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Pillar of the Community
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spp ottawa there is 2 more varieties. besides this one on these coins. I already have all 3 put away. there is also 4 varieties on the 2017 special toonies as well.
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Do you mean true die varieties (different working dies)? Or minor errors like die chips?
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Pillar of the Community
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SPP-Ottawa Do you mean true die varieties (different working dies)?
yes but you will see them very easy if you look. I just figured the members here would already know these new varieties. these are on the 150 year loonie. the toonies I think 2 them are from wear. the other 2 are a die change. there easy to see. just check your rolls closely. you will see them.
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New Member
Canada
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Interesting varieties! Thanks for sharing!
@SPP-Ottawa, the rolls you found this variety are special wrapped, or just plain wrapped?
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Canada
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Bit of both... although, it is tough to crack a special wrapped roll when it costs almost double face value...
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Pillar of the Community
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The asking price is kind of as rare as the error Act now, save $4500.00.  . Possibly effected by this thread? Nahhhh.. "We are poor little lambs...who have lost our way...Baa...Baa...Baa"
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Pillar of the Community
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I don't really follow the newer coins much any more but I did put a few of these a side when found in my change out of the 5 that I put a side none have the extra strip on the lighthouse, and none have the extra loop at the top of the vertical inside right wall
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11/14/2018 11:34 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I have one with only one of the extra lines ,I'll post a photo when I dig it out
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Valued Member
Canada
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Has anyone noticed the difference in the steps at the base of the lighthouse? There seems to be quite a few with incomplete steps.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Well you made me go look and I have 15 all from circulation and none have the extra line.
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Pillar of the Community
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Photo's of 2017 150 loon   |
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I spoke with a production manager of the Royal Canadian Mint in Winnipeg. He sent me a photo of the master punch, used to make all the working dies for this coin. It does not have the line in it. There were no other punches used to make the working dies. This feature is the product of a die break, but rather serendipitous... "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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Pillar of the Community
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That looks more like a slip of an engraving tool. Of course The Mint didn't make a mistake. Hmmm... one master ? Would you only have one if you were the boss ? Hmmm.. a backup , Hmmm.. Nah, pshaw, we'll be okay with only one ! What could go wrong ? !
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Valued Member
Canada
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I'm bringing this post up. I finally got an example of this coin after few years of research. This is not a die crack. My conclusion is a broken hub that produces few working dies with few variants of the stripes position. Some rise elements of the hub have broken but stay attached with different positions. These new features were replicated on some working dies. On my pictures you can see that the texture of the original position of the stripes is quite rough which a a sign of the damage. On the second picture, you can also notice on the top part of the left strip a small additional segment.   |
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Thank you for the update.  |
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