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Walk2dwater, looking at your collection, it brings me back to my experiences with Canadian notes.
I think that we as Canadians have had some of the nicest banknotes there are and I absolutely love them. I'm trying to get back into this hobby after about a 10 or 12 year hiatus and seeing these has really sparked the old flame. The art work is unquestionably beautiful on the '35, '37 and '54 notes. I'm currently looking at a '54 Coyne-Towers DD devil's face $10 note in either 63, 64 or 65.It's ungraded and I can't look at it in-hand so I'm being cautious about the grade. I've made a topic for it if you want to see it.
Thanks for posting these!
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As a collector of Canadian money here in the states, ...to me it's opportunity! We think a lot alike Colhand1! One thing I like about some coin shops is that the owners "are all about coins" & a bit dismissive with foreign banknotes (here too). Some collector buddies of mine have snapped up some really great CDN test notes, insert replacements & I found a rotator from Bahamas at my LCS for less than a regular note in UNC. Quote:Walk2water - I live in Colorado Springs - home of the ANA, if you are ever to this area, I would like you to visit my coin club and talk about our collections. There is a big ANA show here in March if your interested and my club meets on the 4th Tuesday of the month. Thanks for sharing your collection, you should be proud of al that you have! Thanks & to escape a CDN winter would be very nice. I hope I can manage to attend an ANA show sometime. The ANA never does anything in 1/2 measures & that impresses me. Quote:
Walk2dwater, looking at your collection, it brings me back to my experiences with Canadian notes. Great Secoinedchance! Quote:
It's ungraded and I can't look at it in-hand so I'm being cautious about the grade. . . It's excellent that you're practicing due diligence re: the grade of any potential note (for one's collection). If there is one 'take-away' from this thread, I truly hope that collectors (seeing my missteps) will be extra cautious in how they assemble their sets. In my pursuit of the Modified 1954 Series, I was always very hasty to acquire & too often threw caution to the wind just wanting to own this or that. Here's another example of 2 notes I acquired but I should have waited for a better (UNC) example rather than settle for a EF that shows well. BC-37aA ONE DOLLAR Replacement: The above Beattie Coyne *A/A replacement only had 62,400 issued & Charlton had it listed for a very modest premium. When I enquired on the CPMF forum (about 20 years ago) many veterans replied that runs were saved & they were easy to acquire in UNC. I saw that was in fact the case but the BV has risen quite a bit since. Now I wish I held out for an UNC variety rather than this EF version that shows well. BC-37bA-i ONE DOLLAR Replacement: Here's another example which is similar to the *A/A above. Again, enquiring minds wanted to know why a note with 8000 issued had such a low Book Value (in the Charlton guide 20 years ago). Again, I got a similar response, that the note was found in runs of 2 & 3 notes. Not long after those replies to my posts, I indeed saw runs of 2 or 3 *A/M notes which I could have easily bought for about double what I paid for this one but I figured (why buy a note I already have?) Now I regret not upgrading since the BV climbed rapidly for this note. My 2019 guide clocks it at $400 for CU but I remember it was less than half (around $175) when I bought mine. |
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Here's another example of 2 notes I acquired but I should have waited for a better (UNC) example rather than settle for a EF that shows well. Regardless, nice examples!  |
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You should never regret your past purchases, just learn from them, "hindsight is 20/20" is a maxim for all collectors.
That Beattie/Coyne really does look great for EF, you did well regardless.
PS When I saw *A/A and the signature for a fraction of a second I thought we were still in DF era and you had for me what would be the holy grail of banknotes, an affordable DF replacement.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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PS When I saw *A/A and the signature for a fraction of a second I thought we were still in DF era and you had for me what would be the holy grail of banknotes, an affordable DF replacement. Ha ha! I wish! The DF *A/A in UNC was about $2000 for Beattie Coyne & about $2500 for the Coyne Towers DF back when "I had to have this replacement or that replacement." (This was about 20 years ago when I started collecting again after a long hiatus). My 2019 (4 yo) guid puts them at $5,200 & $6,500 in C UNC. DBM my frame of mind was "quantity over quality" (& gap filling). I had very little discretion & even less patience. That's mainly what I regret (my approach to the hobby). In essence, you're right, we buy what we can afford (& there' no point to regret). But I'd like to point out that we can always get a 2nd opinion & buy a little better if we've have the means & are careful to expose ourselves to more notes (selection). I had many "weak moments" where I just had to have this or that (as you shall see). Moving on, these 3 consecutive *B/M replacements I picked up on ebay for very little. That's because they were printed in the millions (our largest run of replacements) but lo & behold, they happened to have the missing FPN which happens to make them a bit tougher:    A couple years ago, I got this low # *B/M to complete my set of Modified replacements:  |
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Quote:Moving on, these 3 consecutive *B/M replacements I picked up on ebay for very little. Excellent!  Quote:
That's because they were printed in the millions (our largest run of replacements) but lo & behold, they happened to have the missing FPN which happens to make them a bit tougher: Bonus!  Quote:
A couple years ago, I got this low # *B/M to complete my set of Modified replacements: Very nice! |
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Nice examples W2W! I'm enjoying viewing and getting some ideas for additions to my fairly small paper money collection.
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Quote:Bonus! -Yes, jbuck, seemed like a sweet bonus back then & I'm still happy that I managed to snag 3 consecutive notes that graded well. Quote:
I'm enjoying viewing and getting some ideas for additions to my fairly small paper money collection. -Cdncoins, that's like music to my eyes. It's heartening to learn I may have inspired some collectors out there to add to their collections. Remember to be patient & be picky. This next note is the reason why I regretted my decision to buy an EF-AU *A/A Beattie-Coyne replacement posted on the 23rd (when UNC notes were easy to obtain). If I had bought an UNC example, I would have had it certified by BCS & added to my personal collection. BC-37bA ONE DOLLAR Radar Replacement: This "double-whammy" note did not come cheap. Now for the Two Dollar set of Modified 1954 series. BC-38b N25 TWO DOLLARS Cut off Size Error: This note shows a minor cut-off size error which I picked up for a price marginally above that of a regular $2.00 note (so all good). Not very dramatic but I like it & I have posted it here before. BC-38bA TWO DOLLARS Replacement: This note I picked up from a very advanced collector who I met at a show in Toronto (about 17 years ago). It is a very rare & expensive note & one which was described to me as Choice UNC (which I agreed) but BCS gave it UNC60 Original. I was glad it was deemed original but unhappy that the # was so low. BC-38T TWO DOLLARS TEST NOTE This note I bought as AU at a show from a reputable dealer. BCS graded it as EF45 (Original). I will post some of my modified FIVES tomorrow. |
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BC-39aA-i/P-77a FIVE DOLLARS Replacement: Here's a CBN Beattie Coyne *R/C replacement with 8000 notes issued (half the quantity of the BABN *A/C yet lower BV than *A/C). For me, its splitting hairs as I seldom seen either *A/C nor the Beattie Coyne *R/C. I believe there was a bias towards BABN notes. (It may even arise from seeing so many of the Beattie Rasminsky *R/C). The B-C *R/C allows me the opportunity to hunt for the elusive Beattie-Coyne regular R/C prefix printed by BABN (a very short run of 88,000). I've seen a few of these BABN R/C $5 and they were VF or less (& far more expensive than Charlton BV). BC-39bA/P-37b FIVE DOLLARS Replacement: The 2nd "Beattie Rasminsky" signature is much easier to attain so I made sure I got a nice lower # (the replacement run began at 0016001 so my note is the 599th note). Also good to see it graded at the level I purchased it. *N/S Replacement:  This is a tough note like *L/S & *W/S. I bought this replacement at one of the few shows I attended about 20 years ago just when I was getting back into the hobby. I'll try to finish up with my Modified $10 tomorrow.
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08/26/2023 09:23 am
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Fantastic examples! |
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Quote:Fantastic examples! -Thanks jbuck! Very kind of you. and now for the last 2 notes of my 1954 Modified set: BC-40bA/P-78br TEN DOLLARS Replacement: The *U/T replacement only had 80,000 issued and can be quite tough to source. This circulated example happens to be certified by BCS as EF40 Original which was why I purchased it (nice eye appeal & original grade) plus I had been looking for this or the *B/V replacement for years. BC-41aA/P-79ar TWENTY DOLLARS Replacement:  This first *A/E replacement, with the Beattie Coyne signature combo only had 16,000 issued yet has nearly half the BV than the *V/E Beattie Rasominsky last replacement issued (80,000). Clearly more of the first *A/E replacements were caught/saved by collectors. Next week, I will start posting my 1969-1975 "Scenes of Canada" series. |
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Just curious.
All your modified notes so far have been replacements or "special" notes.
Do you also collect regular issue notes?
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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No DBM, only signature (date or series) change overs, short prefixes, special #, replacements, errors or Test notes.
But having said that, I would like to get regular T/M or U/M prefixes (1954 $1.00 with no FPN) as well as some regular prefixes on the Test note series (like a regular GOG BIRDS $5) or regular prefixes that have become tough (like the regular run 2003 BEK $10 which seems more scarce than the replacements). I managed to get that one but there's still a few tough regular prefixes I'd love to get yet!
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and now for the last 2 notes of my 1954 Modified set: Excellent pair! |
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Excellent pair! Thanks jbuck. The 1954 Series were my obsession while looking through my change in the mid-seventies as a paper boy. Typically, I would usually see the odd 1954 $20 notes since there were so many millions issued. Later I snagged the odd 54 $1.00 &/or $2.00 which I I squirrelled away quite happily. Back then, I was blind to what was tough (what was not) but at least I had the collector's instinct to tuck a few brand new 1973 ONES & 1974 TWOS from the new series that we saw "back in the day." What I found were mostly common garden variety banknotes as I was hunting blind (no idea what was collectible) except the odd time I'd get them in nice crisp, UNC condition. At the time, I had no idea about the term uncirculated since I had never heard of it (nor had any idea of "catalogues" or little numismatic guides which showed one the Book Value of a coin/note). During my early years as a teenager trying to keep a huge valued banknote (even if it were only $1.00) I had no idea any of that existed. My 2nd phase of collecting started 2 years later when I hit the ripe old age of 16 & got myself a part time job at our local carwash. There I saw hundreds of notes & eventually a replacement (common ones like *IL, etc). I caught these and knew that the * before the serial must signify something important. During the beginning of my 3rd phase into collecting, when ebay became the big thing, I sold most of my consecutive "garden variety" notes for tougher replacements, special # & what you will see below. I also sold my circulated replacements to upgrade for better notes. BC-46aA/P-85ar 1973 ONE DOLLAR Replacement/Repeater:  I bought this note as UNC but it also turned out to be AU58 (Original). I liked it because it was a repeater/replacement on a tougher prefix. BC-46aA/P-85ar 1973 ONE DOLLAR Error/Replacement:   Although this is only VF, I like this note as its cut out of register plus a replacement. Finally, I wanted a really tough 1973 replacement, the ones that a registry is set up for, so I bought this one below:  Tomorrow, I will try to post some of my favourite TWOS! |
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