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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SPP Ottawa, post: 1648962, member: 39508&quot;]Beautiful coins in this thread. Thanks all for sharing. Here is a Canadian pattern piece of mine. Canadian patterns are generally quite scarce, with populations of less than 10 for most pieces. This is a pattern piece of the popular 1967 bobcat 25-cent, but struck in 100% nickel. In 1968, Canadian 25-cent coins switched from silver alloy composition to 100% nickel. Before sending this pattern into PCGS, it was fun to see the reactions of Canadian 25-cent collectors, when seeing this piece stick to a magnet. This pattern is considered to be a specimen strike, catalogued as DC-34.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although nobody really knows for sure, there are estimated 7 to 10 pieces known. A piece graded MS-63 piece sold at a Canadian auction in 2007 (for some reason, ICCS grades these as business strikes):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.icollector.com/1967-Nickel-Pattern-DC-34-ICCS-MS-63_i7004221" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.icollector.com/1967-Nickel-Pattern-DC-34-ICCS-MS-63_i7004221" rel="nofollow">http://www.icollector.com/1967-Nickel-Pattern-DC-34-ICCS-MS-63_i7004221</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I know of a few other pieces in ICCS holders (ranging from SP-60 to SP-64) and two of the nicest pieces are in PCGS holders at SP-64 (one of which is this one).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/pop/detail.aspx?c=4573&amp;p=SP&amp;t=3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/pop/detail.aspx?c=4573&amp;p=SP&amp;t=3" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/pop/detail.aspx?c=4573&amp;p=SP&amp;t=3</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Being the popular Canadian 1967 design, this is a very desirable pattern, but hard to find. Enjoy.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]239696.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]239697.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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