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 Posted 05/29/2008  05:14 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add latman100 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Can anyone point in a direction to find out more about these coins?

Thanks in advance
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 Posted 05/29/2008  07:44 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add rggoodie to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I hope this is what you are looking for
Canada 2007 7-Coin Specimen Set with Trumpeter Swan Dollar



The Specimen Set from the Royal Canadian Mint is unique. Each coin features the mint's distinctive "specimen" finish, a three-fold combination of different finishes. The design includes both brilliant and frosted finishes, while the fields are subtly striated.

The 2007 Specimen Set includes a specimen-finish example of each and every one of the circulation coins of Canada, each of which features a design of national importance, including:

One Cent Maple Leaf Penny
Five Cent Beaver Nickel
Ten Cent Bluenose Schooner Dime
Twenty-Five Cent Caribou Quarter
Fifty Cent Coat of Arms Half Dollar
One Dollar Trumpeter Swans "Loonie"
Two Dollar Polar Bear "Toonie"

However, instead of a standard common loon dollar, the 2007 Specimen Set includes a dollar found only in this set (and not released into circulation). This one-year-only design features a pair of trumpeter swans gliding through the wetlands of their native Canada. These birds are the largest swans native to North America and the only swans found exclusively in North America. Their wingspans can reach over 9 feet (3 m).

Note
The mint imposed a mintage limit of 40,000 sets. In addition, the 2007 Specimen Set is the only way to get the Trumpeter Swans dollar.


Coin specifications

Mintage: 40,000
Finish: Specimen
Certificate: Serialized
Artist: Kerri Burnett*
2 dollars:
Composition:
Outer ring : 99+% Ni
Inner core : 92% Cu, 6% Al and 2% Ni
Weight (g): 7.3
Diameter (mm): 28.03
Edge: Interrupted serrations
1 dollar*:
Composition: Nickel electroplated with bronze
Weight (g): 7.0
Diameter (mm): 26.50 (11-sided)
Edge: Plain
50 cents:
Composition: Three-ply nickel finish plated steel
Weight (g): 6.9
Diameter (mm): 27.13
Edge: Reeded
25 cents:
Composition: Three-ply nickel finish plated steel
Weight (g): 4.4
Diameter (mm): 23.88
Edge: Reeded
10 cents:
Composition: Three-ply nickel finish plated steel
Weight (g): 1.75
Diameter (mm): 18.06
Edge: Reeded
5 cents:
Composition: Three-ply nickel finish plated steel
Weight (g): 3.95
Diameter (mm): 21.20
Edge: Plain
1 cent:
Composition: Two-ply copper finish plated steel
Weight (g): 2.35
Diameter (mm): 19.05
Edge: Plain
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 Posted 05/29/2008  08:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Actually, I think latman100 is referring to the 1967 centennial dollar:

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05/29/2008 08:33 am
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 Posted 05/29/2008  11:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add latman100 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
rggoodie, I should have been clearer with my question, the coin I was referring to is the one sap has posted. Thank you to you both. Now I have to check out the 2007 issue to see what that is all about.

I am interested because I have the '67 Australian goose dollar, and I understand they were designed by the same person. I thought the Canadian issue might have been for more than one year, but I see it is a commemorative.

Anyway, I bought one off e-bay yesterday from Canada, so shall place it next to its Australian counterpart.

And on a side note, sap, from reading your posts, I know you know one hell of a lot about coins, but I didn't know you could read minds too!! :)
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 Posted 05/30/2008  12:12 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add canadian_coins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

Hi latman, this is the coin rggoodie described for the 2007 specimen set; the Bronze Trumpeter Swan.

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 Posted 05/30/2008  12:16 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add KurtS to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wow...I had never seen this swan dollar...very hard to keep track of everything the RCM puts out! Those are understated...nice.
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 Posted 05/30/2008  12:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add latman100 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yes that is nice. Commonwealth coinage is nice whatever the country.
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 Posted 06/03/2008  10:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chrycopaul to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The Wildlife depicted on the reverse of all the Canadian 1967 coinage was done by Canadian artist Alex Colville.
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