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Pillar of the Community
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Yes the possibility of fraud is certainly there, although I'd think careful examination would reveal signs of a cut and the resealed overlap. Back to the penny, there's also the risk of one being demagnized with a demagnitizer.
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Canada
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My hope is the TPG has XRF these coins before slabbing or pouching them, that is why with most expensive errors it needs to be slabbed. |
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New Member
Canada
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Hey wildflower.....the penny isn't actually magnetized it is just metal that the penny is made from that is attracted to a magnet, so I don't think you can demagnetize it.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Keep the set intack I order I got the normal 2016 loonie, but I managed this past mar to luck out at local post office with the 2015 loonie in the set for the normal price I collet for the fun except for these unc sets I don't like majority of the stuff the mint makes today so I to collect mostly reg cdn coins of the past.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Keep the set I luck out and pick one up from a local post office back in mar, I rarely come across any errors like this. some one said that they were put together by a out side source. I thought they we done at the mint. Also I try to up load some photos of some coins including I snap on my phone but I had trouble doing it, I will try again.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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My suggestion with this wrong loonie set, sell them for a few hundred bucks if you can there are just far too many of these sets out there.
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Canada
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Can you certify the packaging?
It would seem to be me WAY too easy to manufacture such a thing. The Chinese are wasting their time trying to create and use fake dies, when all they need to do is package real coins in pliofilm.
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Canada
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I still can't believe there is a market for these.... what a waste of money.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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As errors goes, who cares but still at a certain price this unit still sells even though there is a large amount of them out there.
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I think one would have to be a collector of Uncirculated Sets to understand. The discovery of the 2016 mismatched sets generated a whole lot of enthusiasm and excitement and that's just what the hobby needs from time to time. How many years has it been since newly issued circulated coin has been anything but boring and routine? 2005, 2006 non-mag? It's memories of the unique, unusual or atypical that make for lifelong collectors. Therefore I think the 2016 mismatched set was a very good thing to have occurred (and I'm not entirely convinced it was entirely accidental on the part of RCM). As for counterfeits....sure, it's possible as time goes on. But that shouldn't take away the initial thrill of discovery from the lucky ones who originally received it from RCM, CP or a dealer. Collecting is about, well collecting. Buying from unknown sellers on the secondary market always has its risks and possible counterfeits of this set wouldn't be any different than the awareness the goes hand in hand with coin collecting. |
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Canada
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I think many of us ARE collectors of the undebased sets of the past when the dies and planchets were carefully prepared.
> How many years has it been since newly issued circulated coin has been anything but boring and routine?
But, this is not about a COIN. That's the point.
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Pillar of the Community
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But, this is not about a COIN. That's the point.
Did you read the rest of my post? My point was that especially for newer collector, the mismatched sets added a spark of excitement that's otherwise become very uncommon in coin collecting of the present era. Step away from your own preferences for a moment....and understand that argument is not with me. Although I do collect Uncirculated Sets including some of the varieties, the 2016 sets I bought were not errors. Neither have I bought one because it's not at the top of my list of priorities. However that does not take away from the noticeable enthusiasm experienced by others, in receiving the mismatched set and that is an extremely positive incentive to pursue the hobby. Goodness knows it needs an injection of the thrill of discovery from time to time. If that comes by way of mis-packaging, that's better than nothing. |
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Valued Member
Canada
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has anybody have any new updates on this error
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Canada
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I got my 2016 error set right from the order of a local post office near where I live I know its is a real one not a set resealed
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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HMM...
I never noticed this before - I gues life has been kinda busy this year;
Now I gotta check "my son's" set to see if it's normal, or the error packaging - iirc it was bought right at the beginning of the year.
I was about to buy sets for myself because these were originally listed w/o security features - and my inquiry to the mint seemed to suggest the features were being dropped;
Then when it was revealed that the features were not being dropped I lost interest in buying.
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