Scored this Dansco Canada Type album. I have the classic US 7070. The is the 7210, 1858 to 1968, with an additional page for silver and nickel dollars from the 70s. It stops at 1975, so that probably gives a good idea as to when it was produced. Got it from Beach City Coins as you cam tell from the stickers.
Phil Arnold Director of Photography, GreatCollections
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will take images next day or two. Just received it today.
Bought and paid end of NOV-25. It went all over the US to find CA. even to Toronto at one time and back to the US...
Shipper had the postal code wrong by one digit.....grrrrrr was sweating bullets
H
A nice lustrous 1895 from a lot intended for a discount foreign bucket
@Barberian I recently made a Newfoundland 50 Cent album for someone. I'll send you a PM.
Custom album maker and numismatic photographer.
Need a personalized album made? Design it on the website below and I'll build it for you. https://www.donahuenumismatics.com/.
There were a few coins in the Dansco album I got, but most are going to go. I want to fill it according to my own taste, and hopefully mostly ICCS graded stuff I can't be bothered to sub to PCGS. There was a 1964 set in there that was nice, and has good cameos. It can stay. There was also a 1967 mint set which was pretty ho-hum and basic. BUT the dime toned up very nicely as you can see. I have a couple of ICCS graded 1967 specimen strike coins, but maybe I'll focus on a nicely toned centennial set for the album?
Phil Arnold Director of Photography, GreatCollections
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@YQQ said:
just picked up a Canada 1908 SP set in a purple-red box.....
That sounds fabulous! Can we see?
ok, not all that happy with the coins or the images. However, pickers can't be choosers.
here are the images. any comments as to grading etc are appreciated
Grading: yes??? no???
thank you all
H
PCGS is really tough about these matte specimens. Based on the photos, I would guess ICCS would grade the cent SP-64LB, because they do not go above 64 in Brown. I doubt it gets above 63 Brown at PCGS, because they grade these extra tough. IMO, the cent is SP-64 or SP-65 Brown.
Nice set.
Numismatic author & owner of the Uncommon Cents collections. 2011 and 2025 Fred Bowman award winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson award winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca award winner.
Great set, @YQQ !
Like bosox says, PCGS clobbers these when it comes to grading. Don’t expect anything higher than 64. Still, I think it’s worth encapsulating them for their own protection.
Phil Arnold Director of Photography, GreatCollections
greatcollections.com
Well, the half and quarter have been wiped and the half is also scratched, so I can see why you might not be happy with the group. The dime and half dime look nice. The coins are, on average, a fair bit lighter than I was expecting given how we usually see the 1908 sets.
More from the type album. This 1964 set, while common, is quite nice. A keeper.
The album came with a 1917 large cent. I was kind of underwhelmed by it, but I noticed it had some gunk on it. I scraped off bigger pieces of gunk with a sharpened chopstick, and applied some oil. The coin really popped afterwards. Cheap coin, nothing special, but very nice for a coin album like this. Here’s a before and after.
Phil Arnold Director of Photography, GreatCollections
greatcollections.com
The 1964 set looks terrific. Are the lights positioned in the same place for the before and after shots of the cent? I suspect they are and, if so, you aren't kidding that the coin popped afterward.
from the same source I obtained this one.....
It, IMO, is a fake. seller had it since around 1980.
Bought it and other dollars when he was stationed in Shilo Manitoba / Canada
any comments?
@YQQ said: Canada 1948 $1,
A a new purchase made today
Would anyone venture to guess the possible grade of this coin?
It is not graded so far.
Thanks
H
Looks like an easy 65 and probably 66 if not better. Hard to tell from the photos.
A 1967 commemorative set in a 3rd party holder for the foreign market.
I collect this set in various holders but have never seen this one before.
Any Information out there?
“Canada has 10 Provinces and 3 Territories”
In 1967 Canada had 2 territories, Yukon and the Northwest Territories,
which are not mentioned. Nunavut did not become a Territory until 1999.
Today's share features the anonymous Bust & Harp token I recently had the pleasure of photographing. This piece is a quiet but fascinating relic from Lower Canada. Dated 1820, it entered circulation around 1825, deliberately avoiding the new 1825 law that outlawed private tokens. Its design, featuring a bust and harp, would be instantly recognizable to Irish immigrants, resembling the Irish George IV halfpenny issued in 1822–1823. This similarity likely helped it gain rapid acceptance for everyday use. By the late 1820s, the Bust & Harp became immensely popular and was widely copied, with over twenty distinct varieties known today—ranging from well-made early strikes in copper, probably produced in Great Britain, to rougher, later copies in brass likely made locally. This specific token belongs to the earliest group, struck in copper and identifiable by a prominent die break behind the bust—a small manufacturing flaw that now acts as a marker for its earliest production phase.
Denis Richard
Coin Photography Studio
Professional Numismatic Imaging
Here are some of my Newfoundland halves in a custom album made by @The_Dinosaur_Man. The album looks great. I've wanted something like this ever since I started collecting them. The coins slide into the slots well and don't rattle around at all. The scans have been lightened a bit so one can see the coins better. The pages are yellow-cream colored instead of white. I'm deciding which side is best to have facing upward. The reverse with the date facing upward looks better though it doesn't reveal their wear that well.
A couple of these I already had in PCGS holders, but I didn't want to crack those out since they were higher grades, or had toning I didn't want to alter in any way inside an album. But, I want things to still have some personality. The 1935 Silver Jubilee is a common coin, but I don't see worn ones that often since they're basically worth melt. Still, I think it's fun to see a low grade one, and I was happy to add this ICCS Good 6 to the album:
Here's a 1859 Large Cent. I couldn't care less about the endless varieties of these. Just give me a basic type. I have a nicely toned one in MS63RB. This is PCGS AU58 with some nice blue tones:
I've put together a Dansco 7070. I enjoy putting albums together, it connects me to my younger self putting coins in Whitman albums. Having said that, I've never been one to strictly follow the rules. The Canada Type album King George V types include the Graceless or Godless obverse, and the regular obverse featuring DEI GRA. But they're still very, very similar. So I figured why not include some Newfoundland coins for the, uh, Graceful(?) versions of the KGV obverses. I found this on eBay listed as a VF, looked a bit better than that to me.
Phil Arnold Director of Photography, GreatCollections
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Here's a 1859 Large Cent. I couldn't care less about the endless varieties of these. Just give me a basic type. I have a nicely toned one in MS63RB. This is PCGS AU58 with some nice blue tones:
Glad you like it Phil.
Gene
Life member #369 of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association Member of Canadian Association of Token Collectors
Collector of: Canadian coins and pre-confederation tokens Darkside proof/mint sets dated 1960 My Ebay
1948 Silver Dollar
Coin is now in hand, these are my images.
Previous pictures were by the seller.
And both sets of images are ever so close.
excellent seller in Europe.
would anyone now venture a grading guess?
Thank You
@YQQ said:
1948 Silver Dollar
Coin is now in hand, these are my images.
Previous pictures were by the seller.
And both sets of images are ever so close.
excellent seller in Europe.
would anyone now venture a grading guess?
Thank You
H
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MS64?
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I've got six Newfoundland halves and a Canadian quarter going through encapsulation at PCGS at the moment. I'm praying for a miracle to happen in the photography room.
No Maple Leaf. The Curve Left and Curved Right designations were used in the early years of PCGS. The Curve LEFT 7 designation is synonymous with the Straight 7 designation PCGS uses now. The Curved 7 designation PCGS uses now used to be referred to as Curved Right. Now you have Narrow date and Far date varieties for this issue that have a separate catalog number. This creates the situation that you have Narrow dates and Far dates mixed in with the population counts of the early graded pieces. I'm getting a headache. Who's on first.
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Well, I have a smaller ear now.
Hey, at least it is still there! Hope they got it all. I have had several patients have the same procedure.
Bill looked pretty good for someone who just had part of his ear chopped off.
DPOTD-3
'Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery'
CU #3245 B.N.A. #428
Don
Scored this Dansco Canada Type album. I have the classic US 7070. The is the 7210, 1858 to 1968, with an additional page for silver and nickel dollars from the 70s. It stops at 1975, so that probably gives a good idea as to when it was produced. Got it from Beach City Coins as you cam tell from the stickers.
Phil Arnold
Director of Photography, GreatCollections
greatcollections.com
I hope Dansco can make some more Canadian type albums in the future. A small album for Newfoundland halves would be nice as well.
Does anyone know if Dansco is still operating after recent flooding?
I just gave 3-4 old Dansco Canadian albums to a friend to sell on Facebook that are probably 50's-60's
just picked up a Canada 1908 SP set in a purple-red box.....
just picked up a Canada 1908 SP set in a purple box…..
Nice pickup
Can you supply pictures please, don’t see those very often.
That sounds fabulous! Can we see?
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
will take images next day or two. Just received it today.
Bought and paid end of NOV-25. It went all over the US to find CA. even to Toronto at one time and back to the US...
Shipper had the postal code wrong by one digit.....grrrrrr was sweating bullets
H
A nice lustrous 1895 from a lot intended for a discount foreign bucket
@Barberian I recently made a Newfoundland 50 Cent album for someone. I'll send you a PM.
Custom album maker and numismatic photographer.
Need a personalized album made? Design it on the website below and I'll build it for you.
https://www.donahuenumismatics.com/.
Tossed this one into a recent economy sub and just got the grade/TV in.
F-15
There were a few coins in the Dansco album I got, but most are going to go. I want to fill it according to my own taste, and hopefully mostly ICCS graded stuff I can't be bothered to sub to PCGS. There was a 1964 set in there that was nice, and has good cameos. It can stay. There was also a 1967 mint set which was pretty ho-hum and basic. BUT the dime toned up very nicely as you can see. I have a couple of ICCS graded 1967 specimen strike coins, but maybe I'll focus on a nicely toned centennial set for the album?
Phil Arnold
Director of Photography, GreatCollections
greatcollections.com
ok, not all that happy with the coins or the images. However, pickers can't be choosers.
here are the images. any comments as to grading etc are appreciated
Grading: yes??? no???
thank you all
H
PCGS is really tough about these matte specimens. Based on the photos, I would guess ICCS would grade the cent SP-64LB, because they do not go above 64 in Brown. I doubt it gets above 63 Brown at PCGS, because they grade these extra tough. IMO, the cent is SP-64 or SP-65 Brown.
Nice set.
http://www.victoriancent.com
Great set, @YQQ !
Like bosox says, PCGS clobbers these when it comes to grading. Don’t expect anything higher than 64. Still, I think it’s worth encapsulating them for their own protection.
Phil Arnold
Director of Photography, GreatCollections
greatcollections.com
Well, the half and quarter have been wiped and the half is also scratched, so I can see why you might not be happy with the group. The dime and half dime look nice. The coins are, on average, a fair bit lighter than I was expecting given how we usually see the 1908 sets.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Couple grades/TVs just back from Baltimore sub….
MS 63 RB
AU 58
More from the type album. This 1964 set, while common, is quite nice. A keeper.
The album came with a 1917 large cent. I was kind of underwhelmed by it, but I noticed it had some gunk on it. I scraped off bigger pieces of gunk with a sharpened chopstick, and applied some oil. The coin really popped afterwards. Cheap coin, nothing special, but very nice for a coin album like this. Here’s a before and after.
Phil Arnold
Director of Photography, GreatCollections
greatcollections.com
The 1964 set looks terrific. Are the lights positioned in the same place for the before and after shots of the cent? I suspect they are and, if so, you aren't kidding that the coin popped afterward.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
That 1964 set looks all cameo with the 50c maybe deep cam. Very nice!
Life member #369 of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association
Member of Canadian Association of Token Collectors
Collector of:
Canadian coins and pre-confederation tokens
Darkside proof/mint sets dated 1960
My Ebay
Canada 1948 $1,
A a new purchase made today
Would anyone venture to guess the possible grade of this coin?
It is not graded so far.
Thanks
H
another Canada 1948
from the same source I obtained this one.....
It, IMO, is a fake. seller had it since around 1980.
Bought it and other dollars when he was stationed in Shilo Manitoba / Canada
any comments?
H
Looks like an easy 65 and probably 66 if not better. Hard to tell from the photos.
To me, something doesn't look right at the stern of the canoe and the lower arm paddling.
A 1967 commemorative set in a 3rd party holder for the foreign market.
I collect this set in various holders but have never seen this one before.
Any Information out there?
Canada has 10 Provinces and 3 Territories.
perhaps it was correct in 1967?
“Canada has 10 Provinces and 3 Territories”
In 1967 Canada had 2 territories, Yukon and the Northwest Territories,
which are not mentioned. Nunavut did not become a Territory until 1999.
schucks, You are right sorry...
Today's share features the anonymous Bust & Harp token I recently had the pleasure of photographing. This piece is a quiet but fascinating relic from Lower Canada. Dated 1820, it entered circulation around 1825, deliberately avoiding the new 1825 law that outlawed private tokens. Its design, featuring a bust and harp, would be instantly recognizable to Irish immigrants, resembling the Irish George IV halfpenny issued in 1822–1823. This similarity likely helped it gain rapid acceptance for everyday use. By the late 1820s, the Bust & Harp became immensely popular and was widely copied, with over twenty distinct varieties known today—ranging from well-made early strikes in copper, probably produced in Great Britain, to rougher, later copies in brass likely made locally. This specific token belongs to the earliest group, struck in copper and identifiable by a prominent die break behind the bust—a small manufacturing flaw that now acts as a marker for its earliest production phase.
Denis Richard
Coin Photography Studio
Professional Numismatic Imaging
@DenisRichard cool piece and great pictures!
Some of my Canadian stuff. All of these were raw LCS purchases…..
VF 35
MS 63
AU 58
F 15
VF 35
MS 62
MS 64
MS 68
Great images @DenisRichard! Great series of coins, too, @MEJ7070!
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Here are some of my Newfoundland halves in a custom album made by @The_Dinosaur_Man. The album looks great. I've wanted something like this ever since I started collecting them. The coins slide into the slots well and don't rattle around at all. The scans have been lightened a bit so one can see the coins better. The pages are yellow-cream colored instead of white. I'm deciding which side is best to have facing upward. The reverse with the date facing upward looks better though it doesn't reveal their wear that well.
just sold the complete set of the NL $2 gold series (incl. 1880 Ms60)
Wow! The 1880 is a tough coin!
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Some NEWPS for my Dansco Canada Type album.
A couple of these I already had in PCGS holders, but I didn't want to crack those out since they were higher grades, or had toning I didn't want to alter in any way inside an album. But, I want things to still have some personality. The 1935 Silver Jubilee is a common coin, but I don't see worn ones that often since they're basically worth melt. Still, I think it's fun to see a low grade one, and I was happy to add this ICCS Good 6 to the album:
Here's a 1859 Large Cent. I couldn't care less about the endless varieties of these. Just give me a basic type. I have a nicely toned one in MS63RB. This is PCGS AU58 with some nice blue tones:
I've put together a Dansco 7070. I enjoy putting albums together, it connects me to my younger self putting coins in Whitman albums. Having said that, I've never been one to strictly follow the rules. The Canada Type album King George V types include the Graceless or Godless obverse, and the regular obverse featuring DEI GRA. But they're still very, very similar. So I figured why not include some Newfoundland coins for the, uh, Graceful(?) versions of the KGV obverses. I found this on eBay listed as a VF, looked a bit better than that to me.
Phil Arnold
Director of Photography, GreatCollections
greatcollections.com
Glad you like it Phil.
Life member #369 of the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association
Member of Canadian Association of Token Collectors
Collector of:
Canadian coins and pre-confederation tokens
Darkside proof/mint sets dated 1960
My Ebay
Both of the above '59's came very early in the mintage year, judging by the teeny vine break at leaf 7. As the year went on, it got bigger and bigger.
More fun stuff for the album
Phil Arnold
Director of Photography, GreatCollections
greatcollections.com
1948 Silver Dollar
Coin is now in hand, these are my images.
Previous pictures were by the seller.
And both sets of images are ever so close.
excellent seller in Europe.
would anyone now venture a grading guess?
Thank You
H
Are those just photo shading on the side of Geo's nose and under the eye?
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MS64?
.
I've got six Newfoundland halves and a Canadian quarter going through encapsulation at PCGS at the moment. I'm praying for a miracle to happen in the photography room.
Creg Post
1916 NFL $2 gold????? NOT
I guess everyone missed this because we all looked at the coin..
H
I haven't posted in a while, still an occasional lurker.
Here is something a little different ( like me I suppose.)
Z
Busy chasing Carr's . . . . . woof!
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I purchased this raw over 30 years ago. Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn once in a while.
That's one heck of an acorn. I love it!
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
I'm not sure that you have a curved 7. It looks straight to me. But I think that there is the maple leaf. You've got a keeper there.
No Maple Leaf. The Curve Left and Curved Right designations were used in the early years of PCGS. The Curve LEFT 7 designation is synonymous with the Straight 7 designation PCGS uses now. The Curved 7 designation PCGS uses now used to be referred to as Curved Right. Now you have Narrow date and Far date varieties for this issue that have a separate catalog number. This creates the situation that you have Narrow dates and Far dates mixed in with the population counts of the early graded pieces. I'm getting a headache. Who's on first.
Absolutely super coins... but no ML.
And the toning colors.... outstanding.
Looking back.. it was an excellent investment.