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I got a 1996 and 2004 toonie in my change today. After eyeing the 2004 rather suspiciously (since I've never gotten one before), I did a ring test on both those two coins. Guess what? The 2004 rings OK, but the 1996 sounds weird! It rings lower than a Shannon toonie! I tried to make it ring by throwing it very hard but it still sounds the same. It looks normal with a some coin roller scratches, not weird at all. The core is unpopped and unpoppable (by me at least). Might it be an off-metal strike?   |
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United States
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could it be.... a fake?! from China?
They've begun making fake bimetallic Euro coins.
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I don't think so, it looks too good and the fact that it got rolled it has to be real, right?
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Do you have digital scales to weigh it on, and compare to a normal Toonie?
It kind of has the look of fake coins that I've seen (from other countries and denominations). Are fake Toonies known to exist in circulation in Canada?
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Edited by SilverDon
01/01/2015 10:56 am
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Canada
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I thought they only made 2004 and 2005 and you can pop the core out. I don't have a scale, and I doubt the post office is open today since it's a holiday. It looks okay, it feels okay, the only thing that's off is its ring. I just tried the wall, it doesn't work either. It's magnetic. My artificial lighting pics always look bad, here's better pics. The freak (can I call it a freak for now?) is on the left and a far less worn 1996 toonie on the right.   What do you think? |
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Looks fine as to being real. Just abused along the way. I have a sneaking hunch that the core was popped at one time and put back. Most of us played with at least one when they came out. Use yours on a Timmies! Have a good one !
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If it's been popped before, it should be easy to pop it back out again right? This toonie is a guinea pig now.
I've always wanted to pop a toonie core out but I never succeeded yet. I've tried these is different combinations: put it on top of my heater and immediately dunking it in ice water and hitting it very hard or throwing it. No luck.
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Canada
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I've put it outside my window. I'll check back in an hour to see if it pops.
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Canada
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I can just see you throwing this poor toonie around...  |
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Canada
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It doesn't work with my thumb. Maybe I need a hammer or something. I've been throwing it around since yesterday because it sounds weird  It still sounds weird. |
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You could try a socket from a socket set and a hammer. Just make sure the socket is the same diameter as the core and brace the outer core against something solid, then whack away. I found this core in a roll of pennies.  Edited by denny7000
01/01/2015 5:04 pm
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Could be a German versus Canadian planchets, that you are comparing with each other...
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Canada
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I've never found a toonie core, you're lucky! It would be very fun if I have any tools here. (Might not be fun for the coins.)
I don't know how to tell those two planchets apart but since they have the same composition, wouldn't they ring the same too?
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I also have a toonie outer ring somewhere that I bought at a flea market with some other junk, so now I have both but not from the same coin. When I first found the core I wasn't sure what it was , its smaller than a penny.
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Posted 12/31/2014 10:55 pm
