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Valued Member
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*** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***This coin was part of my father's collection. I assume it was commissioned by the owners of the Porcupine Mine in Timmins. Any information, thoughts or comments would be appreciated. I have no idea of rarity but I've never seen another one.  
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm sure it is somewhat rare but, I have never seen such a skinny porcupine in my life..  Other than that... maybe some others will chime in. |
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Very cool... I once visited the Dome mine in Timmins, and even posted photos here of the gold samples from it.
Remember, it is not the rarity, but the demand - that commands the prices on these kind of things. I honestly have no idea of value.
However, thanks for sharing, I am definitely putting this token on my exonumia "want list".
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Gold from the Dome mine was more higher tonnage, lower grade. Here is a small sample of gold from the nearby Hollinger Mine, from Timmins.  Here is a sample from the McIntyre Mine, also in Timmins. They had high grade veins in their ore... I sold this sample in 2013 - it was simply too expensive to keep in my rock collection, especially when gold was $1700 per ounce (almost 12 ounces in this sample)...  "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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Pillar of the Community
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 Love that VG. Worked U/G at Dickenson Mine, Balmertown, high grade ore. Nice samples. |
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Valued Member
Canada
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Here's something I found on the heritage trust site.
"In 1910, Dome Mines Limited began operations by sinking four shafts on the north half of Lot 4, Concession I, Tisdale Township, the deepest being 75 feet. The next year, the Dome plant was destroyed in the massive Porcupine forest fire. It was soon rebuilt, however, and the milling of ore began in March 1912. This event was celebrated in grand fashion: 21 railway cars transported guests from Toronto, New York and Chicago to the site. The Dome Mine was certainly worth celebrating: by 1987 Dome had turned out gold and silver worth more than $500 million."
Maybe these coins/medallions were given to those that attended the event in 1912?
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Pillar of the Community
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Usually the first pour of a gold ingot is the activity at first production ceremony
and lenver you are right, likely a memento for invited guests.
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Thanks for the input everybody. I don't think this is particularly valuable, just interesting.
lenver, I appreciate the research. SilverDon, I think it would be really something if these were given out as mementos to attendees at the opening celebration and SPP, that ore sample is amazing!
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I am going to move this thread to the exonumia forum, you might get more feedback there...
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Thanks again for sharing your token - I think it is cool that you have such an interesting piece from your father's collection. My father collected stamps...  "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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