Tri-metal test token die crack discovered

Some of the tri-metal tokens issued by the Royal Canadian Mint this October as part of its ‘R+D Lab Collection’ were recently discovered with die cracks through the centre of the obverse.

An undetermined number of one of the Royal Canadian Mint’s recently released test tokens has been discovered with a prominent die crack through the centre of the obverse. Several of the Mint’s tri-metal tokens, which were issued as part of “R+D Lab Collection” this October, were found with die cracks by at least two southeastern... Continue reading →

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