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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Where is everybody? It has been dead around here!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm still around. I'd even just like a little Canadian coin history if anyone has anything to share.I should be getting some Canadian large cents I bought this week,I'm looking forward to that,and hopefully some cents.Maybe I'll have something to share this week.sn31.
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Hi Guys There is almost always someone here !! I know you said that your getting large cents, but here is an interesting piece of information about 1968 dimes,, they are struck from pure nickel and some of them were struck at the US Philadelpha mint these coins struck at philly have no mint mark . Rick Edited by Metalman
05/21/2006 8:30 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thank you Rick,
I love hearing about a coins history.Was this the only year that these coins were made of pure nickel?I've just begun with my Canadian coin collection,Have'nt seen a dime yet,but who knows what I'll find in my quest.sn31
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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"I've just begun with my Canadian coin collection,Have'nt seen a dime yet,but who knows what I'll find in my quest.sn31"
sn31 - One never knows! That's true! ;-) Hint - Hint!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Okay,I did get a 1963 canadian penny from my neighbor today!Yea!"hint hint" what suspense!
hahaha...sn31.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi sn31
No this is not the only year that canadian dimes were struck in pure nickel,, The point of my post is that they were struck in the U.S. ,,
I find it interesting and collect foregn coins struck at US mint facilities.
Rick
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Pillar of the Community
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My appologies,I didn't mean to miss your point.sn31.
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05/21/2006 10:19 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Sorry sn31
My post must have sounded terse,, I apologize !! It was not intended that way .
Rick
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Pillar of the Community
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No problem,thanks for sharing some history and knowledge with us.sn31.
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Pillar of the Community
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The quarters are a fun series to collect. There are so many commemorative quarters and I have just started to put together a set getting a peice here and there. On ebay I bought the rare 1991 quarter with a very low mintage! |
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United States
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I really like all the Canadian coins.I have a couple of Quarters,and a really special friend sent me these today.One being the 1968 dime.I even received a 1918 dime,and many others.I've been on coin cloud nine today!!!sn31.
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice buy.sn31.
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05/22/2006 11:42 pm
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Canada
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If anyone from outside of Canada would like an eye and an ear on the ground, I'd be happy to keep my eyes open for CDN coins for you. The price is fairly reasonable... I'm looking to expand my world coin set and would happily trade CDN coins for equal value World Coins.
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Canada
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ok.... I have some info on Canadian varieties. In 1965, the Royal Canadian Mint was making plans for a Silver Dollar with a new size of beds running around the edge. They experimented withdifferent sized beads, thus creating 5 varieties for this date. In 1966, some mint workers decided to make a little extra cash by minting 300 or so dollars with the outmoded small beads running around the edge. They intended to smuggle these out of the mint for selling at a later date. Needless to say, they were sucessfull, as nowadays, these coins sell for over $5000! andrew |
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I find it interesting and collect foregn coins struck at US mint facilities Quote by Metal Man
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there were alot of foreign coins minted at us mints. but there were other countries like france and england who minted coins for other countries as well . In the Black book they list all the countries , total mintage figures and composistion of the coins minted by whatever us mint made them quite interesting really
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