2 $ 2 010 Reeding Edge

3 more 16's no more 14's

Yes Bm0ney, I'm still collecting datas, though I didn't receive much lately.
I will keep updating once in a while, when there'll be a more significant amount of stats posted.
Don't be shy, share your datas if you have any!

By the way, Regitko mentioned this 14 serration variety in the latest CCN for the 1st time.
His guess is that there would be about 10%, maybe even 5% of 14 serration out there, rather than the approximative 15% our numbers show so far.

@ t_y, I appreciate the effort about giving me the credit for this discovery, but in fact I'm not the one who actually "discovered" it.
I may have been the 1st to investigate, but that's all the credit I can get out of it!
Hope too we can meet in the future, I promise I won't laugh at your french.

Thank you for the info SPP-Ottawa!
I went across that last CCN too fast, didn't even checked the Trend!

Here's one interesting thing about the datas we've collected so far.
75% of these datas come from Numicanada, which is as you know a french speaking forum, and whose members are mostly living in the province of Quebec.
Numicanada contributors have so far reported 20% of 14 serration and 80% of 16 serration.

Here on the CCF forum, I assume that most contributors of the Canadian forums, at least those who were able to share some datas, come from the english provinces of Canada.
And so far on CCF, contributors have reported 8% of 14 serration and 92% of 16 serration.
That 8% reaches Regitko's comment in CCN, who's expecting a 5-10% of 14 serration.


So it seems like a large part of the 14 serration were distributed in the province of Quebec, and I think that since most of our datas come from that area, it may give the impression the 14 serration is a little more common than it really is Canada-wide.

I totally understand your point ty.

But do you think the Mint is going to share these informations like that?
And even if they do, it doesn't mean these informations are 100% reliable.

Remember the 25¢ 2009 coloured men's hockey? The Mint maintained for weeks that the engraved 2 was the scarcer of both, while collectors' datas were clearly showing the opposite.
And finally the collectors ended up being right.

May I also recall those precious metal that were "lost", and magically recovered after months to the precise ounce? Just another event that showed the Mint can make mistakes and lose track of some numbers.

My point is that "official" information is always welcome, and most of times very useful, but the numismatists' experience cannot be tossed away.
And of course, the more collectors are willing to share, the bigger our sample is gonna be. I would love to gather a lot more datas, but I cannot force anyone to share, nor invent datas.

The way we collect datas ain't perfect, I'm totally aware of that, but isn't it better than nothing?
Again, regarding that 2009 hockey quarter, the datas reported by collectors were more accurate than the numbers given by the mint, and published by CCN.

When you say "spread through a large period of time", I disagree. It's not been a year since we discovered that variety, and since the new generation is out, the recycling of older 2$ has started.
If we haven't collect datas right away, at least to give us an idea of what's out there, wouldn't we be even more in the dark?

That said, I totally share your opinion about the term "rare", which I also believe is over used.
Though that 14 serration is hard to find for some people, it doesn't make it "rare".

thanks SPP for the pic

yes, it is the first coin with the variety certified by ICCS.