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Valued Member
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"In Canada, new effigy (uncrowned) and old effigy (crowned) were both minted for circulation in 2003. It has been the new effigy since then." So the old effigy, the younger uncrowned Queen, is no longer minted as of 2003? I wonder why I couldn't find a website that detailed this information! |
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Pillar of the Community
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Just click on the applicable dates in the link for CaC that I posted.
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Valued Member
United States
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That offers details about each individual coin. What I'm saying is that I'm surprised that I couldn't find an article discussing that the coin was being changed from one effigy to another.
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Canada
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United States
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That's what I'm looking for! Now I have something to show my eight year old :)
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United States
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Now I've got another question, about the 1 cents... Why are some of them not round? I have a bunch from the last 1980's through the early 1990's and they have twelve sides as opposed to a single unreeded rim. Then I read that from 1982-1996, across two different effigy's they were minted with twelve sides? I wonder why?
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12/19/2018 12:11 am
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Valued Member
Canada
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Regarding your question about 12 sided pennies, I believe this was done to reduce the amount copper required to produce the coin. The weight went from 2.8 grams down to 2.5 grams. After 1996, pennies were made from copper plated zinc and then copper plated steel, to finally...noting.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Another reason for the twelve sided cent beside s the weight reduction
was to make it easier for the blind to distinguish it from a dime.
In 1997 it was converted back to a round cent.
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12/19/2018 09:38 am
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United States
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I guess they stopped caring about the blind in 1997!
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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I guess they stopped caring about the blind in 1997! The real reason was because of the difficulties in striking with a twelve sided collar from a round planchet. |
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A 10-cent is reeded, and always has been easily distinguished by feel... I have troubling believing the "blind comment" here... you have a source for that?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Coins and Canada
Quote "Beginning in 1982 the shape of the 1 cent coin was changed from round
to 12-sided to make it easier for the blind to identify" Unquote
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Canada
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I was taught the same reason back when they came out (& I was young......)
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Australia
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A 10-cent is reeded, and always has been easily distinguished by feel... I have troubling believing the "blind comment" here... you have a source for that? Quote:
Coins and Canada
Quote "Beginning in 1982 the shape of the 1 cent coin was changed from round
to 12-sided to make it easier for the blind to identify" Unquote Also see here https://www.mint.ca/store/mint/abou....XCb6h1wzaUk1982 - 1996'The maple leaf twig (12-sided coin)
The shape of the maple leaf twig was altered to make identification easier for the visually impaired. The coin reverted to the round design in 1997.' |
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The shape of the maple leaf twig was altered.... Notice anything wrong with that statement? A true indication of how carefully the Mint checks their published facts. In 1982 we were told that reason for the 12-sided cent was solely to reduce weight. My mother was legally blind. In 1982 pre-1963 12 sided nickels were still very common in change. Before 1982 if my mom had a multi sided coin she instantly knew it was an old nickel. Now they add multi sided cents and things aren't so simple anymore. I remember she and others wanted the CNIB to petition the government to revert to round cents so as not to confuse the blind. And now they tell us they did this to aid the blind? "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Posted 12/18/2018 5:45 pm
