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Die trial of the Canada Inter-Gold Canada Ltee, Johnson Matthey & Mallory ** update confirmed**

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edited December 29, 2020 8:04AM in U.S. Coin Forum

***update, received first letter of confirmation that I was right*****
See newest post below.

I have looked for years for a one ounce gold example of these. They came in silver and gold. By themselves
and/or sets. They were made for a very short run from 1977-1980...something. They all had the beaver reverse
and different obverses. For me there was only one obverse design I liked so needless to say its been a very long search as these sell for multiples and for bullion, that's a hard pill for me to swallow.
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Fast forward.....I came upon an auction for this piece noted that "THIS IS NOT GOLD" several times. Understandable.......
.....to me this was better than gold. To me this was a die trial! And it looks to me to be gold plated. There edges are reeded too.
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I did some searching around and found that a pair sold 3 years ago for $420 plus premium. One is copper and one is gold plated. The auction states that this is one of the best die work from a bullion company and I will agree.
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I'm fairly certain I have the gold plated trial version and mine does not have pvc on it as the other auction states.
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Granted this is a later year as a slight difference in mine, Doesn't have the rectangular plate below.
It weights 14.59 gms, and is 31.80 mm.
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So Guess it pays to wait as I got what I wanted which is the beaver design and its gold plated. Die trial strike is the icing on the cake !.

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For those that do net want to click on the link this is a screenshot below.
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