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This is kind of cool, never seen a Canadian coin waffled, must been mistaken for a SAC dollar.
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Exactly, Zonad! It was accidentally swept up in the massive recall of German coins in 2002, as the Euro was about to be issued. It was "waffled" at one of the mints in Germany. By the way, the Loonie is about the same size the old German 2 Mark. Please note the identical crushing pattern -   Bill Edited by BillSnyder
12/06/2013 8:00 pm
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Thanks for posting this picture Bill.
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So this would make it "rare PMD". Will it someday attract a premium like a "JOP Dollar"? |
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I guess if there was a market for a waffle loonie, it would be very easy to fake this coin with some practise.
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Definitely an interesting piece, but I would not want to have too much invested in one.
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I might add that the Canadian "waffle" came with a piece of coin webbing and a normally mint-cancelled German 1 Mark (both shown below). Also, that the three items reportedly had been saved by a former employee of the PMX Industries metal smelting plant.   Bill |
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Amazing! Thanks for sharing!
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What's the purpose of the "waffle" piece? Why not just chop them up as they are removed from circulation? Doesn't old paper money just get destroyed when removed from circulation? I've never heard of this process before,..and you can tell that I don't get out a lot...  |
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"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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12/07/2013 4:21 pm
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Interesting to learn that not all countries melt the coins for the metal content.
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I see now that I put the wrong Title on this thread. It should read - "An Accidentally Mint Cancelled Canadian Dollar" Bill |
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DBM...Your link..."Page Not Responding"....tried it over an hour on many attempts but...no go...
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