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Canada Ten Cent 2000-P ?

DrizztDrizzt Posts: 1,036 ✭✭✭
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I have a Canadian ten cent piece, and from pics on e-bay, I know it does not have the W mint mark. That's all the info I've been able to find so far....Do I have something good here?

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    SciotoScioto Posts: 955 ✭
    P stands for plated. Your 10 Cents is nickel-plated steel. Steel core with alternating nickel, copper and nickel plating.

    The 2000P was not issued for circulation. Samples were given out to vending machine makers for testing. An MS 65 example lists for $500 CDN in my 20003 Charlton Standard Catalog Of Canadian Coins.

    Looks like you've got a keeper.
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    DrizztDrizzt Posts: 1,036 ✭✭✭
    I'm catching on fast....So a dime marked WP would be a plated dime minted in Winnipeg?
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    ManMan Posts: 1,002


    << <i>I'm catching on fast....So a dime marked WP would be a plated dime minted in Winnipeg? >>



    Yes but as far as I now only a 2003 uncirculated set carried the WP mark.

    Update on the 2000P the MS 65 example lists for $2,000 CDN in the 2007 Charlton Standard Catalog Of Canadian Coins.
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    DrizztDrizzt Posts: 1,036 ✭✭✭
    Well, and here I thought my next submission was going to include a couple Mercury dimes.....

    Time to dig out my dimes from around the world, I suppose image
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    PBRatPBRat Posts: 1,324 ✭✭✭
    P stands for plated. Your 10 Cents is nickel-plated steel. Steel core with alternating nickel, copper and nickel plating.

    It there is a P under the queen, it's plated steel, and quite valuable. If there's no P, it's made of nickel, and worth 10 cents (Canadian).
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    DrizztDrizzt Posts: 1,036 ✭✭✭
    OK..wait.

    So there were 3 different dimes made for 2000?
    A "P", "W", and a "plain" ?
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    SciotoScioto Posts: 955 ✭


    << <i>OK..wait.

    So there were 3 different dimes made for 2000?
    A "P", "W", and a "plain" ? >>



    Yes. A "plain" 2000 10 Cents made entirely of nickel, a "2000W" also made of nickel and a 2000P in nickel-plated steel.

    Estimated mintage of the 2000P is 200 total
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    PBRatPBRat Posts: 1,324 ✭✭✭
    I count 6 different types of Canadian 2000 dated 10 cent coins.

    Business Strikes
    2000 no mintmark (mintage = 159125000)
    2000 P - issued for testing, not all returned, estimates are a few hundred exist

    Prooflike, in sets
    2000 no mintmark
    2000 W

    Proof
    2000 no mintmark
    2000 Desjardins
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    DrizztDrizzt Posts: 1,036 ✭✭✭
    See, this is what I get for using the PCGS set registry as a guide....

    Where's the Red Book for Canadian coinage? image
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