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I recently purchased a small lot of .999 nickel and found two of the 47 dot variety in the batch. Then, yesterday, I wrangled a 2005 edition of "Coins of Canada" out of a local coin shop and was surprised to see the Dot valued so highly...$25/F12, $40/VF20, $90/EF40...

Can they really be so uncommon if I plucked two from a random group of less than $20 fv?

Not concerned with the actual real world pricing; I assume this guide is similar to our Redbook and primarily useful as a population report.

Do you Canadian nickel guys find them regularly?

I've never come across one in circulation in all these years. You are very lucky.

Could one of them are both been a 47 Maple leaf, Also I do not know why but Whitman does not have a hole for the 47 dot 5 cent but the do for the 1936 Dot cent.a coin with five know. For price info on your 47 see https://www.jandm.com/script/getitem.asp?CID=3&PID=86 Joe

No, they're dots for sure. I found about a dozen of the leafs in the same batch. The dots are lower and much closer to the 7.

I was hoping to find a '43 or '44, then realized those are not nickel

Would like to buy a nice BU of either year since they have Morsecode on the reverse

I got some 43's and 44's in BU... LMK if you want to trade one of your dots. Do you have pictures?

I'm high bidder on a '44 right now, so not ready to trade until that plays out...but here's a pic (best I can do with the cellphone). I'd say both coins are equal in grade & eye appeal. VF? Better? Worse?...



The guide only gives grading points for "hair above the ear" on the obverse, and not too specific at that. Not sure what VF: 'Where hair not worn, hair is clear but not sharp' means. If the coin were US I'd call it XF or better.

This nice '38 was in the same group

Congrats,

I have never found one in over 2,000$ FV of nickels.

Cheers,

Nice coin. Im in the 0 for category for the 47 dot as well

Nice coin

Great find !

$115/EF40 $200/AU50 $275/AU55 $325/MS60 $2500/MS66
according to the 2011 Charlton, there is no price for grade lower than ef-40

Found my third "dot" this weekend on a TD counter magnet

Found this on dot coins see -- You might read backwardshttp://books.google.com/books?id=C6_XtRES2rYC&pg=PA1942&lpg=PA1942&dq=1947+dot&source=bl&ots=IPwB-Xrw3S&sig=3v4WGAdQZIVxj3NR39ox0-umlvE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IerQUYKkLonkiALU-4GoBA&ved=0CHAQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=1947%20dot&f=false

We found one today in a batch of Canadian 1 and five cent coins we got from the coin shop at a .75 of face. And we get to fill a hole in our new album!

I've looked through many thousands of Canadian nickels (the .999 type) and I think in all those nickels I found one 47 dot.

Sorry about going off topic kinda, but how can you tell if you have a 1951 high relief? I don't know what to look for.

NHsorter wrote:Sorry about going off topic kinda, but how can you tell if you have a 1951 high relief? I don't know what to look for.

Courtesy J&M coin: https://www.jandm.com/script/getcatalog.asp

Dang, it's like the 1965 Large Beads. I have searched a ton for those. Never any luck and it's a major squinter of a job too. Not the most fun error to look for.