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Valued Member
Canada
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Hi all. I have the chance to purchase a toonie struck onto a loonie planchet. I have seen/held it and it is the width of a toonie but a little thinner than a loonie planchet normally is... likely due to the metal spreading in the die. It is a match for the one on Patrick Glassford's site, coinscan.com. The lady pulled it from an original mint roll back in 1996 and has hung onto it since then. She is not a collector and would like an impartial third party opinion as to its value. It is certainly Unc. Sorry for the blurry photo, she caught me by surprise with it and I didn't have my good camera with me...  What do you fellows think is a fair value for the coin? Any help is appreciated. Regards, Fenian |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Valued Member
Canada
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I would say it would be in the $800 to $1000 range .
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Nice find!
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Valued Member
Canada
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Haven't seen a coin like that before.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Would love to see the result of an XRF analysis of this coin. There are a few different planchets used in 1996 by the Mint - I have one that would be easily confused with a loon.
If you have interest in zapping the coin, PM SPP who is the zap-master.
If ever this coin comes to the market, I would think of an offer.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Nice find! |
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Sure pays to search ALL coins!
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Moderator
 Canada
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Gorgeous error, thanks for sharing...
"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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Canada
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great coin, around 1000.00, could you open your pm
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Canada
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Fenian, did you used to be on CCRS, with the same username?
"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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Valued Member
 Canada
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SPP-Ottawa, I used to be on the CCRS in its glory days yes. I thought I recognized you as well...
Fenian
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Canada
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I can only assume you bought this beautiful error. If you can, bring it along to Nuphilex this spring, just watching t_y's reaction would be worth the price of admission!!  Welcome to CCF, you'll find quite a few old CCRS folks here... "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
Edited by SPP-Ottawa
01/08/2013 1:43 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
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Thanks SPP. I just got my first DSLR so I can finally take some good photos of my coins.
What would you like to see first- 2006 25 cent first strike brockage? 1950 Arnprior $1 struck through wire error? Or my 1968 1 cent 150 degree CW rotation error?
Fenian
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The 1-cent of course...
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Posted 01/06/2013 3:05 pm
