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My sweetheart was born in 1972. She surprised me this morning with a Double Penny Set, Candy and a nice card. Now I can say I have the Silver Dollar, Double Dollar Set and now the Double Penny Set from 1972. Please see the pictures of the coins and original packaging from 1972. The pennies in the DP Set have been toned/rusted. None of the coins were sold in airtites back then and the packaging with the red flock and black lining was fairly toxic. It produced some fantastic colours and toned coins. 1972 Silver Dollar    1972 Double Dollar Set    1972 Double Penny Set      Edited by SilverDon
02/15/2016 05:27 am
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Very nice!  |
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Love it. Hope you have something nice for her.
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Nice grouping SilverDon.
Have you got the BU set?
Then you will have them all.
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Big Silver, no question.
JimmyD, you are spot on,
will have to pick one up
to complete the set of sets.
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Congrats Silver Don for these nice items!
I am curious:
*The Double Dollar set - what is the difference between the Dollars? Are the both silver?
*You've said, your sweetheart was born in 1971. So she gave you the sets with her year of birth (and not yours)?
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*The Double Dollar set - what is the difference between the Dollars? Are the both silver?
*You've said, your sweetheart was born in 1971. So she gave you the sets with her year of birth (and not yours)? *Answer - No difference, both Nickel Dollars for that year, one facing reverse side up, one obverse side up. I was a bit upset when I received it, but there simply was no Silver Dollar sold with that set, should have seen it by the size, nickel are smaller. In 1973 (and onward) there was a Silver Dollar and Nickel Dollar (after 1987 SD and Loonie) with the Double Dollar Set. *Answer - Was born in 1972, and I had the other set and '72 Silver Dollar and my own birth year set already, so this Double Penny Set was one that I saw earlier and showed interest in, the only set available in the small antique store by chance. I think I liked the packaging more than anything. I really wanted to see what the pennies looked like on the side facing the felt. Only nickel and copper coins, but nice toning, in original box. |
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Thanks for the answers, SilverDon Quote:
No difference, both Nickel Dollars for that
year, one facing reverse side up, one obverse side up. And this very interesting, makes it (the set) uniquely-odd. |
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Very nice gift  But man, what happened to that penny? |
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Nice! Every collector should own a set from significant birth years.
The sets from the early '70 are a great example of "hindsight"! Who knew when those first cased sets were produced in the early '70s that the foam inserts contained sulphur, the flocking would disintegrate over time, coins in some sets weren't sealed in any way whatsoever so look but don't touch or in future years the evidence will become clear. Yet the original owners typically kept the set intact, some even in the original box, because it was purchased as a keepsake.
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02/15/2016 3:02 pm
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And this very interesting, makes it (the set) uniquely-odd. I see the 1971 Double Dollar Set - the first of these, had two nickel dollars as well. So the two years 1971 and 1972 had two nickel dollars. Mintage in 1971 was 66,860. Mintage in 1972 was 36,349. Mintage in 1973 was 119,891. So in terms of rarity, 1972 Prestige Set was lowest. Interesting to note Double Penny Sets were sold as; Custom Sets - 1971 - 1980 and were Proof Like in quality. Double Dollar Sets were Prestige Sets and were Specimen strikes. Edited by SilverDon
02/15/2016 2:06 pm
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When the coins are in hand, the Double Penny Set coins are undoubtedly specimen strikes however... (how is that for muddying the waters even more...)
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Picked up the 1972 Proof Like (Uncirculated) Set today.  |
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@SilverDon: Congrats on completing your "1972" set. It's always nice to complete a set, regardless of how many coins/coin groups are involved. I've always wondered why, after launching its silver dollar commemorative series in 1971, the RCM didn't come up with a commemorative design for the 1972 dollar. They could have marked the 125th anniversary of Alexander Graham Bells' birth or the 50th anniversary of the first human insulin treatment in Toronto or the centennial of the Trade Union Act which decriminalized trade unions in Canada. (Or one of many other historical anniversaries!) It's not that I don't like Emanuel Hahn's Voyageur design, but there were so many commemorative design possibilities... Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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05/22/2016 11:05 pm
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Thanks Commems, the sets with old fashioned packaging are a reminder of the time from whence they came. I am happy to have nice birth year sets for my spouse. She notes they are for me. There are some minor differences between the original Hahn design from 1935/1936 and the 1972 finished product. Beads instead of denticles on the reverse, a smaller design for the paddlers as a result of the beads moving the design further into the centre of the coin. Minor font changes and date closer to paddlers. I am glad that they left the packaging with the big sponge on the top clamshell which caused the toning. Yes other events could have been portrayed, but then I wouldn`t have this beauty;  Something retro (last time it was used was 1966 on a 36 mm Silver Dollar - a six year hiatus), about this design being used between the 1971 BC Centennial and the 1973 RCMP Centennial. It is an island of calm in the sea of commemoratives that would follow from the RCM. I know what you mean Commems about possible other subjects, and their significance. In 1972, they did not make the cut. Edited by SilverDon
05/23/2016 04:22 am
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Now you just need the 1972 VIP Specimen Set (about 25 are known to exist)....  "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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