How can you tell that a Canadian silver $1 is an Arnprior?

Here's a section for the Canadian members,& for those who collect Canadian coins as well.How can one tell the Arnprior $1 coins from the ordinary Voyageur $1 of 1950,1951,& 1955? If you have a $1 coin that is most definitely an Arnprior,can you please scan it & a closeup of the area that defines the coin as being an Arnprior.

 

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Arnprior dollars have 2 1/2 water lines in front of the canoe.
Most 1955`s also have an obverse die break between the T and I of GRATIA.
The loss of the water lines is from die polishiing and not intentional.
The term Arnprior comes from the town in Ontario where the variety was discovered. Actually, the town placed an order with the Royal Canandian mint for the Dollars for a promotional event but the mint had no dollars on hand. So the mint reworked some used dies and went into production. The result is the Arnprior Dollars most of which were released in and around Arnprior, Ontario Canada.

 

Dollarcrazy,if you do have an Arnprior $1,can you please scan it so that the members can see for themselves.

 

Sorry Aidan, I have handled a few but I don`t have one now. There are several on e-bay. One has a close-up of the water lines.

 

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.

Bill

 

Try this one.

 

This thread is an old one,but it is a very good one that would bring back a few memories for some of the older members.

Aidan.

 

I wasn’t aware as why this variety is called Arnprior before reading this post. Every time I visit this site, I learn something new!

It's interesting that you mentioned about Arnprior dollars. I had a very nice 1955 pair. Both of them were graded by PCGS. The regular dollar was MS63 while the Arnprior was graded MS62.
This past Sunday I was showing it to a fellow coin club member and he wanted them badly as these were the only two coins missing from his Canadian dollar collection. After seeing the pair, he forced me to sell those to him.

I still have another nice 1955 arnprior in my collection which I will try to scan tonight and will share with you all.

Regards,
Ballabh Garg

 

Here is the 1955 Arnprior dollar ->



Regards
Ballabh Garg

 

A 1950 dollar with "Full water Lines" ->


And with "Short Water Lines" ->


Regards
Ballabh Garg

 

A 1952 dollar with "Full Water Lines" ->


With "Short Water Lines" ->


And with "No water Lines" ->


Regards,
Ballabh Garg

 

Ballabh,those are very nice Canadian silver $1 coins you have got there.I haven't got many of them in my own collection yet.

Aidan.