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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Not sure I want to cough up the loot for Toronto. It's pretty boring as far as city layouts go.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1581 Posts |
LOL. Yeah, it's a grid with ancient walking paths and the old/current shoreline causing some interesting twists.
But, big cities are about maximizing density, and a grid makes that a lot easier.
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Valued Member
Canada
322 Posts |
I got my coin Wed...#617...Ilke it..The mint said if it proves to be popular...they will do other cities also.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3692 Posts |
Maybe they could've started off with Ottawa or Montreal.
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Valued Member
Canada
322 Posts |
If you read the description for this coin...you will see why Toronto was the first...and not some other city..What other city in Canada has one of the seven wonders of the modern world in it...
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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That's a convenient excuse, imo they started with TO hoping to attract the most potential buyers from the largest pool of luxury spending. Great marketing move. Greater Toronto is a strange city, it basically stretches forever and is sprawled out everywhere. If you look at cities that supposedly are the same size in North America there's nothing quite like it. I think it's a nice modern city with a relatively good mixture of amenities and culture etc.. I lived there, it was tolerable.
I'm just saying if I wanted to build a coin using the technology they used that perhaps a more interesting looking coin would have featured a more interesting city layout. Greater Vancouver is very neat looking from the air, so it Greater Montreal. I do hope they sell out and continue the series.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
9865 Posts |
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...bird's eye relief view.....image reminiscent of an astronaut's visor... What kind of birds are flying over Toronto? I think they need some new blood at the mint to spin the hype. |
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Canada
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Wow! Its big. I thought it was a little pricey, but when it arrived I was pleasantly surprised. BUT I still think it's overpriced.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3692 Posts |
Does Niagara Falls count?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I just got mine. The size is very impressive for sure. Almost as large as the $50 5 oz silver coins! The trade off is obvious; the coin is much, much thinner - 2.33mm or so. Obviously, something had to give. Fortunately, because of its large diameter, the heavy grit blast (now common on modern proofs from the RCM) isn't too distracting. It also works well as a form of texturing on the map, which is precisely what I was hoping for. The Mint can use varying degree of blast to create different effects. As a compensation for the larger than ever boring-next-door-gramma-queen-tiara-less effigy, the shear size of the coin will allow every person to see their full reflection. Overall though, an interesting new comer. But yet another form factor that complicates our world of NCLT numismatics. Along those lines, we can probably expect 3 oz, 4 oz ... etc. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A closer look:  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Wow, actually quite a lot of detail on the coin. And, it looks more like the spot points at Nathan Phillips / city hall on the actual coin, instead of the mall
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Valued Member
Canada
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is Toronto in Canada  I always though the world stopped at new brunswick and you fell off...  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Toronto was in Canada before there was a Canada.
Look at your 1858/1859 coins. That's the Province of Canada, made up of Upper (Ontario) and Lower (Quebec) Canada.
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