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So I have some questions related to coins but also the historical part too
1. Can you explain the 1936 DOT penny and the 1937 DOT nickel. Why did they do that.
2. Why did George stop being on coins in 1952-1953?
3. Who will be on our coins after our modern day effigy
4. What's with the maple leaf on the 1947 series.
5. Why didn't they make random years for early large cents
I know some of these might be straight forward but I never really cared about the royality until I started collecting ! Thanks!
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1. The dot was there because the coins were produced in 1937. 1937 was the year that the coin designs changed to what they currently are. The new dies had not arrived at the mint in time, so they added the dots to the 1936 dies to differentiate them from the regular 1936-dated coins, which were actually minted in 1936.
2. King George died in 1952 and was succeeded by Queen Elizabeth II. Thus, the coins of 1953 showed Queen Elizabeth.
3. Prince Charles will become King when Queen Elizabeth abdicates or dies.
4. The reason for this is similar to the 1936 dot coins. When India became independent from Britain in 1947, the coin dies had to be edited to remove "ET IND IMP," latin for "Emperor of India." While waiting for the new dies to arrive, the mint added the maple leaves to show the the coins had been made after India has become independent.
5. I'm not really sure what you mean by 'Random Years.' Can you explain? :)
-Oddcoins
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wow oddcoins! thanks! and for the large cents
1860-1877
1878
1879
1880
1883
1885
1889
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And here I thought all along they put them there to increase their value!  Edited by redlee
12/27/2012 7:06 pm
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"The 1937 nickel has a period after the date to balance the design, but after 1937 the period was omitted." according to J A Haxby coins of Canada.
*edit* quotation marks added.
Edited by Bm0ney
12/27/2012 7:55 pm
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Bm0ney: "balance the design" you mean appearance right?
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No large cents were made in certain years because there was no need for them (there were already enough in circulation).
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Balance the appearance of the date. Charlton doesn't mention why the 1937 nickel has a "period" which is called dot in Charlton.
The wording I posted is exactly as shown in Haxby coins of Canada.
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Thank you Mr T. I thought that might be the reason. And thanks bm0ney!
New question. I believe it was the 1876 Canadian dime? Or one of they key date 1800 dimes. I heard the majority of them sank on a ship coming to canada. Any more advanced information?
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Never heard about that. Though I have heard many stories about ships of gold coins and fine wine sinking in Lake Erie, just a few minutes from where I live. They say gold coins still wash up on the beaches...
Where exactly did this ship of silver dimes sink? There may be some beach metal detecting to be done! :)
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i remember over hearing it at a coin show perhaps? weren't pre 1911 coins minted in England, my facts could be soo off
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Ship of gold is a book about recovering shipwreck coins in the Atlantic.
I can't remember any more about it other than the title.
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One of the Maritime provinces lost nearly all of a years coinage once... With a ship sinking en route from the Motherland.
Haven't heard of the same for Canada... But very possible (the coins were made in GB)...
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Gary Kinder wrote the book ship of gold in the deep blue sea.
SS Central America was the ship.
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