Quote:Edit: I guess I don't think any Canadian mint has struck
US coinage, but I know that one of the US mints, probably Philadelphia, has struck coins for Canada. I believe they were 1968 dimes.
Since I'm always going over the allowed 100 bookmarks and have to remove a few, I just come upon this thread where I commented that maybe the planchet come from Canada, and never returned to view "ErrorCoins222" reply until yesterday.
about Sac. errors being found on Canadian Planchets... I spent over a hour searching for my old Coin Worlds, then realized I must have tossed it out.
A Google search on the 2000 USA/Canada Dollar error gave me one of the results I was looking for.
Quote:AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 15, 2001
CONTACT: Samantha Bobbitt
UNIDENTIFIED PLANCHET USED TO STRIKE SACAGAWEA
$1 COIN
American Numismatic Association (
ANA) Authenticator
Brian Silliman has verified that a 2000 Sacagawea $1 coin, struck
on a hollow-center planchet that was most likely produced at the
Royal Canadian Mint, is genuine.
"This is one of the most interesting specimens I have
inspected all year," Silliman says. "Because of its unique usage and
qualities, this error piece probably is worth up to $10,000." He
believes that the hollow-center planchet originally was intended for
the outer ring of a bimetallic coin.
The
ANA Authentication Bureau received the piece from
Robert Goss of Bryantown, Maryland, who discovered it in one of
two mint rolls of
Sacagawea dollars he purchased for his
grandchildren. An amateur collector, Goss thought the planchet was
intended for a bimetallic Canadian $1 coin, but, after measuring it
against a Loon $1, he realized there was a significant difference in
the coin's density. He sent the specimen to a coin dealer, who
urged him to forward it to the
ANA for authentication.
According to some reports, the
Royal Canadian Mint and its
Winnipeg, Alberta, circulating coin production facility have helped
the United States prepare planchets for the golden Sacagawea $1
coin. Canadian minters were asked to help meet the demand for
strike-ready $1 blanks to be struck at the Philadelphia and Denver
Mints.
Silliman believes that because Canada handles the
circulating coinage production needs for a number of countries,
there is a strong possibility that Goss' Sacagawea error piece was
struck on a world coin planchet from the
Royal Canadian Mint.
The blank probably was mixed in with regulation golden dollar
planchets and sent to the United States, where it was struck and
placed into circulation.
The Denver Mint already has reported striking several
2000-D
Sacagawea dollars on outer rings intended for Canadian $2
coins. This piece is one of only a handful known to exist.
Goss, who began collecting silver coins and Indian Head
cents many years ago, never thought he would come across such
a unique numismatic item. The piece has been sent to Numismatic
Guaranty Corporation, the
ANA's official grading service, for
encapsulation, after which Goss intends to put the piece on the
market.
There were other USA/Canada Dollar errors coins also reported being found in circulation outside this article.
Posted 08/20/2013 10:31 am
