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New Member
United States
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Can this be a small bead variety, and where is the best place/price to get authentication of this coin? Thanks for any help in advance! glee3   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That's an interesting coin!  I've taken the photo of your coin, and resized along a certified 1966 $1 small beads. What do collectors here think?  On the SB, the "I" in REGINA should point directly to a bead. I like what I see--you should get this certified.  Edited by DVCollector
12/11/2009 9:29 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It looks like a small bead if you live in the US I'd send it to PCGS or in Canada either grading company ICCS or CCCS the later has hard slab coin holders. For pricing look in a Canadian coin price book if this is a small bead its worth $$$.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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 appears to be a small bead... For further comparison here is a picture of a large bead..  |
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New Member
 United States
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Is PCGS as good as the Canadian graders, and what is the best means to ship the coin, to be sure nothing happens?
I note that PCGS is a bit more pricey for their services than CCCS, and wonder if this means the grading is better.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I think all three of these grading companies are the most respected by the collectors in each country, but the two that you mention have the hard slab coin holders.
In Canada I use express post about $14.00 across Canada in three days. I put them in plastic envelopes so there are no staples, try to secure them so they don't move around then in a padded envelope. Never use coins or numismatics in your mailing address just use the letters like CCCS, ICCS, PCGS. The best thing to do is contact the grading company you decide on and ask them the best way to send your coins to them.
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Valued Member
United States
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In order to get more information about small beads and large beads, I search the information. On the Answers.com, I found some background information. There were only 485 small beads being minted. Wow!! (I post it here to benefit new collectors.)
"The 1966 Canadian Dollar coin (KM#64.1) is 80% silver, and has 0.600 troy ounces of silver. "Melt value" is thus about $8.50 as of 11/30/07. Numismatically, it's not worth any more than that (unless it is the very rare "small bead" variety - the dots around the rim on the obverse are very small, and the space between the dots is as big as the dots themselves - in which case it's worth between $1,000 and $2,000, depending on condition. This variety, by the way, had a mintage of 485, as compared to 9,912,178 for the large bead)." by Answers.com
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New Member
United States
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Thanks to all of you for the assitence, looks like it's off to PCGS for some
Certification, then perhaps onto the Torex Auction...although a private sale would
be more efficient, I am sure...
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New Member
United States
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See the attached circa 1972 ad selling "closeout specials" on 1966 small and large bead mint slab...only $185...get'em while they last !  I have one of these... Question: Would it ruin the set to have a service grade the coins, which would require removing them from their slab? Salable as is? |
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Canada
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Ii have seen this slab before, not 100 per cent sure it was this variety ,but I think so . Around this time I was pretty active in collecting, collected tons of stuff mainly from circulation,my collection budget was pretty limited and $175.00 was a lot, out of the question. Makes me think that instead I bought mint sets in multiples on speculation that are today worth less than the issue price 36 years later.Duhhhh.
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