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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I see the coloring process at the mint hasn't improved.
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Valued Member
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I just picked up one at a Petro Canada service station I'll post a picture of it. It is the only one that I have but I am curious about what looks like a die chip just under the skate of the raised leg of the player on the right. Could someone with some of these coins confirm please or post a picture of one of yours.
I checked my colored from a roll and it doesn't have the marks next to the blade. Here's a scan of a colored from a roll.  (I haven't figured out how to get a close up on my scanner yet - sorry.) |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Are these two marks raised, or are they just "dents" that could be attributed to the less than careful handling the coloured ones received? Could they be gas bubbles?
If they are a variety, I don't think they're of the magnitude of the differences in the 2's on the last issue.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The coin is housed in a plastic card but when I tip the coin on an angle they look like 2 raised dots maybe die chips?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1923 Posts |
I don't know if there is a way of getting that plastic off without damaging the coin? Has anyone had success in removing these coins from packaging without damage to the coin?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I just got back from the RBC in south Surrey and got 4 rolls to search through the first coin was a plain coin the second was a coloured coin.
The first think I noticed was the two different die used again on the maple leaf is double lined on the plain coin and single line maple leaf on the coloured one.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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To my eyes, it appears the red is applied by an ink-jet process.  If the coin elves cannot paint them better, best to leave the red off entirely. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Here's the picture of both coins  |
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Valued Member
Canada
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My only two from roll had the tape marks too. I plan to get the petro one soon. I too have been puzzled by how crappy the red is on it. I dont remember the poppy's or pink ribbon being that bad, were they?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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These are definitely 2 different dies used for this coin look closely at them and you will see a rib up the center and a rib up the center of the left part of the maple leaf and none up the right part of the maple leaf.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I also noticed the texture inside the ML. No doubt to help retain the paint on the coin. The all-metal version is superior.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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tim, though I can't say for sure, my guess would be that the other colored coins were less complicated to apply color to, having less angles and isolated areas. Presumably, the end result was better application of color. They weren't perfect though, I remember the poppy being slightly out of the "target", or being splotchy on some coins. The RCM is a fairly state of the art mint, to me this is plain shoddy quality control and/or poor manufacturing methods. I'm really hoping a mule turns up one of these days to spice things up a bit. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I bought a roll from RBC this afternoon and it had colour on one of the ends! I hope it's not *all* colour, though, or I'll feel pretty silly going back for more!
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Valued Member
Canada
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I got one today and it does not look much better than those seen already. There seems to be engraving or some type of marks all around the design. Is this common ?   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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They are poor quality [painted] but it makes for a nice low mintage piece.
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Posted 11/18/2009 09:30 am
