According to government of Canada, the new 'mintmark' will be more of a corporate logo that will be on the 2006 toonie this year (10th year...
AnemicOak; Because I imagine you can put together a very nice type set with more common dates or mintmarks, why not consider trying to put...
Canadian government is buying up some Hollywood stock I guess. RCM trading citizenships up north and a coin with your mug on it for your foreign...
In 1987 there was The Loonie. In 1996, the RCM introduces The Toonie. Presenting 2006 - The Cloonie
From the few 1891's I've seen there appears to be at least 12 varieties IMHO: 1891 LLLD 1891 SLLD 1891 SLSD Each of the above three...
Thanks to everyone for their input. Much appreciated.
Well bromac; ICCS says AU58...I don't know, they may be right, but I was thinking MS 62ish too. Hard too see any wear with coin in hand. I'm...
Hi everyone....starting on a small collection of American coinage (I guess that would be considered the dark side for me??). Anyways, just...
Here's a recent addition to a small collection that has been on hold for a while. Up until now, I have just been buying mostly sharp looking...
Not really an expert on this issue. Just wanted to add though that with those smaller "fire safes" that you can pick up at hardware stores that...
Yes it is a NSF...I was originally assuming it was SF before tazman posted a pic of obverse. Should of been able to pick up on that...
I find that I have such a hard time grading from pictures (this is no exception either). But I would say F plus to VF seems about right. Its...
Agreed! but, yes these can be somewhat tricky to attribute...aren't they?? Its a great find (if it is far leaf:)...which I'm pretty sure it...
Nickels aren't really my thing but referencing the Bible of Canadian coinage definitely looks like a far to me. Maybe some experts can ring in...
Here is an ended ebay auction. The seller included a scan of the page in the Charlton's Catalogue that illustrates the difference. Hope it helps...
The easiest way to tell the difference between the '53 far and near leaf varieties is to have both to compare! In the near leaf variety the first...
I am not a serious collector of American paper currency so I'm not even aware of a '95 misprinted note (I don't doubt that they exist...just...
There is no question that the RCM produces very high quality product with very low mintages with definite potential to increase in value. The...
..just to add....these guys (http://www.falconcoins.com/supplies.html) seem to still have a stock of some of the out of print whitman folders...
Hi Andrew, This site (http://www.stanford.edu/~clint/cp/) is a good start...has a fairly good list of most of the Canadian decimal coinage from...
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