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Pillar of the Community
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Hey, I am curious if anyone knows if you line up a bunch of toonies, should the slits on the edge of the coin line up? Or are they all random? I only have two toonies on me atm and noticed they don't match up.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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In other words if you line up two toonies top to bottom should the groves around the edge of the coin be the same?
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Valued Member
Canada
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You should find the 2010 and 2019 with different ones.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I have two 2012 toonies but the slits on the edging don't line up
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I assume it's just like the lettering, if I was home I could stack up 20 and they would probably be all different like they wouldn't line up
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Valued Member
Canada
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You can check on this site It's only the 2010 and 2019 that have different serrations
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Edge lettering are random
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Pillar of the Community
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So if I have 2 2012 toonies and put them together I can line up the serrations, but if I straighten the coins they don't match up. Like if the counts are completely straight matching up the pictures but the edging dosnt match up together
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I mean if I straighten the coins so that the pictures are matched up the serrations on the edge don't have to match up?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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serrations, and obverse image, will be random, the coins serration's are added after the coin is struck, so they will be completely random..
There are coins that have a different number of serration's, but that is another discussion, that is here, if you search for it..
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks alot:) I couldn't find the info online so I was going to see if all the coins I had didn't match up on the rims. Iv been trying to figure what's up with the toonie I thought was a fake because of the sound but apparently is real so I'm researching toonies. But not much info on the sound it makes or how to test metal content etc. Still need a scale as well.
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Pillar of the Community
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You need access to an XRF to xray the coin to find it"s content, large coin sores or gold dealers will probably have one
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Pillar of the Community
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Well check out the 2012 toonie I posted. I posted a video to show the sound difference on it, it's a rough grout floor, the only other toonies iv found like this are fakes. But to date,there are no security toonies faked
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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But ya first thing I need to weight it then look more into detail. The queen on it was also looked closer the the edge then other coins
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Pillar of the Community
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Is this a way to distinguish counterfeits?
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm not sure. The new counter fits I posted a picture of one all the new one have a weird slit in the front right paw. And the one I have sounds like the other toonie I posted about that I thought was a fake due to the sound it makes when dropped or slid, but apparently there are no know fakes past 2012 because of the new security features added that year. But as far as I know none of the fakes sound right. As for the slits on the edge not lining up I'm not sure if that's normal or not no one has confirmed yet, and I was to lazy to dump out my kids piggy bank to see if any of the toonies I have match up. Tho my two 2012 toonies slits don't match up so I assume it's just completely random
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Posted 05/25/2021 4:34 pm
