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Based on what you are saying, they were all regular circulation coins. Well, I guess the confusion between NBU and BU is over.
Lowest common denominator.
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By all rights, the coins from these sets should be graded MS, as they were presumably pulled out of the business strike bins. I've built better sets out of fresh pocket change.
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I agree that this is shameful.and  ---I also have purchased the "uncirculated" set and thought silently, that's a little rough! I too, have found some just as good in my pocket change at the end of the day, after a couple of hours in my pocket! --- What can we do about that, that is the question? Mine, in my set, have no blotches but lots of nicks and marks, not what you would expect in a set. I've seen those blotches in my pocket change. Has it been figured out what those blotches are from, because I I've seen them for the last few years not knowing whats up with that? Mostly on penny's but on others as-well 5, 10, 25, 1's and 2's and threw them back to be circulated further. But I have a thought! --- Could it be some sort of lubricant that they might us on machine parts that some how occasionally splatters out and onto the plachets, then with the heat of the dies pressing it, bakes it on. How's that for a thought? Your thoughts?
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02/01/2011 03:47 am
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I should mention that I didn't see the same damage on the "O Canada" set, although I only checked one and not very closely. I'll have to go back and double check.
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Got my second set today #29344 (vs #16611). Overall, same quality. The quarter and penny look better but the loonie and the twonie are worse. On my loonie, the queen looks like the face of the moon. It's that bad. I am no business strike expert but those look like they were pulled right out from the bags. Too bad I don't have access to canadian coins but I think it would be impossible to tell them apart from regular business strikes. The penny is non-magnetic as well. For the sake of comparison, I pulled a selo set from back in the days, just to compare:  Edited by canadian_coins
02/01/2011 11:23 pm
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Yeah, my 80s celo are mint (haha) compared to the 2011 set.
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Well I guess with all the bashing against Mint product, the - Mint - gave what people wanted. B-strikes.
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The set I have is in good condition and the penny is non-magnetic.
This is probably an isolated case.
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I prefer to buy all the mint rolls and make sets from them. I put then in the hard plastic cases.
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Soldier, that's what I would do if I had access to bank rolls. That's the most interesting part of collecting coins is sorting through rolls.
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I think there should be another version of the "Uncirculated" set when the new-composition loonies and toonies are released this year. Once the plated-steel coins are ready it would be nice if the mint issued an "Ottawa" PL-set.
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Odd that they would release something like $1 and $2 coins with a composition change without first releasing testing coins, like in 1999-2000.
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Too everyone concerned about this thread there is an article on the front page of Canadian Coin News saying these sets may of been minted in Winnipeg with not as nice dies as the Ottawa mint.  Edited by cdn44fan
02/16/2011 08:59 am
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cdn44fan, is the article implying there may be 2 varieties that have been issued?
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