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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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curtis: Maybe you mean the 1891 small date?
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New Member
Canada
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Just went through 11 rolls of pennies(have many quarter dimes and nickles to go through) and found a few in the 40's, 4 wheat pennys and a really nice 67. Do you guys still find the older ones in rolls? Do coins get removed from circulation if they are of certain date?
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Valued Member
United States
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Have me 33 1 cent pieces.
61x2
66
67 (1867-1967) what bird is that?
68
70
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77x2
78x2
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97x2
2000
2001x4
2002x3 (1952-2002)
plus one 5 cent coin 2000
whats going on with the 12 sided pieces?
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New Member
Canada
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I dont know how to quote people but to the person above me the 67 is a dove. I think officially it was called a "rock dove"
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Valued Member
United States
402 Posts |
Hey calgarycoin, thanks for the info,do appreciate it.
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Valued Member
 United States
286 Posts |
oldcoach what other coins do you collect?  |
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Valued Member
United States
402 Posts |
I go for anything with a buffalo on it, and just started on Indian head plus Seated Liberty dimes. Also going to start buying silver proof sets. |
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Valued Member
United States
286 Posts |
oldcoach now that is cool  for me it is anything but paper  |
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Valued Member
United States
402 Posts |
 That is basically me, those are the only ones I activly pursue and will purchase verses pulling from circulation. For now that is! |
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Valued Member
United States
286 Posts |
yep that sounds like me to
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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mine started out as "puills drom roll searching, for wheats. then I got enough to have all the dates, (but noot the "DOT".
Then came the Vickies. I was given most of the dates, and that meant the rest had to be obtained.
Next, when I found that I now had all the dates, I went after varieties. I sure got in way over my head, in a hurry!
But, with a lot of help from my friends, and some books, I began to find more varieties, until they, (other than the 1859), started to show up one by one. That got me thinking, "what if", I were to search for the dies that made the coins? Yep!@ The deeper you go, it gets! I enjoy the hunt,and the detailed search for the different PUP's, and one by one, they are coming to roost. If I am given enough time, I might have enough for a small catalog of the '59's. I won't hold my breath, however.
Merry Christmat to all and to all your family members.
May the New Year provide jobs for those who lost the one they had! The first timers, will have to wait for the seniority" to catch up with them. It's only fair, you know.
Cheers,
Dick
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Canada
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> whats going on with the 12 sided pieces? The history goes: 1920-1942: Round penny, 19.05mm in diameter, 1.55mm thick, weighing 3.24 grams. (0.955 copper/0.030 tin/0.015 zinc) 1942-1979: Round penny, 19.05mm in diameter, 1.55mm thick, weighing 3.24 grams. (0.980 copper/0.005 tin/0.015 zinc) Late 1970s: The cost of copper is squeezing the profitability of the one cent coin. The mint thinks of reducing the diameter from 19.05mm to 16mm, but this matches the Toronto Transit Commission token, so that plan is abandoned. 1980-1981: The diameter is reduced to 19.00mm, and the thickness from 1.55mm to 1.38mm. As a result, the weight is reduced from 3.24 grams to 2.8 grams. 1982-1996: Further weight reduction is needed, but the problems with vending and coin handling don't allow for further diameter/thickness reductions. So, a clever solution is to boost the overall diameter back to 19.1mm and the thickness up to 1.45mm. But, by effectively trimming the edge with those 12 straight sides, the weight is reduced to 2.5 grams. 1997-: High percentage copper is abandoned in business strikes for copper plated zinc (which has been used for business strikes in 2009-2010 as well, since US sources had an oversupply of planchets to offer the RCM). The lower density and cost allows the return to the standard round 19.05mm shape. The thickness is retained at 1.45mm. The weight is now 2.25g. 1999-: RCM develops a patented copper-plated steel planchet. Dimensions retained, but the weight rises to 2.35 grams (and, is magnetic for the first time ever). |
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United States
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Thank you very much for the explanation dialog__gvf it is very much appreciated along with the other information.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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That is well done, very concise, don't think I knew all the changes.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Although I do not disagree with the explanation above, and one which makes much more sense, the mint has another story.
"The shape of the maple leaf twig was altered to make identification easier for the visually impaired"
With this explanation from the mint, it is hard to believe that they would have switched back to a round design. I also understood the reason for the return to the round coin was based on a plating issue on the dodecagonal shaped planchet.
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