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New Member
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Hiya all, I have a few questions on some other coins I have... 1. This silver Dollar sized coin I have is silver...and has "Ottawa Canada House of Commons" on it with a pic of it on the front as well, and on the back has "JOHN S D Thompson....1892" on the back....there is no value on this...is this some kind of token or something? 2. I have 2 Large pennies (the size of a silver dollar) ....one from 1919 and one from 1917, the have pictures of what looks to me like Nights sitting holdin some sort of weapon ....like a pitch fork, and on the reverse side is a head and "georgivs v dei gra britt omn" 3.I have a Half penny from 1938 with a sail boat on it and the same name as the large pennys on the reverse. Any comments....I will try to post a pic on mywebshots soon...check if you want to see if there on here... http://community.webshots.com/user/sarniaguyEdited by sarniaguy
08/22/2006 8:09 pm
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 Australia
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Hi sarniaguy. Let's see if we can help...  1. It's not a coin - all Canadian legal tender coins should have the monarch on the obverse. Sounds like a medal to me. John Thompson was the fourth prime minister of Canada (1892-1894). He died in office, but if it doesn't mention his death-date (1894) then it's not a memorial piece. I'd say it could either be a contemporary political piece (i.e. struck in 1892, to commemorate his coming to power) or it's part of a set of "Canadian Prime Ministers" medals. No idea as to its value, but if it's actually made of silver then it won't be worthless, however old it is. Coins 2 and 3 are British pennies and halfpennies. The "sitting knight" is Britannia, and she's holding a trident. CV for "typical condition" 1917 is less than a dollar. In 1919 there are three possible mintmarks (none, H and KN - look below the line, on either side of the date). The "scarcest" one is KN - $5 in Fine, $30 in VF. H is $1.50 in Fine, $15 in VF while un-mintmarked ones are a dollar or less. The ship on the halfpenny is Sir Francis Drake's flagship the Golden Hind. 1938 is a very common year; CV is less than $1 in typical condition. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Sap, forgive me if I seem rude or blunt, but each time I read one of your posts I am baffled as to how one person can retain that much knowledge and information in an ordinary human brain!!! How do you do it?   Edited - Misspellings due to wild Maltese Shih-Tzu attack! Edited by Snooba
08/23/2006 08:57 am
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Australia
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Well, I don't, really...   I do have a lot of coin books, coin magazines and coin club journals, and I've read them as much as possible. For instance, the rest of the family (especially my brother) thought I was nuts when I bought the full set of Krause catalogues a year or so ago, and read them. Cover to cover. It took over a month. I find that sort of stuff fascinating, but to them I guess it seemed like somebody sitting down and reading a phone book or an encyclopedia. But now, I find that whenever I see an unknown world coin I've just bought, or someone posts a pic or description of one on the forum, it triggers something in my all-too-defective memory, and I have a good idea roughly where to go in the books to find the info I need. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Australia
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Originally posted by Sap
it triggers something in my all-too-defective memory
Oh man! I pray that one day, I too get a defective memory like yours! (groans & shakes head in amazement)  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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That is a little like me. I have 2 Krause Catalogues, each over 2000 pages, and I am fascinated with just sitting down and reading them all day. My dad says they wuold put him to sleep in minutes.
andrew
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Canada
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The first piece is probably a medallion, struck for one of the gas companies (Shell?), showing the prime ministers of Canada. It is a silver-coloured metal, but lead or zinc or tin, rather than actually being silver. They selll in junk boxes for under $1.00.
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New Member
 Canada
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I have been away for a while, but wanted to say thanks for the replys.
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Posted 08/23/2006 08:50 am
