Some Canadian Color
pheh
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While this is certainly no "high roller" coin I was pleasantly surprised to find this coin while sorting through some Canadian mint boxes in a forgotten cabinet at work a week or so ago. I don't think I ever got around to posting pictures of it, my apologies if I already did.
1971 CANADA SILVER SPECIMEN DOLLAR PROOF
When I first opened the box, this is what I saw:
Didn't think much of it really, other than the obverse looked like a relatively nice strike. Saw the toning on the edges and thought I should look at the reverse to see if I needed to pull the thing out of inventory all together.
Now typically if I am going to see a toned silver coin I like, it needs to be pretty muted toning. Color is great, but I generally want nice blends of more pastel like colors. However, after seeing what 20+ years in one of those mint boxes can do to a coin, knowing it absolutely wasn't a purposefully toned coin, and just liking "the look" - I think I'm going to build a toner album of them. It is a cheap and accessible series, but finding toning I like in them could prove an interesting challenge.
1971 CANADA SILVER SPECIMEN DOLLAR PROOF
When I first opened the box, this is what I saw:
Didn't think much of it really, other than the obverse looked like a relatively nice strike. Saw the toning on the edges and thought I should look at the reverse to see if I needed to pull the thing out of inventory all together.
Now typically if I am going to see a toned silver coin I like, it needs to be pretty muted toning. Color is great, but I generally want nice blends of more pastel like colors. However, after seeing what 20+ years in one of those mint boxes can do to a coin, knowing it absolutely wasn't a purposefully toned coin, and just liking "the look" - I think I'm going to build a toner album of them. It is a cheap and accessible series, but finding toning I like in them could prove an interesting challenge.
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<< <i>While this is certainly no "high roller" coin I was pleasantly surprised to find this coin while sorting through some Canadian mint boxes in a forgotten cabinet at work a week or so ago. I don't think I ever got around to posting pictures of it, my apologies if I already did.
1971 CANADA SILVER SPECIMEN DOLLAR PROOF
When I first opened the box, this is what I saw:
Didn't think much of it really, other than the obverse looked like a relatively nice strike. Saw the toning on the edges and thought I should look at the reverse to see if I needed to pull the thing out of inventory all together.
Now typically if I am going to see a toned silver coin I like, it needs to be pretty muted toning. Color is great, but I generally want nice blends of more pastel like colors. However, after seeing what 20+ years in one of those mint boxes can do to a coin, knowing it absolutely wasn't a purposefully toned coin, and just liking "the look" - I think I'm going to build a toner album of them. It is a cheap and accessible series, but finding toning I like in them could prove an interesting challenge. >>
Pheh,
That's a really nice Canadian silver $1 medal-coin that you've got there.
Aidan.