This guys selling a $50,000 (or so) coin on eBay, and people ask for better pictures of the coin, so he posts new pictures, looks like he gave the coin a nice little polish while he was at it?! Thoughts? its ebay item# 290060903251 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...ay.com:80/290060903251_W0QQfromZR40_W0QQfviZ1
In my opinion it's just different lighting,there are some lines that look like fingerprints on the reverse that appear on both images. It would be intresting to know what Gatewest offered him and to compare that with what he eventually gets.If it was my coin I would send it to the next Torex auction. Bill
Bill,it isn't the 1921 50c. that is Canada's rarest coin,but the 1921 5c.The 1921 50c. is Canada's second rarest coin. Aidan.
Aiden. I'm not sure why you are addressing this comment to me since I made no mention of rarity at all.Let's ,however, discuss rarity for a moment.According to Charlton there are about 400 examples of the 1921 5¢ known to exist. By contrast there are about 75 examples of the 1921 50¢ known. Prices shown in CCN trends would seem to reflect that, $3800 for 1921 5¢ in VG and $25000 for the 50¢. It could be argued that the rarest Canadian coin is the 1936 dot one cent coin with 3 known ,again,according to Charlton. Bill
Bill,thanks for ticking me off.I had forgotten about the 1936 Dot 1c. coin though.I was actually addressing it to both you & Dopeuser.If you want to contribute some information to the British Commonwealth Numismatic Project,you're more than welcome to email me. Aidan.
Speaking of which, isn't there an absurd time when the Canadian mint recently minted "one of a type" coin for charity purposes? I can't quite remember when but I am sure it was these last few years.
Back to the question of cleaning, I agree with bromac, it appears to be a question of lighting. The first he said was scanned, the next with a digital camera. And, yes, the fingerprint is still there. Still, a very nice and rare coin, regardless whether it is #1, #2 or even (God forbid!) #3.
Yeah..it's just the difference between setting your digital camera on "normal/auto" or"incandescent." Unless you're outdoors or using special light bulbs,the normal setting will make silver coins look brownish.
OK the auction is over and the coin sold for U.S.$ 26,200. Not bad for a coin valued at CDN$ 25,000 in the latest issue of CCN. For a little Canadian and personal trivia the coin was purchased by Michael Walsh, someone that I have bought a few coins from myself over the past couple of years. The name will mean nothing to most of you but he is very well known in Canadian numismatics. Bill
If there's a rare Canadian coin, he's the one likely to have it alright. I was kinda surprised nobody mentioned the gold $20 in this thread.
It was Canadian Aidan. If memory serves me correctly there was a $20 gold and a $10 gold of which only 1 of each exist that Walsh bought a few years ago. I can't recall the particluars right off, but it was certainly a big deal when it happened. I'll see if I can find it.
The only Canadian non-bullion gold medal-coin I am familiar with is the 1967 $20,which has no commemorative inscription at all. Aidan.
