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<p>[QUOTE="MorganFred, post: 35982, member: 1779"]I rolled a bunch of loose mixed pocket change Canadian and US dimes while in Labrador last summer, put them aside and didn't think about them again until last week when I pulled them out for change at our weekly Bingo game here at our little RV park in the middle of the Arizona desert. While there was a little grumbling about the Canadian coins (mostly from my Canadian friends), it was all in good fun... until someone came up with a "dime" they couldn't identify. I bought it back, took a close look: it was a Panama "un decimo de Balboa" coin the same size as a dime. I went back in my mind and figured I picked it up in pocket change in Labrador or, possibly Quebec. A quick search of Panama coins on eBay gave me a little info on it: it apparently also is known as "10 centissimos", doesn't appear to have any significant numismatic value except as a curiosity.The most interesting thing about it is the routing it must have taken to get to Labrador. It appears to be dated 1982, but it has dirt on it. Guess I'll have to take some steel wool to it to more clearly bring out the date. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MorganFred, post: 35982, member: 1779"]I rolled a bunch of loose mixed pocket change Canadian and US dimes while in Labrador last summer, put them aside and didn't think about them again until last week when I pulled them out for change at our weekly Bingo game here at our little RV park in the middle of the Arizona desert. While there was a little grumbling about the Canadian coins (mostly from my Canadian friends), it was all in good fun... until someone came up with a "dime" they couldn't identify. I bought it back, took a close look: it was a Panama "un decimo de Balboa" coin the same size as a dime. I went back in my mind and figured I picked it up in pocket change in Labrador or, possibly Quebec. A quick search of Panama coins on eBay gave me a little info on it: it apparently also is known as "10 centissimos", doesn't appear to have any significant numismatic value except as a curiosity.The most interesting thing about it is the routing it must have taken to get to Labrador. It appears to be dated 1982, but it has dirt on it. Guess I'll have to take some steel wool to it to more clearly bring out the date. :mad:[/QUOTE]
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