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Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 06/24/2015 1:45 pm They had one of these in the ANA auction in Cincinnati in 1980. The Canadian authorities requested it be withdrawn and the Secret Service stepped in to confiscate it. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10464 Posts	Posted 06/24/2015 3:20 pm Yes, it is a coin that is best owned by collectors south of the border. I still don't know if these still can be legally owned in Canada, although, I have seen this coin graded PCGS MS-62) in Sandy Campbell's coin case at shows in Montreal and Toronto... "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 Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10464 Posts	Posted 06/24/2015 3:21 pm There is also a 1971 dollar struck on gold. Also, coins from 1969, 1970, and 1971 can also be found struck on sterling silver planchets.... same mystery applies, the RCM was not making silver or gold coins in those dates, except with the .500 Ag case silver dollar starting in 1971. The dollars struck on the silver planchets have been sold in public auctions in Canada, so they are assumed to be perfectly ok to own. I have one from 1969, seen in my nickel dollar error collection at PCGS: http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/sho...aspx?sc=1621 "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 Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9796 Posts	Posted 06/25/2015 12:24 am Mike Byers sure does have some amazing error coins, he has several 2¢ errors I'd consider making ann offer on if I win the lottery, broadstruck, capped dies, revers brockerages, double struck and off center. All the big ones to have. Most of his 2¢ errors start around $40K and go north of $250K! "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Report this Post to the Staff
Pacificoin Pillar of the Community Canada 5404 Posts	Posted 06/25/2015 12:37 am These and the silver halves should Not exist. I appraised a collection for a prominent BC collectors estate and there were 2 1970 Silver fifty cents in the collection. ICCS told me not to even dream of sending them in for certification. I am pretty sure the original source for these was a prominent BC coin dealer from the time in question.. I sure hope the back door hurt the original mint criminals back end on the way out of the coining room in Ottawa. The puzzler on the gold dollars is just who did the blanks come from ? Hmm. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10464 Posts	Posted 06/26/2015 01:00 am That recently Jack? I have never heard of a silver 1970 50-cent... that is my birth year, and would love to have one... I can now add that to my "lottery-winning-list" "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 Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
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