Tried to convince seller this isn't silver
ajaan
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Even sent a like showing the silver 1971. Still listed as silver.
On a different note: Just finished snow blowing the driveway 10 minutes ago when the sun was out. Now it's snowing again with a whiteout. Winter sucks.
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CU #3245 B.N.A. #428
Don
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I sent him one as well, saying that all Cdn dollars from 1968 on are 100% nickel.
The cased dollars are 50% silver.
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Don
Wups .... I forgot about "them"!
You can’t tell people like that. When I worked in a shop a long time ago a lady brought in a 1877 Indian cent, she thought she cut the fat calf. Only problem it was a cup coaster. I told her what it was and accused me of ripping her off.
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A shroom specialty. He was selling them,at $6 a piece,in the old BST thread ,cased in these toning mini ovens that they were issued with. About 20 years ago. Fun times.
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Now $35 in silver in those bad boys.
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Don
That is not the cased dollar, that is the nickel business strike.
The cased 1971 50% silver dollar has a different design.
Not meant to be picking nits here, but the nickel type was sold by RCM (not all of them, of course) in a case (it's blue). Here's one:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/115503757277
That one isn't silver either. You are correct, the nickel ones did come in a case.
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Don
Yes, I know. I didn't intend to imply it was.
In fact, Don, I cannot be certain that you were selling them at $6-$7 or if they were at $12-$13, but it was clear that they were dirt cheap and that you had a very good source for them. In fact you were selling them so cheap, that nobody contemplated to submit them to our hosts or to NGC. We (or I at least), were happy to keep them in their cases. Until we started seeing certified examples on ebay , SP66,67,68, all with mid to wild toning and much higher prices....
There were a lot of treasures in that BST weekly thread that changed hands between members (the BST forum for world coins didn't exist yet, for the members who hadn't joined back then).
I can also remember MacCrimmon's scarce offerings, of immaculate Indian 2 annas, straight out from original rolls, some minor Swiss silver etc, all potential MS67 and above coins, that were being sold for ridiculously low prices between members. Different times....
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1968 dollars are 80% silver.
WRONG! I am confused. Nickel indeed.
You might want to take a second look. Just sayin'.
I looked in some old Charltons and it said that ALL the 1968 dollars were nickel, including those in the black cases, blue inside. They are listed, as they used to be in the back, as Commemorative dollars, in the "Collector Coins" section. I sent the first Ebay vendor an email saying that hers was nickel and she sent me back Google AI section that said that they were 50% silver, but I dismissed it.
1968 + 1969 + 1970 Canada $1 are all nickel. The mint started making 50% commem silver $1 in 1971.
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Correct. All 1966 and 1967 $ are .800, the other 67-68 'silver' coins can be .500
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Don
FWIW, my catalog notes:
10 cents: 1966 - .800 only, 1967 - .800 & .500, 1968 - .500 & nickel
25 cents: 1966 - .800 only, 1967 - .800 & .500, 1968 - .500 & nickel
50 cents: 1966 - .800 only, 1967 - .800 only, 1968 - nickel only
dollars: 1966 - .800 only, 1967 - .800 only, 1968 - nickel only
Correct. I changed it.
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Don
It's not all that straightforward, what with the different dates and denominations having different compositions. I find myself questioning what I think I remember and looking these figures up a couple of times a year.
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I love the .50 cents but that's totally ridiculous. Move on 😉