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Have You Found These Loonies?

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 Posted 08/13/2018  10:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add cedargrove to your friends list
Thanks for your responses everyone. My unwritten rule is that I either find coins or trade for face value, however I may have to break my rule and buy these two.

Glad to hear that they can be found in circulation. I've been CRH for several years, so will still keep an eye out for them.

My Charlton guide shows both 2003 effigies as circulating, for a combined mintage of 5M. However it's the 2014 edition, so may have since been updated?

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 Posted 08/14/2018  1:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Tee to your friends list
Found an old 2012 in circulation within the last year so keep looking
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 Posted 09/04/2018  8:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add canadacollect to your friends list
"I searched high and low for this one. I finally purchased one at J & M."

Cdncoins, can you double check your coin to see if its a proof like coin.

We have yet to see a picture of a circulated, business strike, 2003 old effigy loonie.

Thanks
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 Posted 09/04/2018  10:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SilverDon to your friends list
I bought this one BU.

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This one I found in change.

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Sorry no 2003 Diadem Portrait. But something to seek!
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 Posted 09/04/2018  11:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add upc239 to your friends list
Hopefully, these pictures will help those trying to figure out if they have a proof-like (NBU) or Mint-State (Business Strike) 2003 Loonie. I'm of the firm opinion that there are no 2003 MS Business Strike Crowned Loonies and that those that have been certified as such have been done in error. But then again, I'd be happy to be proven wrong :)

1 - Mint State/Business Strike
2 - Proof-Like/NBU Crowned
3 - Proof-Like/NBU Uncrowned "W" Mint Mark


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 Posted 10/01/2018  4:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add unruhjonny to your friends list
I have posted here asking if the 'old effigy' was ever circulated, I believe I had conflicting replies...

To date, I have not found that one.
I have found two of the 2012 'old composition' loons.

Have you found a 'regular' 1992?
What about some of the other lower mintage "regular" loons?

If my notes here are current;
2002 = 2.3mil
2012 (old comp) = 2.4mil
2010 SK = 3.1mil
2004 reg = 3.4mil
1992 reg = 4.0mil
2010 reg = 4.0mil
2003 uncrowned = 5.0mil
2011 parks = 5.0mil
2012 grey cup = 5.0mil
2012 LL = 5.0mil
2014 LL = 5.0mil
2016 womens = 5.0mil
2016 LL = 5.0mil
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 Posted 10/01/2018  7:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add barriecarson to your friends list

2003 Diadem Effigy or old effigy, I don't believe this one exist in circulated business strike. I have been looking since 2011 and have yet to find anything.

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 Posted 10/09/2018  8:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add cedargrove to your friends list
@unruhjonny,

With the exception of the old style 2012 and the crowned 2003 (which I've never found), I have found all the versions you listed.

In fact I have found several of each of them with the exception of 2002, for which I've only found two.

I've even found a 2001 that someone likely broke out of a set.




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 Posted 10/11/2018  12:25 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Quatchi to your friends list
@cedargrove,

I brought the issue of the 2003 crowned portrait business strike Loon Dollar up for discussion a while back and got some interesting responses. I ended up scratching it from my list as I don't believe that this coin was ever issued as a business strike.

http://goccf.com/t/249568&whichpage...=2003%2Cloon

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 Posted 10/12/2018  07:09 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add cedargrove to your friends list
Thanks @Quatchi for posting that link - very helpful. I too am becoming convinced there's no business strike 2003 crowned loonie.
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 Posted 10/29/2018  6:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add upc239 to your friends list
This is why I cant trust any ICCS report that has certified 2003 Old Effigy (crowned) MS business strike loonies.

Anyone see the mistake?

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 Posted 10/29/2018  6:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add loonielewy to your friends list
Looks like a specimen finish.
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 Posted 10/29/2018  6:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add upc239 to your friends list
Close...but no cigar :) something else
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 Posted 10/29/2018  6:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add loonielewy to your friends list
Got it. No circulation loons for 2001.
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 Posted 10/30/2018  10:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Alex A to your friends list



So I re-read the entire thread in the above post. Is there a definitive answer whether the 2003 old effigy BU loon exists in a business strike? There certainly seems to be conflicting information.
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