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found this the other day and noticed only the bear is frosted. it is magnetic, so unfortunately not silver.   Edited by wazzappenning
01/27/2015 9:56 pm
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A strong cameo on the bear is easily found on Canadian planchet 1996 $2 coins.
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really? huh. thanks, didnt know that. I swear I have another somewhere in as good condition without the cameo.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Frosting on business strikes?  Do they still use the old (the "pickled in nitric acid then fields polished" one) method to prepare dies in 1996? |
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Canada
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May be a proof coin that somebody put into circulation. The 1996 proof wasn't struck in silver except for the Piedfort and the mythical Black Suede Case one listed in Charlton that I've never been able to find in the real world.
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i thought something from a set, proof or something, but didnt know 1996 wasnt done in silver. can someone explain the crescent moon? the line looks depressed but cant tell for sure if the other side of it is raised or not. partial clip? one side only?  Edited by wazzappenning
01/27/2015 11:59 pm
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Canada
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Regarding the crescent, when these first started circulating in 96, the centers in some would pop out quite easily.Soon everyone was trying to knock the centers out. Heard they put them in the freezer to contract the center, then hit them with a piece of dowel. There was quite a market for these, some guys got pretty good at separating them. Maybe your coin was an attempt at this.
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you might be right, but I hope not...although that would confirm its a german planchet, well I guess unless it was later on and it didnt work.  , I'm so confused Edited by wazzappenning
01/28/2015 12:39 am
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This is a business strike error, an all-nickel planchet - check out the cameo on the bear. You know this was the reverse die imparting this on the coins. http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/coi...909546&sid=0(Note that this coin is not mine - I just went surfing on the PCGS site)"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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really stands out there doesn't it?
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Pillar of the Community
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The cameo stands out a lot in that one. How does cameo happen on modern business strikes? Is it still by the same way as the older ones?
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