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This 1972 Canadian Dollar is known as the " Voyageur Dollar". The yellowing tone in the background resembles a sunrise, giving this coin an exquisite character...   Edited by CoinForMe
07/15/2025 5:27 pm
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Correction Time  Your mintage is wrong That is a Specimen Dollar with a mintage of 341,581 The 2,193,000 that you specify is for the Nickel business strike. |
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jbuck & JimmyD Thank you guys! @ JimmyD  That number came from "coinsandcanada.com". I noticed that the "Reg. Circulation" and "SP" version mintage figures were the same, so I assumed that the combined total was the correct number. Will correct the mintage numbers on the 1972 Voyageur Dollar... I appreciate your help once again. Tomorrow, the coin will fall into the same situation...   - Photo Corrected -
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07/15/2025 5:33 pm
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Nice looking coin! Love the toning. Errers and Varietys.
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Nice one!
I like the sunrise effect in the TrueView pics.
1971 , '72 and '73 Specimen dollars are the most common toned Canadian silver dollars.
Off-gassing from the packaging material was the culprit or benefactor depending on your preference for toning.
In 1974 the packaging was changed and virtually all the coins remain bright and shiny.
From 1935 to 1986 Voyageur dollars were issued in most years, don't know why PCGS chooses to name this one, in '72 there was only one dollar design so there was no need to differentiate the type.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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The original mintage was 341,000, but I can guarantee that there are a lot fewer around. There are far too many of these than there are collectors; the .500 silver dollars are not popular and coin dealers end up having most of them melted due to lack of demand, Plus, the case they were originally issued in seems to have caused some very bad tarnish in many cases.
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Errers and Varietys, DBM, & oriole than you so much for your comments, helps a lot! Yes, True View gives these coins a pop with the coin imaging they supply for buyers to display... Quote:
Off-gassing from the packaging material was the culprit or benefactor depending on your preference for toning. The same happened with the Ben Franklyn half dollars; packaging made them either beautiful or ugly... Quote:
Don't know why PCGS chooses to name this one, in '72 there was only one dollar design so there was no need to differentiate the type. I would guess that is the name for the reverse design on this coin, the "Voyageur Dollar".  Quote:
The original mintage was 341,000, but I can guarantee that there are a lot fewer around. I think most of these are sold because of the toning, sellers want big bucks for these...
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07/16/2025 1:58 pm
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