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Pillar of the Community
Canada
862 Posts |
5 of 5 packs per household, means 25 coins
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
9165 Posts |
SPP-Ottawa Quote:The RCM is using PVC plastic to ship those loons Did the mint use PVC on the loons that we got last year and before? |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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@mcshilling
Yes, they used PVC for the Roughriders loon and the Navy one... not certain about others.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2408 Posts |
Thank you Chequer - just ordered mine. Can't ship in the US but that's OK.
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Valued Member
Canada
451 Posts |
I am not a huge fan of the design. The thing that really annoys me with the design is the HUGE LETTERING! It just kills the coin. And all the lettering takes up a good quarter of the design right in the middle. None of our past Loonies have had lettering like this. Why is the Mint all of a sudden doing this?
They are doing it with the $20 for $20 coins, and now they are a doing it with the Loonies. It is ugly, please, I beg you MINT, please stop!
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Valued Member
Canada
307 Posts |
ordered mine for my loonie collection  |
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Valued Member
Canada
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Yes, they used PVC for the Roughriders loon and the Navy one... not certain about others. Did they - Is it safe to keep them in there or should I be removing them? I'm loathe to remove them from the original packaging as it strikes me as less valuable then, but if it's going to destroy the coins... |
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Moderator
 Canada
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The Navy and Roughrider Loon dollar packages (5 for $5) were tested for PVC this past weekend (see link). They failed, and therefore should be removed from their packages. PVC will affect any alloy that contains copper. https://goccf.com/t/102183"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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Valued Member
Canada
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What does the pvc do to the coins, discolor, etch, dissolve or ?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
4227 Posts |
I received my 5 packs in the mail today. They have the same (hopefully non-pvc) packaging as the toonies. Maybe they took so long to receive because of the change in packaging. I'll take a closer look at the coins later.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
9866 Posts |
received mine today as well,five will go in 2X2s just in case.Waited so long for these that I have found more than fifteen in circulation,kept the first five and have been spending the rest.I've found more of these loonies here than 2011 magnetic cents,I'm sure in other parts of the country the situation is reversed.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
9165 Posts |
Got my loonies today, now all caught up with the mint.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
902 Posts |
Got my loonies today, all caught up too.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Got mine on Monday. Took a while but the new, non pvc packaging was worth the wait I think.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
902 Posts |
non pvc packaging was worth the wait  |
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