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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Thanks for your responses :) I'll probably spend it then :D I also think it really is too damaged with those scrapes :( to make even an interesting altered coin to hang onto. But it kind of bugs me to put it back in circulation if someone gets stoked to find it thinking its a special error and worth some bucks. I did get it in a bank roll and I want my two bucks though!  I really hadn't noticed it was also totally flipped around until after I posted it! I noticed it was rotated only because I had a lot of toonies laying on the table and spotted the difference. Well. It was fun for a minute eh?  Edited by Dottir
02/19/2011 01:22 am
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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PS: I remember reading somewhere recently about altered coins being certified. My immediate response about things like messed with coins being certified was "That's odd?" although I'm new to this whole coins area so I don't know a lot about how it all works yet.
It just kind of strikes me like nominating midi canned
music-LIKE-sounds for a Juno music award? yes? No?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The reason that ICCS got reamed about the "upset" twoonie is simple: the inner and outer cores are struck at once by a single die. When you think about that, you realize that the possibility of a mint error "upset core" is exactly zero.
Of course, not every collector is expected to know that, but a TP grading company that claims to be expert at the most elite level, should.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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1cent, if you are attending TOREX I will like to pay you a beer and chat a bit
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
864 Posts |
I sure learn a lot from peoples posts in here. I don't know how people manage to absorb and remember so much. So much info and all kinds of it to learn about coins. I'm sure challenged, thats for sure  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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But it kind of bugs me to put it back in circulation if someone gets stoked to find it thinking its a special error and worth some bucks So take it apart and put it back to normal. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Now theres a thought |
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Canada
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One Cent .. Are you on the CCRS board?
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Valued Member
Canada
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even though it is a fake it is a wonder it was spent so often before being noticed....only a collector would pick out the rotation..to all others it was just a coin
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Yes, thats the part that totally surprizes me too. To think its been circulating all these years since 1996 or whenever it was altered and it found its way into a banks roll that I bought from my bank last week. Pretty amazing. Unless someone hoarded it for years and finally just snuck it into a closed coin roll to be sure no one saw it to reject it. They got their good $2 back? I think most people don't look closely at their change. Just long enough to register the denomination when paying for something. I know until I got interested in coins one had to be VERY obviously different looking for me to notice it. That big UK penny I found in a banks penny roll lately also surprized me because the coin is quite a lot larger than a Canadian or US penny, yet someone squeezed it into a penny roll and took it to the bank like that. I love customer rolled coins best!! |
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PS: Guppie, I see it as a fake error (altered toonie/ deliberately damaged) but I also see it as a genuine toonie. Its just been messed with and its parts shifted around but all the parts still there is all, so still good money as long as people accept it as is? I think I'd be worried about being blamed for defacing canadian currecy though if I tried to spend it. Maybe thats why someone snuck it into a roll and gave it to the bank  Edited by Dottir
02/20/2011 6:07 pm
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Valued Member
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I think I'd be worried about being blamed for defacing canadian currecy though if I tried to spend it. Maybe thats why someone snuck it into a roll and gave it to the bank more than likely they would never even notice so I would not be overly worried about it...on the other hand if I had it I would 2x2 it just cause it is neat... |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I put it in a 2x2 flip and will hang onto it. At least for now. It does have some historic signifigance as being one of the famous new fandangled coins toonies and its pop-out problems from early 1996 first batches and the fun people had when they altered toonies as jokes I guess |
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Canada
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... except almost all the '96 toonies in ms65 that people have hanging around can be flipped this way.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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True  I'll keep it in the flip and hang onto it for now anyways. |
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