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Valued Member
Canada
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According to CCN (front page latest issue)the lucky loonie and the
navy anniversary loonie may come with and without the mintmark.
I have seen the lucky loonie only with the mintmark, and the navy loonie only without the mintmark.
Anyone have any more info on this, it may prove interesting,
perhaps we should do a count amongst us and see who has and who
hasnt a mintmark.
I wonder if this is going to apply to the roughrider loonie?
NEWEDEN
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Valued Member
Canada
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The point of the article was that two different obverses and two different reverses have been issued into circulation this year for the $1 coin. While there are no known specimens, the article was suggesting it's possible that mules exist (a lucky loonie without the MM, or a navy loonie with it). It will be interesting to see if a mule comes up - you can count the number of Canadian mules throughout history in the single digits!
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Valued Member
Canada
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When the first Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games Coin Collection, the 11 sided, white card with a half red maple leaf has the lucky loon without the mint mark. Also, the sets that were issued near the end of the Olympics, with the rectangular green and blue cardboard with the North Shore Mountains in the background also have the Lucky Loon without the mint mark. Yet the Loon Dance above them does have the mint mark. Hopefully, this helps, take care.
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splatto: Neweden never claimed that a mule did exist. He just wanted to to see which variety is showing up more (like the incuse and engraved 2 mens hockey quarters).
I have 6 Mint-sealed Navy and none have the logo. I now wish I checked the 19 I sold.
Edited by laconic
09/10/2010 10:17 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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First post. As it turns out, I am the "alert collector" mentioned. I sent the editor an e-mail querying why the mint mark all of the sudden disappeared and speculated about whether this could lead to mules. I was amused that nobody else had noticed it up to that point. There are actually THREE different obverses on loons this year: Normal (mint logo) Olympic loon (2010) 100th anniversaries (nothing) The pic on mint.ca shows the Roughrider's coin is sans mint mark too. Does this signal the end of the mint logo fiasco, or are they simply pausing to allow P to re-appear (next year?) as they debase the intrinsic value of our coins even more with the plan to make $1 and $2 in the multi-ply steel? |
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Well said dialog,
These are the kind of articles I like to read about.
To me the idea of coin collecting is to take the basic coin concept
and talk it to death, view it and review it until there is nothing left to talk about.
Anybody can collect coins, but to analize and disect a coin thats
what its all about.
Whos with me.
Neweden.
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 That's how I learn so much from this forum. If you saw my desk and computer with notes,photos,ect.taken from this site you would laugh or  or  go crazy.Thank you to all who have input.  |
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> I noticed as soon as I got mine Yes, you did. I was referring to nobody at CCN receiving anything on the matter. The upcoming last WWI veteran passing tribute poppy dollar ( http://store.gatewestcoin.com/cgi/v...5l09504Q22Q) doesn't have the mint logo mark either. So we're seeing a definite trend. |
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