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Happy Canada Day everyone! Hope you're enjoying it.
Thanks for sharing the Ookpik medallion WildflowerAB
I really liked Ookpik, but it was made of sealskin and doomed to extinction.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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07/01/2015 5:34 pm
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You're welcome and my pleasure to share Ookpik, torgemco and DBM. It's not often this medallion has seen the light of day. Quote:
I really liked Ookpik, but it was made of sealskin and doomed to extinction.
I remember it as a fuzzy, furry souvenir in places like Banff but you're right.. I notice it was traditionally made from sealskin, yes that would do it. Given the Inuit probably didn't have imported broadcloth from China, I think they could be forgiven but instead the Ookpik was tossed to the sale bin and instead tourist shops got stuffed with little brown bears wearing RCMP outfits holding a Cdn flag in their paw.....which resulted in folks thinking bears were cute little animals and signs everywhere "DO NOT Feed the Bears!" |
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Happy Canada Day everybody!
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Happy Canada Day from a southerner who appreciates our great Northern Neighbors!  How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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"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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"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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But Roger, it is RARE.
Did you get to make any token errors like you did with the year of the sheep tokens from a different thread?
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I asked if I could make an error token... the lady said no.. but I ended up with a clipped planchette.... so I still thought that was pretty cool!
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I asked if I could make an error token... What from do they did tokens - is it "pre-loaded" blanc or penny coin? Or they give you the blank round to insert to the machine? |
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They inserted a blank and you turned a crank that raised a hammer then struck the die
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It's true they're free at the mint, but only in Ottawa, Winnipeg and Vancouver. If you are not close to one of those 3 cities, then you might need to buy it. Of course, if you don't live in one of those cities, you probably don't even collect those tokens...
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but I ended up with a clipped planchette.... so I still thought that was pretty cool! Oh hey, that is cool! I have a blank planchet from this series, but not a clip!!  There were a few scattered tokens lying inside the machine when I was there, so I asked the lady what those were, and she said they were rejects - I asked if I could have them and she shrugged and said "sure".  This one was very cool, and to think that it was riding around in that machine since Canada Day 2013...   "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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I will try to load some pics up for ya in a day or two Roger.
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