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Xanonite Valued Member Canada 218 Posts	Posted 03/09/2014 03:39 am I found this toonie in one of my searches. It has etches or waves in the sky and all around the bear. Is this a rippled coin? Only the center core seems to have the lines, not the outer ring. Edited by Xanonite 03/09/2014 4:35 pm Report this Post to the Staff

eddio Pillar of the Community Canada 1330 Posts	Posted 03/09/2014 4:46 pm Yes that looks like it great find Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsguy Pillar of the Community Canada 2301 Posts	Posted 03/09/2014 6:01 pm sure looks like PMD to me. Report this Post to the Staff
M_d_in_guy Pillar of the Community Canada 1049 Posts	Posted 03/09/2014 6:05 pm IMO a ball point pen constantly moving back and forth and indenting the marks. Hence the half round groove look. Report this Post to the Staff
eddio Pillar of the Community Canada 1330 Posts	Posted 03/09/2014 6:13 pm the lines outside the core are PMD ..i would take better pic try to eliminate the flash..it looks almost like a 1999 one I saw a little back for sale..just hold on to it until you get a final judgment ..... Report this Post to the Staff
Xanonite Valued Member Canada 218 Posts	Posted 03/09/2014 7:42 pm I'm glad that Eddio mentioned seeing a similar 1999 one. I went and did a search a little differently and found this coin: . They look very similar? Report this Post to the Staff
thedollarman Pillar of the Community Canada 4911 Posts	Posted 03/10/2014 11:45 am Wow!, its the rare "northern lights variety":-P This has to be PMD, if it were real then I'd expect the design to be weaker and I'd also expect the "rippling" to be on the outer core as well since both parts are struck be the same die. Sorry, definitely PMD to me Feel free to call me Will. Report this Post to the Staff
Xanonite Valued Member Canada 218 Posts	Posted 03/10/2014 1:44 pm It is a 1996 coin. I know they did it with the p reassembled German planchettes and the Canadian Planchettes later on. The pens seem to be too thick to leave such fine lines, and anything sharp would only remove metal, but the lines outside the core seem to be about the same thickness. Some of the lines seem to go through the bears face and some of the ice and it does look different than the Nunavut one. I lean towards PMD myself. I tried to take a better picture for Eddio but couldn't. The close up, though makes me lean towards rippled. Thank you all for your help. It looks like I'll have to think about this one longer. Report this Post to the Staff
Alexer Pillar of the Community Canada 2632 Posts	Posted 03/10/2014 2:12 pm I dont know what the pressure is for toonies but the Philly mint uses around 60 tons (120,000 Lbs) pr sq inch for quarters, I would think even if the core had these lines prior to strike it wouldnt have any after. Just an opinion Report this Post to the Staff
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