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New Member
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hi over $500.00 not over $1000.00
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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please tell me it was from someone respectable, and if they used paypal they had a confirmed address and you sent it to that confirmed address with delivery confirmation. The reason I say this is because there are allot of scammers that will pay with paypal and not be confirmed and they pay with paypal and paypal tell you the money is there for you, then a few days or weeks later you get another email saying either they have made a charge back or that the funds weren't available and in this amount of time you have already sent them the coin so they get the coin and you don't get anything
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New Member
Canada
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hi yes it was someone respected in the coin community and knowledgeable and NO PAYPAL for this particular transaction - payment by the way things used to be before paypal - once everything is cleared the coin is posted - thanks for your advice tho - plus paypal fees are outrageous on large amounts aren't they?
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New Member
Canada
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don't be too quick to put out big money for this toonie. a friend of mine has been making these for years. he has a silver plating kit and makes a few every now and then. he spends them at the store and sees what happens. it has been on the news twice that I know of. it's great fun to watch people when they think they found a rare coin.
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it's great fun to watch people when they think they found a rare coin I don't see any fun in it at all. All I see is your friend needing an attitude adjustment for causing a huge waste of time and the potential for unknowing collectors to get ripped off and soured on the hobby for good. Completely and utterly childish in my opinion. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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 There is nothing funny or fun about fraud and deceit. |
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New Member
Canada
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sap guessed what it was on the third post. I was looking for something else when I came apon this. I just wanted to let you know what it might be.
don't shoot the messenger.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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it's great fun to watch people when they think they found a rare coin That statement is the problem ... not the coin or whether or not it's a legitimate error. |
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New Member
Canada
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chequer;
you are right. that statement was in poor taste. as a fellow maritimer I should have known better. sorry to offend.
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Valued Member
Canada
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I know of one site with information on $2 wrong planchet strikes etc, address is coinscan dot com. There are a few examples where the foreign coin the planchet was supposed to be made into is identified (Bangladesh Five Takka, Barbados One Dollar, Venezuela 2 Bolivares). All of those are silver-coloured, but none are listed as weighing 7.9 g and the Five Takka strike is 12-sided. There is another $2 coin believed to be struck on the correct planchet but without the center removed (7.4 g). The site gives estimated values of $700 for most of these coins. It would be interesting to figure out what that planchet was supposed to be. What did the edge look like? Elsewhere on the site I mentioned there are listings of other foreign planchets made by the RCM, but there are a lot of listings to sort through (77 countries). |
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Valued Member
Canada
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I honestly feel that whoever bought that coin just lost a bundle of money.
Granted I guess they have the coin in hand for a better assessment then I can. But I see plated coins quite a bit. Be it silver or mercury. This stuff happens, and unfortunately I think that is the case with your coin.
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New Member
Canada
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hi there - I am the one who found this toonie and accepted the offer from a collector - the collector is extremely brilliant in this area and researched before buying and confirmed this toonie was legitmate and not a cause of fraud as I know nothing on this subject and I was onlny looking for information then offers started to come in to me
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New Member
Canada
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I have an all gold in colour Tonnie that is probably and error coin. It is magnetic but I am not sure the weight of it. Just wondering how rare mine is. I have tried to find information on it but have only found info on the all silver ones.  |
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New Member
Canada
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I got this toonie ....Foreign planchet you think?  |
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New Member
Canada
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And What do you think I could fetch for it?
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Posted 12/21/2008 02:26 am
