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 The only silver dollar >I WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH is the so called J.O.P. Variety! For the life of me, I can't understand how anyone can willfully deface legally Canadian currency and then have Collectors chase after it like there's no tomorrow! Glenn Edited by glenzy1
12/04/2012 7:47 pm
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Personally, I would consider my collection complete without unauthorized issues and minor varieties.
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Canada
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For what it's worth--I'm a very novice coin collector with a small collection and might feel differently somewhere down the road--I would certainly consider a collection complete without the "off" items. Not saying I would have zero interest in acquiring them (at a reasonable price, of course), but would not "need" them for me to consider a set to be complete.
Cheers,
Rob
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At least we don't have to deal with back-door restrikes.
(That means mint insider striking of a scarce date/variety once its scarcity is established, and well after the original striking runs have ended)
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Definitely agree with glenzy1, the dollars stamped with JOP are but a footnote to me. Zero interest in ever acquiring or trying to acquire one.
As far as the original question of the thread, if thats your thing sure, but personally I couldnt care less for the mules and abnormalities, give me the straight dope!
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IMHO, the JOP dollars are bullion coins only. I too have never understood how someone could pay a premium for a defaced coin.
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Valued Member
Canada
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There are different levels of collectors, some collect the highest grade of coin while other want the mistake coins. a collection is what you find interesting I collect decimals and branch off into NCLT and notes. RCM makes some great pieces :D |
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To each their own... love tokens are another form of 'defacing' that seem to be highly sought after. Hobo nickels in the US as well... I have several examples of the "GAN" counterstamp 1970 nickel dollars, my best one being MS-64. I actually like it, and I know several nickel dollar collectors who feel their collection is not complete, without it...  "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Canada
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SPP, can you explain to us the history of the "GAN" counterstamp?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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 Yesterday I got back from the bank with 200 rolls of 2012 quarters. Since the Mayan Calendar stops on Dec. 21, 2012, I'm going to Counterstamp my new quarters with my initials >G.J.P. 2012-12-22<. I will set them into circulation in 2013, so if you find one in your change let me know where (city/town) you received it!  Ya never know, someday they may be a Collector's item? Glenn  |
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^ I'll keep a look out for those. I'm sure that it would take a while to make their way all the way to Southern Ontario though.
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Quote:
SPP, can you explain to us the history of the "GAN" counterstamp? I put a post about this in a separate thread... https://goccf.com/t/136519"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
Edited by SPP-Ottawa
12/18/2012 12:07 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Glenn - are you seriously doing this?
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 I wanted to see how long it would be when I'd be asked that question! Absolutely not, just pulling the leg of the C.C.F. community! Glenn  |
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I would have liked to see some CS pennies, that would have been interesting to see where they ended up. I don't consider the backdoor jobs to be part of my collection, they'd be an interesting addition on the side, but it's not something I'd go after.
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