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United States
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Are there non-numismatic toonies?
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Are we being facetious here?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nope, it's an honest question.
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Canada
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Sure if you mean a toonie on a loonie, on a nickel planchet or toonies on foreign planchets
Edited by john100
10/27/2023 3:16 pm
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@ NFINE
"Numismatic" as opposed to circulation. So precious metals and/or better finish. Numismatic toonies are struck in Ottawa, but circulation coins are struck in Winnipeg.
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United States
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Thank you for the clarification, loonietoons.
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@john100 no, I'm being serious here. Not a token or a blank or a loonie... An otherwise "perfect" toonie - but not bimetallic.
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It appears that by "numismatic" you mean NCLT (non-circulating legal tender). There were many [EDIT: Canadian] NCLT coins denominated 2 dollars, and some of them were in fact monometallic (usually silver), such as the entire silver part of the Animal Portrait series. Silver versions of various circulating toonies were apparently traditionally made in selectively gold-plated silver, which might not quite qualify as monometallic, but at least one recent issue was in fact made entirely in silver with no plating. [EDIT: different size, though.] [EDIT 2: and also minted in Winnipeg - not sure if that disqualifies it?] Edited by january1may
10/27/2023 3:31 pm
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Canada
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So you are looking for a bullion toonie exactly the same size ?
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There is a 2004 Canada sterling silver proof two dollar polar bear coin called "The Proud Polar Bear" from a RCM coin & stamp set. Don't know if it could be considered a toonie, but I have included it in my proof toonie collection and it is the same size as the other toonies.  As well there is the 2023 2 dollar (toonie), composition .9999 silver, weight 31.39 g, diameter 38 mm (the "regular" toonie is about 28 mm). specimen finish and the "W" mint mark of the Winnipeg Mint.  Edited by Sharks
10/27/2023 5:27 pm
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Canada
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From 1 loonie to another,  . Lot's of NCLT as stated and that 2004 of Sharks is a nice coin in hand as well as the mint/privy mark having some significance. "We are poor little lambs...who have lost our way...Baa...Baa...Baa"
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Silver Toonies in the Silver NCLT sets they aren't bi-metallic.
Silver $2 coins that belong to variety of Silver fractional sets (Maple Leaf, Arctic Fox, Lynx).
Silver Bullion 3/4oz coins have $2 face value.
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The Mint's Fine/Pure Silver Proof Sets issued since 2012 include a "Toonie" that is described as "99.99% pure silver with gold-plated inner core."
Definitely not the bi-metallic circulation composition!
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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I have wondered on those modern silver sets, though. Are they really two pieces of silver with a gold-plated core (bimetallic style, but just one metal)? Or are they solid silver pieces with gold plating only where the core would be. I don't imagine the mint expects anyone to destroy one to find out, nor have I heard of anyone doing so.
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@silveroid & commems right! Hadn't even thought of those possibilities...
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