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 Posted 10/12/2011  12:58 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Stockbullz to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I have been unable to identify this coin from any dealer or collector.
One side has written Pierre Elliot Trudeau Prime minister of Canada.
The other side has written building a just society that all may live
in brotherhood and peace.Canada.

Best guess is coin is gold plated silver.

Any links or references to this coin would be appreciated.Thanks

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 Posted 10/12/2011  6:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Apollo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It's a medal. Looks bronze to me, gold would be of lighter in color. Couldn't find it anywhere...
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 Posted 10/19/2011  02:02 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coinsnpaper to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Trudeau was prime minister from 1968-1979, and 1980-1984. The "just society" was one of his ideals- shown by the chain of hands and arms going around the rim. The map's focus on Canada was also important- the 20th Century was to be Canada's.
There is a symbol at the point of the bust, that I cannot see clearly. It could be a mint symbol, or a designer's mark. The medal could be a Canadian Mint issue, or some private Mint issue. I have no idea of its value, but it is a nice piece. I can remember the Trudeaumania, and his famous finger. Many things in Canada changed with Trudeau, some for the better, some not.
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 Posted 07/30/2013  1:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dustycraven to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
did anyone ever find any more info on this coin?
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 Posted 07/30/2013  2:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add philadelphian to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
There's one in the National Medal Collection of Canada:
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/pam_archives/...&back_url=()
Looks like they don't know where it came from, either.
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07/30/2013 2:38 pm
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 Posted 07/30/2013  3:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dustycraven to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
thanks philadelphian.
well it says its gold so it must hold some value. I suppose with an item like this the only value it does hold is in the metal itself?
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 Posted 07/30/2013  7:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add philadelphian to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm assuming you have one, then. Try showing it off in our forum's Canadian territory and see what they think. And welcome!
http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...FORUM_ID=144
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07/30/2013 7:33 pm
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 Posted 07/31/2013  11:56 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Baldy48ca to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
HI -- I was just given one in a lot of coins I got -- exactly the same as the one shown -- I can find no info on it either. Under magnification I found a very small area on edge where the gold plating is chipped -- looks like bronze underneath.
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 Posted 07/31/2013  12:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chequer to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I just found this thread. I see these regularly on ebay as I have a saved search for Trudeau in coins, but I'm looking for the de Pedery-Hunt medals. Next time I see one I'll post here.
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 Posted 07/31/2013  12:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chequer to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Ah, well, here's a "silver" version that sold for $20:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pierre-Trud...047675.l2557

And a bronze version sold for $30:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Canada-Meda...047675.l2557

It doesn't appear to be a terribly common medal, but the primary value will be the metal.
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 Posted 10/20/2013  09:44 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mike66 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hi,

I have one of these as well. No idea where I got it from.

The mark at the base of the bust says "CANART DIE"
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 Posted 10/20/2013  11:43 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mackwork to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The second link posted by chequer had the seller stating:

"CAN ART DIES mint mark (Lombardo mint)..."

Lombardo Mint:

http://www.lombardomint.com/
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