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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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now..before you say there is not enough to go by, there is just enough detail left when viewed in hand to confirm it is a 1967, in hand you can see a faint remnant of the goose's head and the back of the goose, also 2 forum members and a couple dealers agreed that it is a 1967 in hand. this is quite a coin and looks to be un-helped in getting to this point..except of course for a life time in someone's pocket. one of my favourite pick ups from the Paris show, it came home with me along with some 1967 coins with amazing cameos, a nice toner or two, some coins that will be cut out and resubmitted as they were obviously under graded....and perhaps the coolest find, a 1937 matte specimen quarter I cherry picked as a regular ol' coin for a very low price.  Feel free to call me Will.
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Pillar of the Community
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and I'm really sorry about the crappy pics, they're all I got for now.
Feel free to call me Will.
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Valued Member
Canada
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I've heard of this type of collecting but this is just a bit too low for my taste.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Think it would get graded dollarman? Thats unreal. I can see the goose head. Beautiful lowball man.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think this is too low to be graded, but you never know. Since they can make out the year and type, they might, but this is an extremely worn coin. Looks like it's done its fair share of swapping hands.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I just don't get this lowball thing. I mean, there's honest wear, and then there's this. That coin would have legitimately circulated for the past 50 years plus 50. I mean, seriously, come on. I've got a 1965 US quarter right here on my desk that still has all the legends. This lowball stuff is getting ridiculous.
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Awesome lowballer  Keep us up to date on it. Quote:
..and perhaps the coolest find, a 1937 matte specimen quarter  Very nice Edited by Canacoins
02/06/2017 12:28 am
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Valued Member
Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Tumbler magic.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Nice one dollarman, not big into these for the reason that as this sort of collecting gets more popular, it's relatively easy to duplicate as meontioned in a tumbler.
But if you can get the for a little over silver and you like it, you go get em!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Coin looks beautiful in hand, I highly doubt it to be a tumbler,it still has very minor rim details, and looks like very honest wear. Perhaps someone loved the year and kept it as a pocket piece up until lately. Coin is not mishapen and does not give off any obvious signs of being helped to the grade.
-Kev
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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the coin has been helped along at some point. my opinion only.. and the minor rim details would be the last to wear of, as they are the thickest and presumably the hardest..
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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the rims are actually quite clean for such a well circulated and large coin, it does have a few noticeable scratches though, but they are not distracting in my opinion and can be accepted for the condition.
Feel free to call me Will.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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First of all, I apologize for the tone of my previous rant. Now serious question - under what circumstances do we think that the wear on this coin could be natural? This was the last year dollars were silver in Canada. In the US, silver was gone after 1964, and by the mid 1970s finding any silver in circulation was rare. I know - I worked in a cash business during high school and was an avid collector then, and I'd immediately pull every silver coin out of the till, and it didn't happen very often. Was the situation different in Canada? Are there little hamlets where this huge chunk of precious metal would just bounce around until it was worn smooth? I guess I'm looking for some explanation as to how this could possibly be natural wear. No offense to thedollarman.
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Posted 02/05/2017 8:48 pm
