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A very neat story that lays it all out. tks
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That's a great read johnnysprawl, thanks for posting for all to read  |
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Amazing article/story!!! I wonder what the collector paid for it in 2018 before he offered it to the Bank of Canada Museum. Glad to see the trio reunited none the less.
RCNA Member There's always two sides to the coin if you have the patience to see. -Kathryn Budig
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Interesting. The 1858 series is one of my favourites. I realize that they aren't exceptionally rare but I still collect them. My personal white wale is the 1911 dollar - I've seen one in the flesh so far.
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[Where did you come across the 1911 dollar silver101?!  RCNA Member There's always two sides to the coin if you have the patience to see. -Kathryn Budig
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I saw it at a coin show some years ago in Toronto though I don't remember which one...! At the time I was just getting back in to coins and didn't really appreciate it. It's the stuff of my fantasy collection now!
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Not sure why the BOC museum was so keen on getting the 11 dollar, they have a copy on permanent loan from Royal Mint, was this coin gifted or traded. Edited by john100
11/27/2021 11:52 pm
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Wasn't it Sandy who bought the 1911 and then donated it to the museum?
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Original story was Ian Laing and Sandy bought it together if my memory was correct
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Very cool. Several years ago, David Bergeron visited my lab at work, and brought the 1911 lead pattern for XRF testing. This is my photo, with it sitting on a red GSC field notebook (there is a small circular mylar film underneath it, to avoid rubbing on the book).  "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Wow I envy you!!! True Canadian history right in front of you.
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Interesting recent article on the history of Canadian coins. Very interesting! Thank you for sharing.  Quote:
Several years ago, David Bergeron visited my lab at work, and brought the 1911 lead pattern for XRF testing. Nice! 
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The lead 1911 dollar is the only one struck in Canada. During the time I was Deputy Curator at the NCC, the Dept. of Finance called us and said they found this strange gray coin in an old file folder. They asked us if we might be interested in it and Major Carroll and I looked at each other and said, "Why, yes, we'd be glad to take the thing off your hands". Later I went over to The Royal Mint in London and finalized the preparations for shipment of their silver example for long-term loan to the Bank of Canada. Definitely interesting times! |
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I just had a chance to read the article on the 1911 dollar mentioned at the beginning of this thread wherein it was surmised that the lead strike was made in London and sent over to Canada with the master tools for the 1911 dollar. In my experience that is not something that was routinely done. The Ottawa Mint did not need a strike of the coin to know what it looked like; they had the master tools. It still seems much more likely that the lead strike was made in Ottawa and sent over to the Department of Finance for their information. It was the government that had to approve the coin so it could be put into production and the Minister of Finance would have been most interested to see what it would look like.
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11/30/2021 1:41 pm
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