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Moderator
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Ottawa makes things like medals, Trade dollars on order, custom bullion strikes and a ridiculous amount of NCLT, some of which the largest ones are cast, not struck. When I went to Winnipeg and spoke to some production engineers, CNC tools were not used for production of working dies striking coins for circulation (and other countries)... I was told that the reason was not for modernization, but for maximum life of the die itself (cost and savings), which is why our coins don't look like those from Bangladesh and India (they hammer those dies and until there is almost no design left on the coin...). If we have CNC for those, then the doubled die loonies and twoonies of 2011 and 2012 should not exist.... The main change to the dies was the introduction of titanium to plate dies, a change from chrome, in 2008. We can at least agree that this is a production coin made in Winnipeg and not NCLT in Ottawa. "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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Valued Member
Canada
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intresting keep my eyes open for what is out there.
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New Member
Canada
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Upon taking a closer look at my 5 pack, one is missing the dots; however, overall thsee coins are so badly scratched and dinged it's surprising they were put in a protective package. Deep scratches gouged into many of the main devices! Plastic is pristine so it is obvious they were damaged prior to being packaged. Worst quality I've seen in a 5 pack.
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New Member
 Canada
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@CoinCollectic
From more than 10 coin packs that were inspected in my end, there is none of them missing the dots, but lots of scratches and ding as you mentioned. =(
I guess you have a better luck than me, as least you found one.
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New Member
Canada
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@Bigchip22
This coin has been out for more than 3 months since the release, haven't seen a lot of them in circulation, let alone the variety. Did you happen to find any?
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Valued Member
Canada
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I went through my coin packs (10), didn't find any missing the dots.
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Canada
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@Tee
Me neither. I would only assume the coin packs and the coins roll were produced from different batches.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The post on ebay states they counted the no dot $2 coins in one box of twoonies to come up with their estimate of 5%. It does state that this figure is only an estimate. I'll try to find my 5 coin packs and check them when I get a chance. Assuming the number of no dots is 5% of the total mintage, would anyone be willing to pay over face value for them? How much over face value is reasonable nowadays? Edited by Redzapsid
02/28/2017 7:45 pm
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New Member
Canada
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@Redzapsid
According to the listing, there were 15 pairs sold, price ranging from C$13.4 to C$17.43 plus shipping. I think collectors would buy them and hold on to them waiting for the varieties being cataloged in the future.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I have found five of these toonies in circulation and two rolls from a bank. Two of the circulation finds have the dots missing, I have not opened the rolls yet but the enders have the dots in place.  |
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@denny7000
Very interesting...so seems like the no dots coin does exist in the circulation.
Just need to pay attention to the change in your pocket...thanks Denny for sharing a pic.
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