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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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If you're bored and want to look at some very pretty things, have a look at what Proof Positive has got listed on ebay. My personal fave - it's a big hole in my collection and, if I had an extra 10K lying around I would just go straight to the top with it. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Newfoundlan...AOSwYSFeDUof |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Yes, lots of nice things. I suspect that they won't be flying off the shelves.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
1081 Posts |
For sure.... some serious bucks to buy any of that inventory. Also, sort of a rarified slice of the field if you ask me - of the >200 coins in my collection only one is specimen grade. Still, very nice to look at.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Well, just go to Sandy's website and his auction catalogue for the finest Canadian collection known to man. He's the finest Canadian coin dealer known.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1081 Posts |
I have the catalogue from the Cornerstone auction some years ago - it's remarkable.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1618 Posts |
There were Newfoundland proof-like strikes in 1946?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1081 Posts |
I'm not totally clear on the distinction but I think they were actually specimen coins.... not minted for circulation? Someone else out there would likely know. Prooflike, no, I don't think so. That's a more recent phenomenon.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Though - good point - it's graded as such!
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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" There were Newfoundland proof-like strikes in 1946?"
Most of , but not all the silver coins are Proof-like in appearance from 1943 to 1947
due to the use of chromium plated dies in the Ottawa Mint .
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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There were Newfoundland proof-like strikes in 1946? No there weren't any. It's a fiction created by PCGS despite evidence to the contrary. Similar to the fictional 1967 PR coins graded by PCGS in spite of the fact that the RCM states they did not produce any proof coins before 1973, they simply did not have the required equipment. PL strikes as known to Canadian collectors weren't struck 'til 1949 when the RCM took over the sale of coins directly to collectors which was previously the realm of the BOC. For coins that aren't Canadian, including Newfoundland I guess, PCGS' definition of PL considers only the appearance of the coin not the method of strike and handling. It's a beautiful 1946c, but keep in mind that PCGS has certified more PL67's than all MS examples combined, there is only one MS67, one MS66, and one MS65 vs. nine PL67. Where would you spend 10G, on a unique coin or 1 of 9? "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Dealers sometimes put very high end coins on ebay, just to advertise their business. I have no problems with that. |
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Canada
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Proof Positive really only seems to deal in the highest of high ends. I like looking at the stuff but, given that it's almost entirely out of my price range, that's about all I do. Furthermore, while they aren't truly proof or proof-like, the perfect perfect perfect coins leave me just a teensy bit cold. Given me an unslabbed AU [found in some unexpected place after a long search] any day.
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Sandy always has the nicest eye candy...
"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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