My favourite is still the Bluenose
Emanuel Hahn was born in Germany in 1881 and moved with his family to Toronto in 1888.In 1903 he returned to Germany to study and came back to...
Posted today in "coin nicknames & their origin"
Try this one.
Here is a scan from the Charlton catalogue. I hope this helps.I see the scan is not very clear I had trouble getting it to fit. Sorry, I tried....
I'll do that and let you know the result.I have also contacted the Mint and I'll let you know their answer.
This is a very interesting question. There are a lot of other coins that beg the same question. The Olympic series with face values of $5 and $10,...
I imagine if there was enough wear to take the colour off it would no longer be MS anything. It could have an effect on lower grades though.
I checked that, the weight is the same. Bill
The Charlton catalogue says the two types are not distinguishable by eye so I'm not sure how to tell the difference. As a matter of interest some...
I do have a few currency items and as with my coins most of them are Canadian. There seems to be a lot more interest in Canada in serial numbers...
No one asked but here are scans of the other two portraits. The 1953 version is on the left, the 1965 on the right. Bill
The portrait in question is the one without the crown. I have shown also the previous portarait. In all there have been 4 different portraits...
Welcome to the forum. Glad to have you. My dealings with The Bay were in the early 70's. I remember buying a dime from them though there are...
As far as I know the "W" mint mark is only found on coins in uncirculated collector's sets.
If a mint mark is intended to indicate where a coin is minted then the "P" on some Canadian coins is not really a mint mark since it indicates...
Posted today in "which one would you choose"
This has been very interesting. I have the advantage of having the coin in front of me but there is a definite difference in grade - the detail in...
The Hudson's Bay Company, more recently called The Bay here in Canada had a very large coin department but that was 30 years ago.
Just to shift away a bit from all these coins in the MS 60's I'm interested in your opinions. These are two 1931 50 cent pieces The one on the...
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