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Numismatic Toonies - All Bimetallic?

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 Posted 10/27/2023  3:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add loonietoons to your friends list
Are we being facetious here?
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 Posted 10/27/2023  3:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nfine to your friends list
Nope, it's an honest question.
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 Posted 10/27/2023  3:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add john100 to your friends list
Sure if you mean a toonie on a loonie, on a nickel planchet or toonies on foreign planchets
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 Posted 10/27/2023  3:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add loonietoons to your friends list
@ NFINE

"Numismatic" as opposed to circulation. So precious metals and/or better finish. Numismatic toonies are struck in Ottawa, but circulation coins are struck in Winnipeg.
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 Posted 10/27/2023  3:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nfine to your friends list
Thank you for the clarification, loonietoons.
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 Posted 10/27/2023  3:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add loonietoons to your friends list
@john100 no, I'm being serious here. Not a token or a blank or a loonie... An otherwise "perfect" toonie - but not bimetallic.
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 Posted 10/27/2023  3:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add january1may to your friends list
It appears that by "numismatic" you mean NCLT (non-circulating legal tender).

There were many [EDIT: Canadian] NCLT coins denominated 2 dollars, and some of them were in fact monometallic (usually silver), such as the entire silver part of the Animal Portrait series.

Silver versions of various circulating toonies were apparently traditionally made in selectively gold-plated silver, which might not quite qualify as monometallic, but at least one recent issue was in fact made entirely in silver with no plating. [EDIT: different size, though.]
[EDIT 2: and also minted in Winnipeg - not sure if that disqualifies it?]
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10/27/2023 3:31 pm
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 Posted 10/27/2023  3:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add john100 to your friends list
So you are looking for a bullion toonie exactly the same size ?
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 Posted 10/27/2023  4:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sharks to your friends list
There is a 2004 Canada sterling silver proof two dollar polar bear coin called "The Proud Polar Bear" from a RCM coin & stamp set. Don't know if it could be considered a toonie, but I have included it in my proof toonie collection and it is the same size as the other toonies.


As well there is the 2023 2 dollar (toonie), composition .9999 silver, weight 31.39 g, diameter 38 mm (the "regular" toonie is about 28 mm). specimen finish and the "W" mint mark of the Winnipeg Mint.
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 Posted 10/27/2023  6:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add loonielewy to your friends list
From 1 loonie to another, .

Lot's of NCLT as stated and that 2004 of Sharks is a nice coin in hand as well as the mint/privy mark having some significance.
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 Posted 10/28/2023  08:56 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Silveroid to your friends list
Silver Toonies in the Silver NCLT sets they aren't bi-metallic.
Silver $2 coins that belong to variety of Silver fractional sets (Maple Leaf, Arctic Fox, Lynx).
Silver Bullion 3/4oz coins have $2 face value.
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 Posted 10/29/2023  8:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add commems to your friends list
The Mint's Fine/Pure Silver Proof Sets issued since 2012 include a "Toonie" that is described as "99.99% pure silver with gold-plated inner core."

Definitely not the bi-metallic circulation composition!


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 Posted 10/30/2023  1:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ChiefLittleFish to your friends list
I have wondered on those modern silver sets, though. Are they really two pieces of silver with a gold-plated core (bimetallic style, but just one metal)? Or are they solid silver pieces with gold plating only where the core would be. I don't imagine the mint expects anyone to destroy one to find out, nor have I heard of anyone doing so.
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 Posted 11/02/2023  07:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add loonietoons to your friends list
@silveroid & commems right! Hadn't even thought of those possibilities...
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I have wondered on those modern silver sets, though. Are they really two pieces of silver with a gold-plated core (bimetallic style, but just one metal)? Or are they solid silver pieces with gold plating only where the core would be.

My understanding is that they are a one-piece planchet with selective gold plating.


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