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Posted 06/08/2009 3:49 pm
Am not sure if any of you noticed that the goose and the letters and date are double struck! 
This is why I purchased it. Paid less than $20 for a coin worth USD 1500.
OR so it appeared....
The coin was originally sold by the Canadian Mint to a wholesaler called MERKADOR in Germany.
They "slabbed" - packaged the coin in their own customized blister pack and heat sealed the package, coin and description inside. Merkador is one of these sellers that buy for $1 and sell for $ 50 to the "believing" in future values buyers. They sell a lot and make a killing with it.
The coin was sealed so tight with the heat seal stuff that it could not move around even a fraction of an inch...... until, either through handling, or some other reason, the airtight seal of the enclosure was broken. The coin had then room to "move" a little.
Over time and because of the tight seal, the relief image of the whole coin had "stamped" itself into the sealing plastic as a copy. When the person took a picture of the coin, it must have just slightly rotated before the picture was taken. Hence creating the Double struck appearance/Image.
It sure had me fooled....
but, take a look at the picture... it also had two well known coin dealers fooled...
Now you all know the "twist" which I think is a really funny story.
It thrashed my hope for $-gain very fast, but surely is worth telling.
HHB
This is why I purchased it. Paid less than $20 for a coin worth USD 1500.OR so it appeared....
The coin was originally sold by the Canadian Mint to a wholesaler called MERKADOR in Germany.
They "slabbed" - packaged the coin in their own customized blister pack and heat sealed the package, coin and description inside. Merkador is one of these sellers that buy for $1 and sell for $ 50 to the "believing" in future values buyers. They sell a lot and make a killing with it.
The coin was sealed so tight with the heat seal stuff that it could not move around even a fraction of an inch...... until, either through handling, or some other reason, the airtight seal of the enclosure was broken. The coin had then room to "move" a little.
Over time and because of the tight seal, the relief image of the whole coin had "stamped" itself into the sealing plastic as a copy. When the person took a picture of the coin, it must have just slightly rotated before the picture was taken. Hence creating the Double struck appearance/Image.
It sure had me fooled....
but, take a look at the picture... it also had two well known coin dealers fooled...Now you all know the "twist" which I think is a really funny story.
It thrashed my hope for $-gain very fast, but surely is worth telling.
HHB
Hey Helmut, I was up all night wonderin' bout something? 
HMMMMMMMMMMM This could be a case for Inspector Clouseau?
