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    1916D mercury dime

    .... Sometimes pronounced "Fakey."
    Post by: jlesliec, Feb 7, 2016 in forum: Coin Chat
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    New Brunswick halfpenny cast copy ?

    Careful, don't drop it down the sink! ;)
    Post by: jlesliec, Jan 5, 2016 in forum: World Coins
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    Post your New Old Canadian coins

    Nice coin... but I still think the portrait looks more like Queen Beatrice of Nederland that Eliz II!
    Post by: jlesliec, Nov 22, 2015 in forum: World Coins
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    Post your New Old Canadian coins

    Real purty!
    Post by: jlesliec, Nov 22, 2015 in forum: World Coins
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    Post your Canadian coins

    Oh yeah, well how about this nice 1859/8 cent.... [ATTACH]
    Post by: jlesliec, Nov 20, 2015 in forum: World Coins
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    Post your New Old Canadian coins

    Left: Another 1859 with repunched 5 and lumpy 9. Right: labeled as "low 9," but looks more like a differently lumpy 9, to me. Sorry about the...
    Post by: jlesliec, Nov 18, 2015 in forum: World Coins
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    Post your New Old Canadian coins

    You may recall a few months ago I posted photos of a large cent that I bought about 35 years ago, advertised as a brass 1859. At the time, the...
    Post by: jlesliec, Nov 16, 2015 in forum: World Coins
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    Post your New Old Canadian coins

    I'm not an expert, either... and I don't play one especially when real experts might be watching! :joyful:
    Post by: jlesliec, Nov 16, 2015 in forum: World Coins
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    World Coins: Your Newest Acquisition!

    Love those provincial tokens! ... and they fiddled with the dies enough to create a whole collecting specialty.
    Post by: jlesliec, Nov 16, 2015 in forum: World Coins
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    Post your New Old Canadian coins

    1859 cent, double-punched 5... and looks like they messed up the 9, too. What was with those people? ;) [ATTACH]
    Post by: jlesliec, Nov 16, 2015 in forum: World Coins
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    Post your New Old Canadian coins

    Pic looks great, to me! Nice token.
    Post by: jlesliec, Oct 29, 2015 in forum: World Coins
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    New Canadian Large Cents

    Here's a detail from my 1859 DP#3... not new, just a good match for the Charlton's photo on page 40 (2015 ed.)...[ATTACH]
    Post by: jlesliec, Oct 28, 2015 in forum: World Coins
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    New Canadian Large Cents

    A U.S. Congressman once complained that U.S. coin designs were "crummy." I disagree; I would have said "boring." (BTW, he was speaking of the...
    Post by: jlesliec, Oct 9, 2015 in forum: World Coins
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    Canada Large Cent Album?

    I have a set of CLC's in the Whitman album, and it has a few 1859 varieties and all 3 1891 varieties. I keep other varieties in 2x2s and a Capital...
    Post by: jlesliec, Oct 9, 2015 in forum: World Coins
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    1964 Nickel with no proof mark..??

    US proofs had no mint marks until 1968, when the Mint started making them in San Francisco. Philadelphia coins (proof or circulating) didn't have...
    Post by: jlesliec, Aug 5, 2015 in forum: US Coins Forum