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New Member
Canada
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New guy here, just soliciting some comments. I am two coins away from completing my 1937 to date business strike 25 cent collection. I want this to be a true representation of all circulating coins for this period. I have not included the following due to PL/proof issued coins only.
1951 low relief
1997
1998
1999
2000
Have I missed any?
I have also not included any errors, mules or rotated dies. This would also exclude the 1947 dot. I realize this is somewhat personal preference but what are your thoughts on these excluded coins and should they really be included due to the fact that they were issued for circulation?
Thanks for your comments.
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Valued Member
Canada
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It depends how inclusive you want to be:
You can also include:
1952 high and low relief bust variety
1953 small and large dates
1973 small and large busts
I found it was easier to gather up the 1937 to 1999 dates (close to 90 coins).
2000 to present has over 70 coins with all the varieties: P/No P, Crowned queen/no crown, colorized/non colorized and the numerous commeratives.
Edited by 1945V
03/15/2010 4:54 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
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First off, Great work! but what two are you missing?
And the 1999 (12 coins) and 2000 (12 coins) are definitely available as business strikes.
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New Member
 Canada
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1945V, I have the coins you mentioned as well as 1978 lrg & sml beads, 2003 old and new effigy,1968 silver and nickel, all the commemeratives, colorized and non. I have included everything (that I know of) that is circulation coins. I guess my struggle is, that I want all "varieties" but not necessarily errors. I suppose it comes down to whether one considers the recent mules or the die rotations of the 1992 series a variety or an error. I am definetely still learning this stuff.
Pennylover, the two missing coins: 1973 large bust and.......Cindy Klassen colorized, yuk.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It's a line everyone has to draw for themselves, 25c. I consider a rotated die or doubling to be an
error, but I consider a mule to be a variety. The most basic way to describe how I decide which
is which is that if the variety is caused by differences between dies, it's worth collecting. If it's
caused by any mechanical problems, it's an error - still interesting in it's own right, but not
required to finish a series. My $.02 anyway.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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I agree with 1cent,and would not include the modern 25cent mules as they come from collector sets or cards not from circulation.I would include both the raised 2 and engraved2 of the men's hockey colourized as these appear to be different dies and available in circulation rolls.
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New Member
Canada
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Thanks for the help 1cent, more clear now. DBM, I did not realize that the modern mules were PL only, so I won't include those. Thanks. I guess I will endeavor to find a 73LB, and I might sneek in the 47 dot, just because. I will do a spreadsheet for this set and confirm that I'm not missing anything.
What next?, I really enjoy the 50 cent pieces from George VI. Maybe 1937 to 1967.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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That's a good point about the 1999 mules DBM. I didn't think about it until 25cp mentioned
it, but in the ICCS pop report there are 1999 mules listed erroneously in the "business strike"
section, though they were in fact only issued in the sets, and thus all are PL (or "NBU").
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