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Granted, the RCM has made a few different loonie/twoonie coins, but I haven't seen anything remotely like that before!  Perusing my Charlton's catalog, I see a 1996 "Piedfort" $2 at 3.60mm, but your coin looks more like ~ 5.5mm. It is significantly thicker than the 3.6mm spec.  Edited by KurtS
02/27/2008 6:57 pm
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ICCS (International Coin Certification Service)
416-488-8620
Small coin-grading service in Toronto respected in the Canadian market.
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Thanks for the info, I most definitely will get it slabbed.
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nds76--have you sent coins to ICCS? How did that go, and what were the costs/turnaround time?
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KurtS, I have never sent anything to any grading services before. Though I have thought about it from time to time. I do know it's not cheap to do. I find it interesting that ICCS doesn't have a website, at least to my knowledge they don't. I feel they should publish the costs and services they do. Just seems there is a shroud around them.
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I'm sure the coin is the "piedfort", I compared mine with 3 circulated coins and it looks the same as your picture.
CCN trends shows a value of $85.00.
My understanding is that this coin was only issued as part of a set which also contains two uncut $2.00 bills.
The card that comes with the set defines piedfort as a coin struck from an abnormally thick planchet that is heavier than its circulating countrpart.
Bill
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Definitely a silver alloy, guilt core Piedfort.
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Thats too bad... I thought I hit the gold mine  Well, I want to thank everyone for their help, and quick responses. This is a good forum! |
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Manada, I still think you have something there since the normal thickness for the Piedfort is 3.6mm, and this appears closer to 5.5-6mm. Comparing to a stack of 3 twoonies, it looks to be slightly over 3x1.8mm or 5.4mm, so I'll guess 5.5-6mm. This is 52% thicker than the Piedfort issue (according to specs in Charlton's Catalogue). Edited by KurtS
02/28/2008 12:45 pm
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As I mentioned in my previous post I compared my piedfort with 3 circulated $2.00 coins and it looked exactly like the picture in the original post.
Of course the best way would be to actually measure the coin.
Bill
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wait a second.. is ICCS the only canadian coin grading company?
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 Looks like the 1996 Proof $2 Piedfort. Sterling silver and the inner core is covered with 24k gold. Qty 15,000 minted with note sets. Marc Edited by canadian_coins
03/01/2008 6:43 pm
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Bromac--ah, perhaps I'm off base here! I have circ. twoonies laying around, but only went by the specs I found in charlton's |
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I agree that the specs seem contradictory but perhaps the eye is deceived here.I have a piedfort myself and, as I said, I reproduced something exactly like the original scan.
Bill
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The specs on the COA does say 4.5mm, so Charlton likely quoted an incorrect thickness.  Marc Edited by canadian_coins
03/01/2008 6:46 pm
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