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Valued Member
Canada
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So I picked this up this week out of a collection. This set was struck by the Royal Canadian Mint to commemorate the Centennial of Confederation in PEI. At first, I thought nothing of it, but then I decided to do some research on this slow Saturday... Turns out this is quite an interesting piece. I already knew the RCM has had a history of striking one-off exonumia for government commemorations. However, imagine my utter surprise when I found this Heritage auction: http://coins.ha.com/itm/canada/worl...3009-21034.s. This, however, is a set of four medals in Royal Canadian Mint-embossed pliofilm. Each medal is struck in a different medal: Silver, Copper, Cupro-Nickel, and (if Heritage's auction is correct) Gold. I'm still not entirely convinced that is what I have, but here's hopin'! It continues to amaze me just how little I know about what comes through my door. .jpg) .jpg) |
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Pillar of the Community
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For your sake I hope it's gold. There were sets of four issued, compositions were bronze,cupronickel,red brass and silver.Yours is likely one of these sets.
Hopefully chequer has more info on these.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Valued Member
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Yes, I've read that as well. The weight is very close to what Heritage reported as the specs for their item, and I can't imagine a brass piece of that size being anywhere close to that weight. The photos I posted previously don't do a very good job of showing the difference in the pieces. I've got close ups of the photos on a blog post here: http://blog.universalcoins.ca/2014/...w-aside.htmlHowever, those photos I posted are pretty accurate as far as representation of the set goes. It really does look like a collection of base metal rounds. I was getting ready to sell it to one my collectors that likes to buy unusual RCM pieces. |
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Your set looks like, to the best of my knowledge, the set DBM mentioned - I have a couple sets in that packaging myself, so I wouldn't be too upset if one was gold. I've never found the details about this set, but now I'm interested. I'll check some back issues of Canadian Token Collector when I have a chance to see if I find anything.
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I checked a few decades of The Canadian Token, but didn't find anything (does the Canadian Association of Token Collectors still exist?). I hoped there might be a mention in Striking Impressions, but apparently not. If I find any info, I'll report here though.
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Valued Member
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Thanks for checking. I've contacted Heritage for some more information that they may have. IThinking more on what the purported specs are, the stranger it seems. I have NEVER heard of the Mint using a rather obscure 12k gold composition. Not to mention their calculation is off if you try to calculate the AGW using their information.
I really just don't know enough about the Mint's fabrication habits when it comes to exonumia.
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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I purchased a set of these medals in a blue "pebbled" clamshell presentation case. The interior of the case identified the metallic composition of each medal as: Silver, Bronze, Cupro Nickel and Red Brass. I've included images below. I'd be willing to bet that you have one of these sets. I've been told the gold medal was a presentation piece and was not packaged with the other medals.   Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Valued Member
Canada
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That is VERY interesting. I also found that case in an ebay listing here: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/1973-Prince-...281311736259However, the case specifically lists one of the compositions as Gold, instead of Red Brass. Are you able to put your red brass medal onto a scale and provide a weight? |
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
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Are you able to put your red brass medal onto a scale and provide a weight? I should be able to, but it likely won't be until Wednesday. Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Universlcoins, if you can't wait 'til Wednesday, weigh your "gold" medal and the brass one. If gold it should weigh more than double what the brass, or copper, or bronze one weighs.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Valued Member
Canada
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Someone contacted me and told me the red brass comp is about 27 grams. And as it turns out, the surface I was trying to weigh it on wasn't completely even and it was throwing the weight off by quite a bit. I'm fairly certain that what I have is the red brass comp.
Even still, its fun to try and figure this stuff out.
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