Beautiful coins in this thread. Thanks all for sharing. Here is a Canadian pattern piece of mine. Canadian patterns are generally quite scarce,...
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I absolutely concur - controlling the humidity is the best means to long term preservation, no matter what the storage medium. I have a safety...
A 2012 Christmas present, to me, from me... PCGS MS-64RB. Apologies for the quality of the photo, the slab containing the coin appears to have had...
At a nearby pub, during a few Canadian coin show, I got to examine all these Newfoundland beauties in hand while having pints with their owner:...
A tough year for mint state coins, this one is in a Canadian TPG flip (CCCS) as MS-63RB. I love this coin for the triple die clashes that are very...
This one will be heading to PCGS later this year (currently in an ICCS MS-66 Red holder)... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I like the fact that you have photos of your coins. To me, a published registry set without photos is like looking at a Dansco Coin Album in the...
The 1943 cent is Zoell R66d - not very common, but really not worth much to anyone, other than me and a few others who like to chase down the...
They are back!! I just got a whole handful of error nickel dollars back from PCGS, and the showcase set is updated!! Probably the largest set of...
I just got a multi-coin holder back from PCGS - and I love it!! I had this error coin, a Canadian 1982 Constitution nickel dollar, triple...
Shoulder fold variety, Near Leaf (the common one). The value is in the grade, and worth as was mentioned above.
I am a 1-cent collector up here in Canada, and I don't miss them. Some retailers here started rounding up or down a few months ago, the only...
Ironically, you can only plant corn a few times successfully, before you require other crustal elements, like potassium and magnesium. That is...
A sample I personally collected myself, from the Hollinger Mine, Timmins, Ontario. I see this as way more valuable as a geological specimen, than...
This one is odd. Very, very odd. This coin came from a freshly crack mint roll, acquired from a very reputable source, and this coin was in the...
t_y is correct, it is a mass-produced Canadian forgery. They were made with 2004 and 2005 dates, and police discovered the 'Montreal Mint' quite...
Wrong. Think of the word 'mint' as a verb, and not a noun. Post Mint Damage (PMD) refers to damage occurring to the coin after it has been minted....
I just had to buy this medal, designed and produced by Jerome Remick. Numismatics and geology... how could I resist??!! [ATTACH]
One more, a 1940 10-cent. [ATTACH]
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