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Valued Member
Canada
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I haven't got pics yet, but I've finally found it: the 1998 Toonie, a key-date! It has the lowest mintage of all Toonies at only 5,309,000, second place being 8,220,000 in 2010.
In terms of other modern rarities, I've come across 4 1991 nickels(10,931,000), 4 1970 nickels(5,726,010), and 1 2003 loonie(5,101,000).
Still on the lookout for the 2002 loonie(2,302,000) and - god forbid I actually find one - a 1991 quarter(459,000)
Pics soon!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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WTG Mike!
Looking forward to the pics.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The 2012 old style pre security has like 1.5 million or so production with unknown released numbers
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Valued Member
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Valued Member
Canada
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Nicely done Mike, do you find these in circulation or searching rolls?
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Wow, very nice find!  |
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Valued Member
Canada
224 Posts |
This was a circulation find, got it as change for a burger at school.
Speaking of which, I've arranged a deal with them: every day when they empty the vending machines of all their coins I will buy the coins from them.
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Valued Member
Canada
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And I didn't know about those 2012 no-security, I'll be on the look out for those then!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Only distributed for a couple months, mostly out west, the Ontario delivery was in the famous Trans-Canada highway accidentand most of production was never released due to new smaller designs as of todays toonie
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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You can just get the 2012 No-security ones in gift sets.
Or if you have a metal detector, go search the field where the truck crashed.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Mike999: And I didn't know about those 2012 no-security, I'll be on the look out for those then! That one is a real thoughy, I still haven't found one! Quote:
John100: (the old comp-2102 toonie was) Only distributed for a couple months, mostly out west, the Ontario delivery was in the famous Trans-Canada highway accident ... My understanding is that the lions share of them actually went out east - and were involved in that crash; I believe a good number (but I'd guess less than 1/1 of the loonies went out west; I have found two of the loonies. Quote:
John100: (the old comp-2102 toonie was) ...and most of production was never released due to new smaller designs as of todays toonie My understanding is that the production of 2012 loonies and toonies started out with the remainder of the old planchettes (I think that's the correct word!?) being used up, then when the supply was exhausted the mint switched over to the new "security featured" (aka: steel garbage) planchettes... @ MIke999: Another one to keep an eye out for is 2006 varieties; I have not heard or read anything conclusive, but I have understood that there are no less than four version of the 2006 toonie, both the regular and 10th ann version were released with the date at the top or the bottom; The anniversary toonies have a double date, and a different polar bear image; If my memory serves me, the ones with the date at the bottom all have a maple leaf at the top, where as the ones with the date at the top have an RCM logo on the bottom... I have not yet found a 2006 double date/maple leaf variety in circulation. Also keep an eye out for "set only" coins - I found one so far that I pulled from circulation! |
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Valued Member
Canada
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I see on google images the different varieties of '06. Anyone have an idea on how many RCM logos were minted? |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Mike; The RCM never broke down variations of any of these (or many other similar running changes) over the year(s). The sole exception seems to be when composition is concerned... |
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Valued Member
Canada
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fair enough. Kinda figured something like that
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I still believe that the 2012 old composition loonie is by far the hardest one to find;
Originally I believe the mintage was pegged at 1.5mil - but I believe a great percentage of them were involved in the brinks accident - to be reclaimed, and de-minted.
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Posted 12/03/2016 5:12 pm
