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Certainly the Americans could learn a thing or two from the RCM. I've always felt the US coinage looked rather shabby, looking at the edge. And the coinage axis isn't very collector friendly. |
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From an intrinsic metal stand point the Canadian method of coinage makes the coins worthless. That and I abhor the painted,(Santa Claus!?) gimmicky coins with crap, crystal, rubies whatever, on them. The Canadian mint is giving the franklin mint & it's brethren a run for their money. It would be a bad mistake for the US mint to follow down this path .
It is exactly what killed stamp collecting.
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From an intrinsic metal stand point the Canadian method of coinage makes the coins worthless Crosstalk from another thread? What does that have to do with the original topic? |
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Composition > Novelty is where dialog_gvf was going with that, Billie.
Maybe off topic, but when I first heard of US quarters doing the "state" thing, I thought, "all of them?!?" and that was from a Canadian p.o.v. from having already 1992 quarters with the then 10 provinces and 2 territories (now 3).
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Crosstalk from another thread? What does that have to do with the original topic? Quote:I've always felt the US coinage looked rather shabby, looking at the edge. And the coinage axis isn't very collector friendly. All of this is straying from the original thread wouldn't you say? Dottir, is this thread limited to Canadians finds? Edited by jokingjoker
10/30/2010 10:22 pm
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I find mostly Canadian here in Canada so I started the thread in this Canada section. Nothing wrong with mentioning any US or others in here as far as I'm concerned. I see similar threads in the US areas and Canadian finds are frequently mentioned in peoples finds, so personally, I don't see anything wrong with US or other finds mentions in this Canadian area. I guess it depends on if forum rules are ok with it? Personally I'm more than ok with it  |
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PS: I think conversations naturally sidetrack a bit sometimes, making comparisons, but maybe if people want to have a conversation focussed on pros and cons of minting differences between different Countries, maybe a focussed ongoing conversation would fit better in the world coins area? Just my thoughts on comments that end up wanting to be ongoing off topic discussion in a focussed thread about finds in change? :)
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PPS: Another way of putting it is yes I was thinking Canadian finds, or finds in Canada, and adding "Oh look, I found these US or Timbucktu coins in my Canadian change too" is cool too as far as I'm concerned Edited by Dottir
10/30/2010 11:08 pm
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PPS: Another way of putting it is yes I was thinking Canadian finds, or finds in Canada, and adding "Oh look, I found these US or Timbucktu coins in my Canadian change too" is cool too as far as I'm concerned Sounds good, we have plenty of "find" threads on our end, good for y'all to have one as well. |
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Yes, and as mentioned in other threads, US coins in change or rolls is par for the course for us here in Canada and close to the borders as most communities are concentrated near the borders, as it just gets handled and included with our Canadian change (also automatically just rolled in with banks coin rolls too). Mentioning US finds in Canadian change back would then be pretty natural to mention. I can also see mentioning Canadian coins found in US or other Country's change in this thread too. Canadians found in change there, fits here too |
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Is stamp collecting dead?
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Edited by Dottir
10/31/2010 03:34 am
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From an intrinsic metal stand point the Canadian method of coinage makes the coins worthless. That and I abhor the painted,(Santa Claus!?) gimmicky coins with crap, crystal, rubies whatever, on them. The Canadian mint is giving the franklin mint & it's brethren a run for their money. It would be a bad mistake for the US mint to follow down this path .
It is exactly what killed stamp collecting. Unfortunately, every word of it true. Diluting the mint product by massive over minting, diluting intrinsic value through use of the cheapest possible materials. Why is a steel dime worth more than a steel cent, really? In times of inherent intrinsic value, the dime was smaller than the cent or nickel because it was silver. They have taken the "value" of money, and replaced it with coins that are all equally worthless, but retain (more or less) their original diameter for the sake of nostalgia. |
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The best change comes from the RCM gift shops in Ottawa or Winnipeg. The other day they were giving out MS 2008 poppy quarters. Nice if you still need one! |
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