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New Member
Canada
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Hello every one I am back with my canadian 5 cents. I included 2 differents 5 cents 1910 Could I have your opinion about if they are poited or rounded leaves. Pic number 1  Pic number 2  My opinion they are both pointed, am I right ? Thanks Sylvain |
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Valued Member
Canada
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Yup, all 1909-1910 nickels are pointed.
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New Member
 Canada
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I don't understand, 1909 and 1910 it should have two kind : pointed and Round Leaves ?
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Valued Member
Canada
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Oops, wrong section, sorry...  Yes, they had 2 varieties. Both of yours are pointed. Rounded is worth more for the 1910. |
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New Member
Canada
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Thanks you very much for your answer
Sylvain
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Yup, all 1909-1910 nickels are pointed.  Never thought I'd live to see the day when a Canadian collector would refer to a silver 5cents as a nickel. It says at the top of every page "Education is the key to collector success!" Just words,not a motto here. . Meldude no offense meant to you.The use of this term for 5cents is both accepted and promoted on this forum. Edited by DBM
03/22/2011 3:26 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Yes.. they are called 'nickels' because they have nickel in them... This particular coin is 'silver' because it has silver in it...  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Well let's face it , we tend to adopt the US terms for coins in our daily lives. I mean if I'm digging in my pocket for change I always say "Here I have a quarter" and never "here, I have a 25 cent piece" , the latter being correct of course. But still, it's easy to slip when making a note here on the forums. In fact I've had to go back and edit posts I've made about US coins because I bet many of our American compatriots were scratching their head going "what's a 25 cent piece and what is he on about..." I almost always call these fishscales, I think the only time I use "Five cent piece" is for tagging or formal descriptions. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I doubt that US collectors ever refer to their silver 5cent coins,half dimes,as nickels.Think I'll cross the border and ask in the US coin section.
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Posted 03/21/2011 8:49 pm
