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I seem to have forgotten about this topic.
t_y, thanks for your expertise. What issue will your article be published in?
I can definitely say that the odd sounding toonie is not because of the angle it fell at. I ended up dropping toonies on my tile kitchen floor for about an hour and a half. In 100 toonies, as many as 20 or so had an odd sound. Several were dropped dozens and dozens of times and the sound never once varied along the way.
Ugly - your suggestion of the vibrations throughout the coin caused by the inner core fit probably holds a lot of merit.
BTW: I did find a Quebec city toonie somewhere around roll 18 (MS-60ish or so)
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06/10/2010 3:51 pm
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Canada
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If ty says something on a twoonie....take it to the bank! He is a true expert of the coin!! There are 2 counterfeit years 2004 and 2005. They sound really dumb when dropped......
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Canada
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Without exception, all of the strange sounding once I found were 1996.
Remember when you could pop the centre somewhat easily out of the first issues? I wonder if they could pop out easily because the tension wasn't as high between the core and the ring (see Ugly's post above). Perhaps when the later 1996 issues fixed the core problem by increasing tension between the parts, the resulting coins made the more metallic sound when dropped.
*shrug*
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If you are really that interested a simple light-to-voltage converter, analogue to digital converter (or oscilloscope) built into a circuit and monitored on a computer could give you the actual vibrational frequency of different coins.
At some point, once you have a hypothesis you have to move beyond crude observation if you want more detail.
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As I am new to Canadian coins I, too, have a question about the Townie.
Why does it seem to me that it is so hard to find a 2003 one with the "new" or "uncrowned" effigy (on a certain very popular auction site ;) ). Mintage is supposed to be around 3 or 4 million.
So, I am speaking of the "normal" ones, not the ones with the mint mark, that were sold in a set (mintage around 75.000).
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I came across this old post looking for information on a toonie error coin. This coin looks like the "1996 off center on german prefab planchet type" on this page (without the strike through grease area): http://www.coinscan.com/err/prefab.htmlBut the coin in question is 2006 not 1996. Did the mint use prefab (German or not) planchets at this time? Any help would be much appreciated, thanks. Matt |
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Quote:I am writing a paper with very good pictures and showing the differences between planchettes - it will be published at Moneta - the Ottawa Coin Club newsletter (at 12 bucks a year, you can't go wrong with this membership) http://www.ottawacoinclub.com/Home_Page.php I don't mean to change the subject, however, I went to check out a membership again and I think the site is down....got a bunch of coin ads etc. Not like it was in the past as it is still in my history! |
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May be just a ring punched off centre (one of the 2 types of off centre twoonies). German planchets were only used in 1996.
Post picture please.
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The paper will not happen.
I am looking for another venue to publish about twoonies. I am only replying to questions where the issue was already published. There are a few individuals lurking behind forums and collecting information uncovered by collectors and publishing as their own, without credit.
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Wow thanks for the super fast reply t_y, I am fairly knowledgeable about coins, but I don't know much about errors. Any idea on a fair price for an uncertified example like this? Here's the pics as they were sent to me by my friend:   |
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Ring punched off centre (I call it "off centre type 1").
Beautiful and very desirable coin, even with the signs of circulation.
If you want an offer PM me.
Regarding certification, ICCS will not recognize, and the other services will charge you 25 bucks and up. Honestly, I don't think this coin is important enough to be certified - it will not increase its value.
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03/02/2012 11:24 pm
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Yes, it is quite a bit more off centre than most I have seen. Thanks so much for the replies.
I don't seem to be able to email people with my new account. I guess a year+ of lurking and only reading here doesn't do much for me, lol
t_y, if you'd kindly email me I may have a bit of a long shot "in" to help get your stuff published.
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The email tool in your profile is off.
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Ah I thought I turned it on when I made my account. Good to go now.
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