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I think I have found a 1/4oz gold coin. It has Elizabeth on one side, and a polar bear scene on the other. Nearly all of the writing has been ground down or rubbed off somehow. One thing I have not been able to find online is the approximate size of the 1/4oz coin. The one that I have is smaller than a 1 cent coin. Does it sound like a 1/4oz gold coin? or possibly something else? I'll attempt to load pictures momentarily.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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 United States
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The polar bear looks like neither unfortunately. I'm trying to find a good image hosting site as I'm at work and can't upload directly from my phone.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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how big is the center plug of a Twonie?
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Valued Member
United States
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Pictures.. I tried to get a good, detailed, picture of the polar bear. The bottom right of the coin has either '8T' or 'BT'.   Since it won't let me upload the other file, I'll have to try to shrink it |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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how big is the center plug of a Twonie? Yeah, correct, this is the coin probably :) |
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Valued Member
United States
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Amida, you nailed it. I just looked one up after I posted pictures. What interesting things you can find in a coin sorter machine :)
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Canada
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United States
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ebay is a blocked site for me at work, but I assume that since you're not supposed to deface currency, that it wouldn't be worth much, or sellable at all?
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 Australia
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Are you sure it's gold? Because from your description, what I think you actually have is the aluminium-bronze centre plug someone has punched out from a Canadian $2 coin. The Canadian $2 coin looks like this. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Australia
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Man, I spent so much time trying to find a pic of a toonie, donzens of other people answered.  No, sorry, it's pretty much worthless. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Valued Member
Canada
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"BT" are the initials of Brent Townsend, the artist.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What does the edge look like?
I'm wondering whether this was punched out, or if perhaps galvanic corrosion between the ring & plug caused it to simply fall out.
I know that some types of ring-&-plug coins have the edge of the plug grooved or grained to make a secure lock with the ring. The Germans claim it would take enough force to knock the plug out that the whole coin would be destroyed.
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United States
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The edge is fairly smooth. Doesn't appear to be corroded. There are a couple small gouges in the 'rim' of the piece. You can kind of see it to right of the polar bear.
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Valued Member
Canada
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In the first year of the toonie release (1996), there was mentions of some inner part falling apart "by itself". Not sure about the "by itself" part as I tried it at that time and in throwing it on the ground a few times, some centers were falling, but coin was damaged.
It seems that the two parts (inner and outer ring) were behaving differently in cold and/or hot temperature. Like if you put them in the freezer, the inner part is shrinking a little more than the outer ring so it fall off pretty easily.
I think it was fixed for the following batches (different composition or way of inserting the inner part)? Not sure.
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