Set Completed
Scurvy Dog
dollars (1935-1967) is complete.
Only took me about 30 years!
Dr. Richard L. Hall
I kinda put my set of Canadian dollars on hold a number of years ago. Now
I'll have to go back and see which ones I'm missing.
--
Richard
http://coins.richlh.com/MyCoinLinks.htm
http://www.richlh.com
Don't lament that the rose bush has thorns. Rejoice that the thornbush has
roses. [Ancient Egyptian Saying]
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B.J.
Congratulations!
How many varieties did you decide you needed for 1947 and for the
"waterline years" (1950-1957)?
Scurvy Dog
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Congratulations!
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Of the 1947 I have two, the plain blunt 7 variety and the maple leaf variety.
Perhaps if a nice example of the pointed 7 variety becomes available at an
affordable price, I'll expand my collection to include it but that's a very low
priority for me.
I don't concern myself with the minor die varieties of the different waterlines,
being content with having one example per year, except for the 1953 shoulder
fold and no shoulder fold varieties.
Due to the cost of the rare 1948 dollar, my coin purchases will pretty much be
on hold for the next few months.
But I simply had to have the 1948 coin, I wanted it for years and I figure it is
only going to become more expensive as the years roll on (and I'm getting up in
years, so I may as well enjoy it while I can!)
gogu
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> With the addition of a MS62 1948 Canada Dollar, my set of Canadian silver
> dollars (1935-1967) is complete.
> Only took me about 30 years!
Congratulations!
My set is almost complete and -of course- it's missing the 2 or 3 most
expensive dollars;-)
I hope one day I'll complete it.
Scurvy Dog
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Posted to ABPN as 1948 Canadian Dollar
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>� "Scurvy Dog" <scurv...@hotmail.com> ������ ��� ������
>> With the addition of a MS62 1948 Canada Dollar, my set of Canadian silver
>> dollars (1935-1967) is complete.
>> Only took me about 30 years!
>
>Congratulations!
>My set is almost complete and -of course- it's missing the 2 or 3 most
>expensive dollars;-)
>I hope one day I'll complete it.
>
canadian, right?
gogu
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eBay almost exclusively my friend!
But I also buy from some selected dealers in USA and Canada.
Shipping cost is killing me;-)
And of course I buy from the US Mint with which I am in trouble lately since
they are asking me to pay for goods I never received!!!
I've answered them through e-mail (yessss! I have their e-mail;-)) and after
about one month I received a second letter stating that it was their second
notification since they...never received an answer from me!!!
They are threatening me now with a...debt collecting company;-)
PS
And to make it even more difficult (and costly), I am collecting the
silver Canadian dollars raw
(http://s208.photobucket.com/albums/bb120/golanule/Canadian%201%20raw%201935-1969/)
and...slabed
(http://s208.photobucket.com/albums/bb120/golanule/Canadian%201%20ICCS%20graded%201935-1969/)!!!
So practically I have two collections of silver Canadian dollars.
--
E' mai possibile, oh porco di un cane, che le avventure
in codesto reame debban risolversi tutte con grandi
puttane! F.d.A
Coins, travels and more:
http://s208.photobucket.com/albums/bb120/golanule/
http://gogu.enosi.org/index.html
Bruce Remick
I have a few Canadian dollars from the 1950's and 1960's that still are in
individual mint-sealed(?) packets, like those early 1960's US proof sets.
Were these sold as "proof like" or just uncirculated examples?
Scurvy Dog
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"Proof like" is not a term used by the RCM.
The coins were marketed by the RCM as uncirculated examples.
Bruce Remick
Thanks. I thought I had seen the 1967 Unc set advertised as "proof-like" so
I thought maybe this was an official mint term for specially struck
examples.
Scurvy Dog
>> "Proof like" is not a term used by the RCM.
>> The coins were marketed by the RCM as uncirculated examples.
>
> Thanks. I thought I had seen the 1967 Unc set advertised as "proof-like" so I
> thought maybe this was an official mint term for specially struck examples.
There were 3 versions of 1967 sets released by the RCM.
The pliofilm packaged uncirculated set or "proof-like" set.
The cased set with a silver medallion, also "proof-like".
The cased set with the $20 gold coin, in "specimen quality".
The term "proof-like" was coined in 1954 by J.E. Charlton.
It is widely used by collectors to describe the coins that the RCM's Numismatic
Section was striking with special care to be released in sets or, for the
dollars, individual specimens.
Both the Charlton and the Haxby catalogs can provide you with much more
information.
som...@some.domain
circulation coins but definitely were not proofs. it's possible to find some
very high end. i think there are some ms 70 graded sets.
Bruce Remick
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Someone gave me a sealed 1967 set back in '67 as a gift. I have kept it
stored in a manila envelope ever since, but I notice now that the coins have
turned pretty "cloudy". A wee bit closer to Heaven, I guess.
Scurvy Dog
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In 1968 Canada switched over from .800 silver to pure nickel for all their
circulating coinage (except the copper cent).
The 1968 coins are exceedingly difficult to locate in extremely high grades.
FYI: ICCS, the premier grading service in Canada, has never graded a coin MS70
to my knowledge.
If you read the grading standards promulgated by the Royal Canadian Numismatic
Assoc, they state the MS70 is virtually unobtainable and ICCS seems to grade
using the RCNA standards (as does the lesser known but reputable CCCS).