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1936 king george V dot 1 cent
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On 9/11/2023 at 6:04 PM, Yancey1997 said:

1936 king george V dot 1 cent

   It is extremely unlikely that this circulated 1936 Canadian cent, which has been improperly "cleaned", is a genuine "dot" cent, of which only three genuine examples are known to exist, all of which were obtained by the late John Jay Pittman (1913-1996) from former Royal Canadian Mint employees. See https://www.pcgs.com/news/rare-canadian-1936-dot-cent; Akers, David, Catalog of The John Jay Pittman Collection: Selected Numismatic Rarities Part One at 14-16 (1997). 

   The photo of the reverse is too small to determine whether this coin actually has a "dot" beneath the date matching that on the authenticated pieces. In any event, no knowledgeable collector or dealer would accept it as genuine without certification by a reputable grading service such as NGC or PCGS.

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Here's an enlarged/enhanced version of the reverse photo. There is no evidence of a "dot" under the date. As with your other coin, someone is trying to cheat you with a false attribution. As Sandon noted, the cent has also been scrubbed, cleaned, and acquired several nasty rim nicks.

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On 9/11/2023 at 6:52 PM, Greenstang said:

Not a dot, not even close.  
The 3 known 1936 dots are all specimens with the last one sold going for over $400,000.  
What do you think the chances of finding one in the wild are?

A wild what? Mongoose? Duck billed platypus? Tree frog? Surely not a 1936 Dot. 

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On 9/11/2023 at 6:04 PM, Yancey1997 said:

1936 king george V dot 1 cent

On 9/11/2023 at 7:22 PM, RWB said:

As with your other coin, someone is trying to cheat you with a false attribution.

The circulated CAN 1936 cent posted does not appear to be the "dot" variety as noted, so it's worth Around $1 or so.

https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/canada-cent-km-28-1920-1936-cuid-1034499-duid-1257791

From the appearance of the flip this looks like another one from the ebay scam artist called "redhotcollectibles", so it's probably listed for around 5 to 10 times the noted value, or some ridiculous amount if they are falsely claiming it's a CAN 1936 dot variety cent.

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