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gord Valued Member Canada 279 Posts	Posted 05/05/2012 12:38 am So I just bought what I think is a German planchet. Someone said ICCS doesn't verify even high ms coins now.Is this true and does that mean the German planchet has lost all its value if it cant be verified? Report this Post to the Staff

SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10460 Posts	Posted 05/05/2012 02:45 am CCCS will still verify them. "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 Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9865 Posts	Posted 05/05/2012 03:38 am SPP can you determine the difference in your lab? Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10460 Posts	Posted 05/05/2012 10:02 am No. The difference is not the metal content, the difference is that the Canadian planchets were annealed before striking, and ring/core were assembled and struck in the collar. The German planchets were pre-assembled, and harder to strike properly. The mint had to strike the German planchets with different pressure, which created the surface effect we see today. I have tested both German and Canadian rings/cores, with the Twoonie expert (who also lives in Ottawa), and they have almost identical compositions. To answer the other question, value is created by collector demand. So, at Nuphilex, I sold EVERY German planchet I brought, at full trends (I was also the only person selling German planchets). So, for business strike collectors, the demand (and value) is there. Next Nuphilex, I will have CCCS certified MS-64 and MS-65 German Planchets at my table - that will be the real test of demand and value... "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 Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Edited by SPP-Ottawa 05/05/2012 10:04 am Report this Post to the Staff
gord Valued Member Canada 279 Posts	Posted 05/05/2012 11:54 am Thanks guys for the info. So SPP-Ottawa, is it better to look at the "core" part of the coin on the surface or the ring area or is it even possible to see a difference when comparing?can you tell a difference? Edited by gord 05/05/2012 11:55 am Report this Post to the Staff
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