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Hello Everybody,
New to the board, I recently bought a 1937 Canada Proof Specimen set with original red box and have looked for information on exactly how much it could be worth or the mintage but could find very little info on it.
I bought it for $100 knowing it was worth much more. The coins themselves all have mirrored fields and are pretty clean(not very many spots) the nickel is totally clean of any toning and looks like it was just minted. The toning on the rest of the coins is the most beautiful I have ever seen and ranges from pink to dark blue, it's clean toning and not dark or unattractive.
Any info on it or estimated value?
From the info I did pick up there was a matte and mirrored version of the set and the complete set is 12 coins. I have the mirrored version.
Not a professional collector so excuse my ignorance if I screwed anything up, Thanks
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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 to the forum. This can be a very valuable set. Pictures would definitely help.  |
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New Member
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Thank you for the reply.
I will take some pics and try to get them up in the next couple of days.
Thanks again.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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There is a similar set offered in the current Torex auction with a $1700 estimate. Things rarely reach estimates, but the value is way way over what you paid. There is also a matte set on ebay graded SP66 at $1650. Edited by Smallcentguy
10/15/2011 3:23 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
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Those look great. Congrats on this deal!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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You don't have 50 posts so I can't offer to buy it off you. But I would like to buy it!
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 Canada
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Awesome toning on that dollar... thanks for the great pictures!
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New Member
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You can contact me at edited to remove email address for any offers.
Truthfully the offer would have to be pretty good because I'm not really in need of the money currently(That could change in the future though) and I like the set a lot as a long term investment.
It was a heck of a score for $100. The minute I saw the silver dollar and the mirrored fields I knew this wasn't any ordinary mint set of that era.
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Those coins are remarkably preserved, and wicked eye-appeal. Be sure to keep them in a low humidity environment. For $100, you have something special, and beautiful - if I had found that set for $100, I would enjoy them. If the coins are mark free and superb, may want to consider getting them ceritfied by PCGS, to protect them foremost, and to help with resale, when the time comes. If you do certify them, be sure to keep the original box.
"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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really all I have to say about this set is  |
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New Member
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Please reread the rules you agreed to when you joined this forum.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Wow - Nice set. Good luck!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Looks like SmallyBigz really wants your set :)
beautiful toning, you've found yourself a real keeper
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks like SmallyBigz really wants your set :)  It's his set.
I was looking at the pictures of the coins (the ebay images) and seen lines all across the obverse of most of the coins. Would these lines be from polishing the dies? Edited by Canadian-Banknotes
11/03/2011 5:10 pm
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Canada
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My bad. I meant he really wants to sell his set*
brain full of lead today
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Posted 10/15/2011 05:55 am
