Awesome!! => I absolutely love the good ol' Canadian Silver Dollars ... I was born in 1963, so they did still have silver dollars in circulation at that time, but finding a 50 cent piece and/or a silver dollar in circulation was still very, very rare ... (by the way, they stopped circulating them in 1967) ... so now when I see them, I am taken-back 50+ years to my youth ... yah, I love seeing these ol' Canadian Silver Dollars !! (congrats on a piece of history)
Thanks Stevex6.........I had a birthday myself a couple of days ago.....49! I understand that the 47 is blunt, so more common but the 45 only had a small mintage of 38,000 and I think a decent grade. Probably get them slabbed but PCGS are taking an age (arrived late March) with my coins as they said they needed to get consultants in....none are really expensive......some Canadian in there too........results allegedly next week.
Word is that these are fake.............having looked in the Charlton catalogue, the 5 is utterly wrong. Too short and too pointed to be legit.......now doubtful about the 47 too. See Canadian Coin Community thread. Not paid and don't intend to.
Really? ... wow marbury, if that is actually correct then you certainly saved yourself quite a bit of cash (well done) ... ... ummm, but note that is often quite difficult to judge a coin from just one photo, right? (but I guess if you have doubts, then it is better to be safe than sorry ... otherwise, you'd always be kinda rattled everytime that you looked at those coins and that defintely takes the fun out of collecting) ... I hope that the transaction ends successfully
I totally agree that it does look different than the 5 that they show for the 1945 silver dollar (but in my Charlton catalogue they only show the 5/5 for that particular silver dollar => the photo of the 5 over 5 variety) ... ummm, do you also have a photo of regular 1945? NOTE => but again, your peace of mind is priceless, so I would never buy a coin that I had doubts about (it wrecks the whole coin-experience, my friend)
Hi again ... yah, I don't think that they have a catalogue photo showing the standard 1945 silver dollar? (I think the two photos that they show in the catalogue are both showing the five-over-five variety, no? ... maybe I'm wrong?) marbury => ummm, I'm certainly not saying that I think the coin is fake, or saying that I think it is authentic ... I am merely stating that I don't have a standard photo for me to compare your potential purchase against (do you have a photo of an authentic 1945 silver dollar to compare your potential purchase against?)
hey marbury => I found a few ebay examples ... see link (below) http://www.ebay.com/bhp/1945-canada-silver-dollar ... you're suspicions are probably correct
Any of you ever hear of Dr. Richard P. Bode? Was a missionary Lutheran minister and spent a lot time in the Philippines and India. He passed away last year in Emporia, KS. Most of his collection consisted of Asian coins. However, he also had a group of 1947 Canadian dollars in his collection. Included the Maple Leaf privy mark variety. Also a slanted "7" that has recently graded MS64 (finest known) by NGC. In all, 5 or 6 coins all dated 1947 that will be auctioned off at the Memphis International Paper Money Show next month by Lyn Knight. The catalog isn't done yet, just a heads up. Kind of interesting thing about it, those were the only Canadian dollars he had aside from a 1935 and 1936 that are both fairly common.
Just heard back from the auction house concerned (Kunker) and they have accepted that both coins are fakes!
Knowing the way things operate in that venue the catalogue oughtta be ready just about auction time. No real advance warning. As a potential consignor I have a real problem with that fact. At least if they go to Heritage you can start seeing the auctions in preview sometimes months beforehand. LK does a great job with selling and has a loyal customer base - but those of us paper money collectors have an issue with little or no reverse images of notes and of course the late catalogue preparation.
