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| How To Distinguish British Bronze Proof From Ciculation Coin
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Dollar 1935
Valued Member
Canada
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 Posted 05/05/2023 11:12 am
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I'm not too familar with later UK proof strikes but I'll assume they are quite similar to the canadian specimen/proof produced by the royal mint before 1908 :
the first thing you should look for is a square (flat) edge with full rim denticle, often the presence of a rim burr with no weaknesses. If you see some denticle merging with the rim, it should raise a red flag.
Also, they tend to have a more mirrored surface (usually), the letters are also sharper (more square/flat and less rounded) and the overall strike is full. It seems most of those issue show obvious signs of die polishing lines around the letters and the dates wich is quite typical of carefully prepared dies.
If youre looking to find impaired proof in the wild, your best bet is to study the die markers of those issues so you can recognise if a coin has been struck with a proof die, most of those issues seems to have been struck by very few dies, often a single die pair so its not hard to do. |
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| ICCS Serial Number Informations
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Dollar 1935
Valued Member
Canada
251 Posts |
Posted 03/22/2023 5:00 pm
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Maybe you could call them but I dont think those informations are publicly avaible
As a terminus ante quem ; From the research I had done in 2018, They stopped to use the embossed logo around 1995/1996 and they started to use the 3 letters cert. around the end of 2011.
they also changed the typo used around the end of 2021. |
| | Forum: Canadian Coins and Colonial Tokens |
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| Thinking It Is Time To Move Away From Ebay
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Dollar 1935
Valued Member
Canada
251 Posts |
Posted 03/15/2023 2:04 pm
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I've bought 3 lots from different seller in the US, both 3 got lost consecutively by their global shipping program once they entered Canada and since I decided to wait a little to see if the situation would solve by itself, EBay won't assume any responsibility, around $350 of coins, total lost for me. Even if the item is still tracked, be sure to signal you didn't received the item once you have passed the projected delivery date.
Personally I'm mostly done with EBay, I cherry picked quite a few amazing coins there, but the amount of nice deals/coins has been going down drastically since 2019.
Some sellers use EBay mostly for advertising other platform/websites where they can sell their coins for 20-30% cheaper...
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| | Forum: Canadian Coins and Colonial Tokens |
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| Post Your Most Recent Canadian Coin Purchases!
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Dollar 1935
Valued Member
Canada
251 Posts |
Posted 03/09/2023 9:54 pm
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The specimens are already in my inventory, but the KGVI and ERII Ms strikes are still in Blay's inventory and I just got mines this morning so they won't show up untill next week in my case...
They should start to move to their new homes soon!
There was definitely some crazy bargain in the MS strikes, I I wish I would've got more like the 1940 or 1952 but the time played against me... |
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| ICCS Reference Query.
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Dollar 1935
Valued Member
Canada
251 Posts |
Posted 03/09/2023 5:15 pm
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They can confirm you the number on the certificate is real (ex : X3L 654 = canadian 10c 1932 in Ms-64) but they wont be able to tell you if the coin itself is the one they paired with the certificate to begin with.
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