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buyingsilvers
Penny Collector Member
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 Posted - 07/04/2009 : 22:52:24
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Upon further inspection - weight = 10.5 grams and a seam along the edge. Virtually indistinguisable from a normal 40% half other than these things.
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oober
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 07/04/2009 : 23:03:01
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I found 2 of those in the last 6 months, although mine weren't supposed 40%er's :)
Little kids love them...
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1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 07/05/2009 : 09:20:27
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What a shame; a 40% silver has bit the dust. 
I got the top half of one of these this week (bottom half long gone). It was a 1999. The inside of mine is toned copper colored; the inside of yours is beautiful silver. |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1035 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2009 : 09:58:24
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| What year and amount is the Canadian coin. |
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1964 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2009 : 10:25:42
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One has to wonder, why would somebody go through all that effort for no gain?
That coin is not a Canadian. Queen Elizabeth didn't arrive at the scene until '53. Canada went to the small cent in '20.
It is more than likely a U.K. penny. Could be Aussie, NZ or a host of other commonwealth countries that issued a large bronze cent.
Unfortunately somebody turned down that penny to make it fit in the halve shell. The rim has been machined off. It's just a hunk o' Cu now...
Not a complete loss though. That penny started life as a 9.4g, 95% coin. The equivalent of 3 U.S. cents.
Those shells are 80% Ag that weigh approximately 1g.
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1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3121 Posts |
Posted - 07/05/2009 : 10:26:03
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| The Elizabeth coin looks like a GB Pence from the '50s. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 07/05/2009 : 10:39:46
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It is a magician's coin. Used to turn Silver into copper. And here all of us have been trying to turn copper into silver.  |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
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sunsetcliff
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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Posted - 07/05/2009 : 10:53:33
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| When I was a kid- an uncle used to pull a quarter out of my ear. Back then the quarters were 90%. lol |
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sumrtym
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 07/05/2009 : 21:09:28
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| The coin is used for a routine called "Scotch & Soda", although there are many more tricks done with it. And it's worth considerably more than the 40% would have been. |
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buyingsilvers
Penny Collector Member
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Posted - 07/05/2009 : 22:09:30
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Really? Probably not worth more than a few $ right? I'll probably keep it for novelty sake, but I figured I could always offload it on someone when doing a 40% sale. |
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jadedragon
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Canada
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Posted - 07/05/2009 : 23:10:43
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Originally posted by buyingsilvers
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Really? Probably not worth more than a few $ right? I'll probably keep it for novelty sake, but I figured I could always offload it on someone when doing a 40% sale.
Watch this guy - he will pull a trick on you. Nice majic coin :) |
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