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Canada
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In 1951 two 5 cent coins were issued for circulation. During the first part of 1951, a commerative coin honoring the discovery of nickel two centuries before was issued (the coin you see on your ebay link). when Canada entered the Korean war in late 1951, nickel was no longer used 5 cent coins(like in 1942-45) and redirected to the war effort and are cents coins were made with steel with chrome plating until (and including 1954). |
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.........
I donno know looks pretty fake :)
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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this is NOT a coin!!
at 38 mm is is larger than a silver dollar!!
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Canada
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yes... should that junk be listed with real coins?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I've seen those before. They appear more like tokens than anything else. It's just commemorative, that's all.
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Canada
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 ..with Libertad and HHB.. Nothing wrong with the posting at all. He states this is a commemorative. Edited by D
03/21/2010 2:15 pm
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Though not a 'real' coin, this item does have some historical value and has attracted collectors. The seller failed to properly list the item under the appropriate category. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_NickelStruck for the opening of the "Big Nickel" exhibit in Sudbury. Reports are that some were made in aluminum and nickel but I have only seen the nickel version. This particular piece is as large as a silver dollar and obviously was never meant to be a 'real' circulating coin to begin with or meant to deceive coin collectors. Having said that, describing any collectibles as junk is really not appropriate. |
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Hmmm...
it was wrong for me to say junk,
altho I have collected alotta junk myself,
reminds me of a saying heard all my life
"One mans junk aother ones gold"
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a classic example......think type read (proof) re-type lol
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There was a kiddie train that used to run through several giant coins that were on the mine hill around the Big Nickel Monument in the late 60s early 70s(?) for Canada's Centennial. The Nickel was the first and remaining monument. Several commemorative tokens were made with the subject of these monument coins. Although they came in usually nickel, some(especially for schools, etc.) were aluminum... there were also copper trials. People still confuse the $20 Gold for the real thing or that it has a $20 legal tender value... it is much bigger and has the "Monument" insciption thing... but it is really a copy, and an oddity in itself in that it was officially produced and should have had copy or such somewhere on it(maybe the Hobby Protection Act was a little later consideration). I have heard the JFK sold as "encased"... I think it was really just an excellent copy strike. Feel free to correct me. The JFK also has a Sudbury mention on the obverse edge... not pictured due to... mehI have all the typically available ^^^ tokens. They are all nickel... except for the "Nickel", which I have in both aluminum and nickel.   |
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classy nice coin IBGolden
crf do you have a need to belittle ppl , do you think yr that much above everyone else?
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Easy guy's, I believe the statement was all in good fun.
Edited by jokingjoker
03/21/2010 10:56 pm
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I think it's an interesting design. I wish Canada hade used that reverse for it's 5 cent coins in '51. It would've been a neat one-year change  |
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I think it's an interesting design. I wish Canada hade used that reverse for it's 5 cent coins in '51. It would've been a neat one-year change
I'm thinking - no one gets our jokes. Or they consider them lame. Whatever the reason, I might stop.
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Don't stop
the jokes are good.
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Posted 03/21/2010 1:35 pm
