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Most of these now on to the ARP? Nope - selling the remainder (at face value) to a local coin shop, for a Canada 150 display they are planning next year. Kids will be able to reach into the bag for their own free centennial penny.... Note that this one was my second bag of 1967 1-cent coins. I also went through a 1967 5-cent bag last year. Both of those bags are now at Metro Coin and Banknote in Toronto - for kids who go into Jared's shop. "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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Nope - selling the remainder (at face value) to a local coin shop, for a Canada 150 display they are planning next year. Kids will be able to reach into the bag for their own free centennial penny.... Well done  I have a few of these and they are one of my favourite Canadian coins. |
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Nice way for young collectors to get into the hobby with a one off penny design.
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Nice way for young collectors to get into the hobby with a one off penny design. I remember getting one in my change as a child (I was maybe 10-12 years old). I had the biggest smile on my face even though it was in rough shape. Can't imagine the joy a nice BU will bring to young collectors :) |
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Nice find SPP-Ottawa, and hats off for supporting young collectors! Well done.
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United States
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That peek inside the bag .... really looks good ..  |
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Canada
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Ah, yes...rock dove. No....really? Rock Dove? Why? Is that the same critter that Americans call a pigeon? According to the coins designer: Quote:
"For this I wished to use a very common bird, but one with symbolic overtones. I selected the dove (rock dove) -very common, in cities as well as in the country, as the pigeon, and having associations with spiritual values and also with peace." - Alex Colville. http://coinscan.com/des/1967d.htmlI agree with GR58, that peek inside the bag was great. |
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I'm waiting on delivery of a couple sets of this series. The dollar's my favorite. At least I now know what all of the critters are. Thanks, McNickel!.
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You're welcome Biedercoins.  I was a young boy when this series came out and I fell in love with them, they're what got me hooked on coin collecting. My favourite is the Nickel of course  |
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I love the series as well , at Easter I give the Nickles away to young children and tell them that they are Easter Bunny Money. Great fun
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Canada
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This penny served as the genisis of my coin collection;
As a very young boy (pre-kindergarten) I have a piggy bank full of pennies;
I had one 1967 penny - I called it "the bird penny";
Every now and then I would dump out my piggy bank, just to look at it.
I think it's pretty cool that you're using these to help spawn some of the next generation of collectors.
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To this date, I don't think I have a single circulation example as nice as any of the ones pictured!
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unruhjonny: if you don't have a '67 in UNC send me a message I have a few.. your story was awesome and we should get you a really nice "bird penny" to put back in the piggy bank!
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United States
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A dozen clips in a bag of 6000 - at that rate, the mint shipped 690,000 clipped coins that year. :)
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I bought a 1967 Centennial set years ago and it is one of the main things that sparked my interest in Canadian coins. A really nice set of designs and you don't have to break the bank to buy them  |
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A dozen clips in a bag of 6000 - at that rate, the mint shipped 690,000 clipped coins that year. :) Well, clips happen during a hiccup of the blank punching process, so one single hiccup will result in at least six clips at once. I suspect this happens in clusters, and highly doubt that more than 10,000 clips exist from this year. "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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