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Valued Member
Canada
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I'm wondering if 300 is a fair price to pay for this coin?
I have a guy offerinttg me this deal, just wondering if I should pull the trigger
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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That sounds like a pretty good price to me!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Assuming you are referring to this one http://colonialacres.com/products.p...=3360&ref=64Issue price was $300 and there is roughly $300 worth of gold in the coin (0.185 troy ounces). My records show Colonial had the coin for sale in Feb 2011 for $189 but they no longer have it in stock. There have been a couple sold on ebay in the past few months for about $300 so if you are buying it directly from the seller, you should be able to get it for less since he is saving the ebay fees. Just be careful that it's really the gold coin and not the similarly packaged gold plated coins which sells in the 25$ range. GL Edited by CC-Ottawa
08/15/2012 10:40 am
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Valued Member
 Canada
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Thanks I'm new to coin hunting and appreciate the help
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1581 Posts |
Is there a visible difference between the true gold and plated coin?
This one is way to easy to scam by ICCSing a genuine and packing a plated with the genuine packaging (including COA). Scary.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Fortunately, yes. The gold coin has the words "22 K centre" and "centre 22 C" on the reverse.  The proof does not.  I don't have the proof version but would like to get one some day to see if there is any visible difference in just looking at the two. The gold version is very nice though. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The hue and reflectiveness is a bit different. Though not saying much, I can't tell the difference unless comparing side by side
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1002 Posts |
The four gold toonies (1996, 1999, 2000, 2006) are the only toonies I am lacking in my collection.
The lack of differentiation between the gold ones and the regular proofs besides the markings (combined of course with the price!), are what keeps me from getting them.
I would go for the 2006 first though because of the reverse gold/silver combination.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It's a wonderful looking coin, and is very high on my "bucket list". I think the design is one of the nicest on a Canadian coin, and it looks stunning in 22k gold.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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@canuck1us:
I bet you don't have the test token Toonies from 2006 either. I didn't know they existed until a few days ago
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Fortunately, yes.
The gold coin has the words "22 K centre" and "centre 22 C" on the reverse.
Raised, right? |
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Canada
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Wouldn't the weight be different as well?
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Posted 08/15/2012 10:40 am
