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Are there varieties of the 1973 Canada RCMP dollar?

RedneckHBRedneckHB Posts: 19,686 ✭✭✭✭✭
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In the collection I bought recently, the collector swore that one of the 1973 RCMP dollars he has was a special variety--something about beads. I searched google, but couldnt find anything conclusive. Anyone know about this?

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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,613 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1965 has the beads, never heard of the '73 having different bead sizes.

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  • 1960NYGiants1960NYGiants Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭✭
    They were issued as Specimen strikes in 2 different cases: black clamshell + blue clamshell. The blue case has a $15 premium. No varietes for the coin.
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  • Nunfa0Nunfa0 Posts: 162
    The seller was getting the dollar confused with the quarter. The quarter comes in normal bust with 120 beads and large bust with 132 beads.
  • RedneckHBRedneckHB Posts: 19,686 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thank you for all the replies. That helps a lot.

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