checked some of my Canadian coin books and even if we did know the year, it wouldn't matter as far as the market value goes (if that's your only interest).
The Canadian George V issue isn't worth much in that condition. In fact, this coin would be called a "Cull" due to its poor overall condition which is the "kiss of death" for market value for a coin like this which doesn't have any PM (precious metal) content.
References:
"Coins of Canada", 42nd Edition, 2024, pages 30-31.
coinsfan2024: Canada stopped making the 1-cent coin back in 2012. Even if they would honor it, why would you try to redeem a Canadian 1-cent coin within Canada? It doesn't have any real purchasing power.
Since you're located here in the United States and if you want to maximize your return, I would recommend bringing it to an LCS (Local Coin shop) who may give you at least 2 or 3 cents for it due to its 95% copper content. This would be at least a 200% or 300% gain over face value. 😀
coinsfan2024: Canada stopped making the 1-cent coin back in 2012. Even if they would honor it, why would you try to redeem a Canadian 1-cent coin within Canada? It doesn't have any real purchasing power.
Since you're located here in the United States and if you want to maximize your return, I would recommend bringing it to an LCS (Local Coin shop) who may give you at least 2 or 3 cents for it due to its 95% copper content. This would be at least a 200% or 300% gain over face value. 😀
Thanks for telling me, I have some Morgan silver dollars that I'm going to take there too. I can post those too if anyone is interested in looking at them.
Sorry, if you took it for rudeness, I just thought you would know a bit about coins, since you have started to become interested in coins and thus started a membership in numista, where you can search and find nearly every coin. You can even search by image.
PS. Morgan silver dollars are American, not Canadian.
Sorry, if you took it for rudeness, I just thought you would know a bit about coins, since you have started to become interested in coins and thus started a membership in numista, where you can search and find nearly every coin. You can even search by image.
PS. Morgan silver dollars are American, not Canadian.
I know they're American but thanks for letting others know.
Since you're located here in the United States and if you want to maximize your return, I would recommend bringing it to an LCS (Local Coin shop) who may give you at least 2 or 3 cents for it due to its 95% copper content. This would be at least a 200% or 300% gain over face value. 😀
The other link you posted said it was worth at least 50 cents.
Thank you for the comment and allowing me the opportunity to provide context.
The value you are viewing is the value for a graded assessment of AG-03. In the grade of AG-03 the date is still discernible. However, the user's coin is unfortunately in a condition known as CULL which indicates substantially worse condition (often when the date is indiscernible). Once a coin is graded as CULL, its market value is typically reduced to that of melt value if it has any PM (Precious Metal) content. Cull values typically aren't represented in pricing guides. There are numerous calculators on the internet which can provide melt value depending on the issuer.
Although the user's coin doesn't have PM content, it does have 95% copper content. So the user may be able to get a few extra cents from it via selling it to an LCS. The user may get more if he can bring several more coins to his LCS and negotiate a deal. However, keep in mind that we're still negotiating at the range of just a couple of cents which won't have significant purchasing power in today's economy.
Personally, I think it could be either 1915 or 1916. However, I should disclose that I have to wear reading glasses at my age so I'm in no position to tell my colleagues that they're wrong. 😀 Having said that, it's my personal opinion that the coin is still in really bad shape and most likely would be treated as Cull by an experienced Coin shop owner. That's just my 2 cents (no pun intended).
If it is 1915 it would be worth even more. Just trying to answer the OP's question on how much it could be worth. Maybe the OP will let us know they do sell it to a LCS.
Thanks Tony for the explanation. I thought it was agreed the date is readable as 1916 so AG-03 would apply.
Readable after enlarging, enhancing and eliminating all the other dates. That's not what the term readable means.
And be honest, would you buy that coin in that condition for 50 cents? I'm not, I just don't buy that coin in that condition at all, not even for 5 cents, nor for a 1915.
