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Page 2 of 3 < 1 2 3 >   LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 11-18-2007, 08:11 PM   #16 (permalink) zabb Senior Member   Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 170 I cant stand bills at all. I would much rather have toonies and loonies then a bill. It is much easier to keep track of, and I like the jingling noise.   11-18-2007, 08:28 PM   #17 (permalink) clembo A closed mind is no mind     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Southern tip of that big pond known as Lake Michigan. Posts: 5,747 Quote: Originally Posted by zabb I cant stand bills at all. Neither can I as one has to pay them. Notes now...I like those! __________________ A closed mind is no mind at all...   11-18-2007, 08:32 PM   #18 (permalink) indianhead Numismatist   Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: PA Posts: 3,682 My Mood: Blog Entries: 1 I cant say that I favor either one of them.   11-19-2007, 12:59 AM   #19 (permalink) GDJMSP Numismatist     Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: PA Posts: 23,503 Quote: Originally Posted by coleguy What unseen forces am I missing that is keeping this from happening? Guy~ The will of the people - the vast majority prefer paper. They always have, that's why no dollar coin in our entire history has successfully circulated. __________________ knowledge ..... share it   11-19-2007, 12:12 PM   #20 (permalink) elaine 1970 jasmine     Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: new york city Posts: 5,391 My Mood: loonie i think the canadian loonie have more intrinsic value than sac dollar. anyone knows?. tell us.   11-19-2007, 05:57 PM   #21 (permalink) fiftypee Member   Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 84 Loonie. Accepted by retailers and people alike anywhere in Canada. __________________ It was the best of times, It was the worst of times.   11-23-2007, 01:09 PM   #22 (permalink) elaine 1970 jasmine     Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: new york city Posts: 5,391 My Mood: loonie i think i need 100 to 200 loonie unc canadian dollars. where can i get face value for this?.   11-23-2007, 03:22 PM   #23 (permalink) De Orc P &amp; R COMMISSAR     Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London. UK Posts: 8,131 My Mood: I just think that the people of Canada like the word loonie and also like asking in US airports 'How many Loonies do I get for these dollars' LOL __________________ My Notes 1176 to date 02/06/09 http://www.banknotebank.com/?collection=De-Orc My Coins 2168 to date 02/06/09 http://www.omnicoin.com/?collection=De-Orc   11-23-2007, 03:28 PM   #24 (permalink) elaine 1970 jasmine     Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: new york city Posts: 5,391 My Mood: loonie or sackie i still like to know the intrinsic value for both. i think it is hard to figure out. or else some body would have telling me.   11-24-2007, 05:54 AM   #25 (permalink) De Orc P &amp; R COMMISSAR     Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London. UK Posts: 8,131 My Mood: Here are the specs I will leave it to you to work out the value LOL Sac specs Composition:Manganese-Brass: 88.5% Cu, 6% Zn, 3.5% Mn, 2% Ni Weight:8.100 g Diameter:1.043 in., 26.5 mm Thickness: 2.00 mm Loonie specs Composition: 91.5% Ni, 8.5% bronze plating 88% Cu, 12% Sn Weight: 7 g Diameter: 26.5 mm Thickness: 1.75 mm __________________ My Notes 1176 to date 02/06/09 http://www.banknotebank.com/?collection=De-Orc My Coins 2168 to date 02/06/09 http://www.omnicoin.com/?collection=De-Orc   11-24-2007, 07:46 AM   #26 (permalink) elaine 1970 jasmine     Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: new york city Posts: 5,391 My Mood: hard to calculate loonie it is hard to calculate loonie unless we know the percentage of bronze plating to the whole coin.   11-24-2007, 07:49 AM   #27 (permalink) De Orc P &amp; R COMMISSAR     Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London. UK Posts: 8,131 My Mood: 8.5% it says it in my post above __________________ My Notes 1176 to date 02/06/09 http://www.banknotebank.com/?collection=De-Orc My Coins 2168 to date 02/06/09 http://www.omnicoin.com/?collection=De-Orc   11-24-2007, 08:04 AM   #28 (permalink) elaine 1970 jasmine     Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: new york city Posts: 5,391 My Mood: thanks i mean the hardest calculation is the toonie bi-metallic. do you know its composition and how many % on each metallic?   11-24-2007, 08:29 AM   #29 (permalink) elaine 1970 jasmine     Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: new york city Posts: 5,391 My Mood: i got it loonie worth u.s.$0.1881 each for intrinsic value. while sacagawea worth u.s.$0.0545 each. now it is time to figure out bi-metallic toonie.   11-24-2007, 08:35 AM   #30 (permalink) elaine 1970 jasmine     Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: new york city Posts: 5,391 My Mood: i got it again toonie worth about u.s.$0.13 each other u.s. denominations: susan anthony - $0.069 sac & prez - $0.055 half dollar - $0.097 nickel - $0.061 cent - $0.006 Last edited by elaine 1970; 11-24-2007 at 08:41 AM.   Page 2 of 3 < 1 2 3 > Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Tags canada, canada mint, canadian coins Would you like to support CoinTalk? 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