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Pillar of the Community
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I have a very large bucket of nickel dollars that I plan to go through.
I have Ken Potter's web site book marked for the '74 varieties.
Just wondering is there any other resource on the net that any of you know of that I can find helpful to assist in my search for interesting varieties?
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The Charlton Catalogue 67TH Edition (2013) Has the back section (pages 291 to 326 ) dedicated to the nickel dollar die varieties written by one of the member ( SPP-Ottawa) on this forum.
Surprise that you do not already know this.Hope it helps a bit. Good hunting.
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 .... that's the one I use, great info. |
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I have the same thing goin on! A large collection of nickel dollars that I've never gone through. every collection I buy seems to have at least a few of them. I'll dig out my 2013 charlton and start getting to work.
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Good to know, I have also been amassing a number of nickel dollars.
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I just went though about 7,000 of them. On average, for every 1,000 nickel dollars I go through, 1 is good enough to go to PCGS with a shot of MS-66 or higher (possible upgrades to my registry set), about 6-8 go to ICCS (MS-65 grades, mostly for selling), I find about 5 minor strike-through errors, 6 VCR varieties from 1974 and about 6 other varieties in MS-64 grades worth keeping.
The 1969 Short Waterlines and 1978 Full Waterlines, No Island are exceedingly scarce, and are worth keeping in any grade. I have found less than 10 of each over the past decade.
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Great, I found a no island a couple of weeks ago. Not great at grading but around a Fine to XF.
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Thank you for the info SPP.... I can only hope I get such good odds. Just dumped the bucket on the table early this afternoon and started to sort by date first. 4.5 hrs later I just finished that daunting task! Now to go over them one by one.
Is there any variety known for the 1970 "manitoba" dollar.... While I was coaching I collected a tonne of them to give out as a "token" to the other coaches from other provinces and such at the western canada games, canada games and NAIG...
With so many of them it would be nice to sit down with those and look for a known variety, but perhaps I may have to strain the ole specks and see if I can't find something a little different myself...
Any other assistance you have with nickle dollars would be appreciated.. .Monday I will be starting with 1968!
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SPP-Ottawa, thank you so much for your Charlton contribution. I am blown away by the content. wow
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Great, I found a no island a couple of weeks ago. Not great at grading but around a Fine to XF. For 1978, the lower waterlines have to be shortened, otherwise it is a small island...  "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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Not great at grading but around a Fine to XF. When it comes to nickel dollars, that would make it a pocket piece... can you post a photo? "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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Monday I will be starting... If you find any "lowballs" or pocket pieces in that hoard... send me a PM. I'll make you a trade worth your while if it is a year I don't have!! This is an example (my 1983):  "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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Here is the no island 1968 recently found  |
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That's a small island... the no island has the waterlines well disconnected from the bow (and stern) of the canoe...
grade looks AU on that one...
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Last night I invited one of my friends over and immediately we started to look at the '74's for double yolks. Didn't find any in this batch but did manage to find two with what I think are identical die clashes and one with a D/C going almost all around the beads.
SPP most of the material is probably EF-AU with a few 62's or 63's I don't think anything would grade up to 66. You said you were missing some lowball pieces ... send me a PM of which years you need. I would be happy to put one or two into my pocket for ya! Send them your way in about a year or so...
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Thanks SSP
Your example of no island above also only had one upper water line, is that typical?
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Posted 12/01/2017 09:12 am
