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"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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SPP, how would an error like this occur? Would this have to be an 'assisted' error?
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Oh absolutely... but still, the eye-appeal is amazing...
"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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United States
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So what was the planchet actually for? 22.3g is an odd weight for a gold coin.
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United States
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He has two of these, this MS-64 and an AU-58 for $50,000.00.
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United States
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Was there a gold planchet being usessdddd, orrrrr, how is this an error?
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Canada
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SilverStackerKid, the error is the fact that it is gold. No, this is not a gold commemorative. All these coins where issued in nickel and put into circulation.
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o my!!  |
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United States
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Then how is it gold? Why did they have gold planchets?
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Um, because mints strike gold coins too. Why is this a difficult concept?  |
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Canada
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Possibly for a Canadian Maple Leaf of NCLT grandma bait but most likely some entrepreneur mint employee stamped it all out and leaked a few to some collectors or what have you over the years. They are called "Back Door Jobs".
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Um, because mints strike gold coins too. Why is this a difficult concept?  I know that. I was just wondering if they were making planchets out of gold that weighed that much and what they were used for. |
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Same question I asked, and I'm unsure why I haven't yet taken my own advice which follows: Let's go find out for ourselves what this planchet could be. Believe I'll start in CCF's Canadian Coin Facts section, linked to the left. |
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OK, I've drawn a blank. I can find no Canadian coin, nor any they might have minted for another country, in that weight of gold. One would think that knowing the planchet origin should be a prerequisite for attributing an off-metal strike....
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I can find no Canadian coin, nor any they might have minted for another country, in that weight of gold. You think I didn't check already! The tools available on CCF come to great use, and I use them to their full extent. |
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well SPP-Ottawa, that is spectacular! perhaps you could contact the dealer and offer other errors in trade? that would look good beside your other nickel dollars and nickel dollar errors....I think almost 75k is a little steep but if you want it, it is only a matter of getting it and what you're willing to give up for it while keeping in mind that it will be THE high light of the collection. if you go for it than good luck. It would bring joy to me knowing it was in your hands.
Feel free to call me Will.
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