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I'm a US coin guy and know nothing of Canada coinage but thought this guy was a beauty so I kept it. What say you on grade, toning & value? Is this a unique toning for this particular coin that will add a premium? I cant find its color equal googling pics of others.... Finally value, what would a colletor pay for this one? Thanks guys!   |
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With respect to grade... I personally would put this one around VF.
In regards to the "toning" I have never seen a nickle like that before... don't know what caused it but I would think some foreign substance may have assisted in the colouration..
That's my two bits.
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Yes! That color does look unique. It's golden but more of a pastel yellow/green color. Cool.
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For sure darth. I found it in a bag of vintage forign coins and thought it was a brass alloy coin with minor color toning.... then I Googled it, saw the true nickel color and my jaw dropped!... I just don't know if a good premium applies to coins like this for top color toning. If this was a morgan the premium would be sweeeeet
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All day with no other comments? On a toner? What's all that a-boot Canada forum?
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Sorry to say I don't like the toning on that coin at all.  Or maybe it's just the pictures that are not making the coin shine at all. The pics you have give a ''dead'' look to it. We want to see pictures that make the toning stand out like a mirror. Edited by redcentcollector
03/20/2015 12:52 am
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All day with no other comments? Probably because the colour is so unnatural, especially on a circulated coin. Nickel collectors tend to love the original lustre that comes with the metal. Being pure nickel, you generally don't get the awesome toning you see in the US 5-cent series. In 1982, the Canadian 5-cent coins switched to copper-nickel alloy, and then, you can see cool toning starting to form in the oldest examples. This is a proof struck example I sold a couple years back:  "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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It's an interesting color, but a pure Nickel 5c coin from 1947 should not tone unless it has been buried, heated, and/or some other environmental damage.
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Posted 03/19/2015 11:19 am
