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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Can you get a closer pic of the 2 side by side
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Rest in Peace
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Dunno if this helps anyone, but to me C appears cupped between raised letter I that open wider at top and bottom, while A looks like a groove that goes across the entire edge.
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That was the marker I was relying on based on my matching of that to the grooves, but I thought the "across edge" one was the Canadian one. So I am confused at this point. Anyone have an ICCS-certified Philadelphia coin that they can post the edge of?
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Do remember that not every reeded coin is fully struck with the 'third die' (the collar). You need to rely on the reed shape, not how it was struck and whether the reeding is completely across the rim. Maybe I should try to get my hands on an example of each, and take them down to the SEM lab for some really detailed photos...  "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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12/21/2011 09:28 am
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Canada
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Ugly, what did you ever find in your roll of 68 silvers ? Both types ?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Yep I found both but only three I would call Phili where the ultra flat bottom on the groove was so obvious even blind me couldn't mistake it for anything else. Attempts at photos elude me, I don't have anything capable of it at the moment, I'll have to set my camera back up with it's lens and stand.
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Canada
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Lucked out today, bought 3 silver 68's. Turns out 2Ottawa & 1Philly
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Thanks for the heads up Smallcentguy & Ugly for the confirm. Who would have thunk it, first we had 3 varieties, & now we have 4.  |
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Just wanted to revive this old thread to ask if any of these coins are Philly? Sorry for the pic quality but they're all in flips. Thanks! Coin 1 Pic 1 â-¼  Coin 1 Pic 2 â-¼  Coin 2 Pic 1 â-¼  Coin 2 Pic 2 â-¼  Coin 3 Pic 1 â-¼  Coin 3 Pic 2 â-¼  |
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Canada
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To me, 1 and 3 look Ottawa and 2 looks Philly. the angles and lighting are always tricky to me. There is a good shot from a different angle on page 23 of the July 2 Canadian Coin News.
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Canada
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That's what I thought for 1 and 2. I just can't make up my mind about 3 though. Fortunately 1 and 2 are higher grade than 3 so I'll keep those two!
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Canada
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Did anything become of the Philly silver claim?
On the face of it, it doesn't make much sense since the Philly run was specifically because of the workload due to the nickel switchover. Why would they need silver from Philly?
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Did anything become of the Philly silver claim? On the face of it, it doesn't make much sense... I haven't heard of any further research since that issue of the CN Journal. Some dealers and collectors found silver 1968 10c coins that appeared to have Philadelphia reeding. I also found examples that appeared to have a mixture of both styles of reeding on the same coin. Maybe a mint worker was filing out some of the reeding as a refurbishment? |
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Nice to see you back Scissel...
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Hi Sherwood Park Pennies! I'm on vacation for a couple weeks. It's nice to have time for some hobby stuff.
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