Has anyone ever seen these before?

[zrlevin]

[123cents]

I haven't.

[DC Dawg]

I have seen the coin... I own one. But the PCGS label is interesting. I have not seen a TPG do that with non-US coins.

 

Scott

[gedis3]

It is scratch and sniff too -- either smells like Canadian Bacon or Moose Head Beer, depending on the grade.

[WoodenJefferson]

Cool...I own a few rev-proof Canadian Maple Leafs...never seen one in a holder like that...I thought the Queen was heads on that coin?

 

I see that they also use Ag for silver.

 

I guess it's a preference request thing like having a one sided toned coin facing the viewer.

 

Maple Leaf heads/Queen Elizabeth tails. (They flip this for the Stanely Cup play-offs?)

[DC Dawg]

Cool...I own a few rev-proof Canadian Maple Leafs...never seen one in a holder like that...I thought the Queen was heads on that coin?

Technically, the Queen is on the obverse of all the coins in the Commonwealth Realm. But it is a numismatic practice to show the reverse because those change from coin to coin.

 

I see that they also use Ag for silver.

There is a law in Canada that requires everything the government issues has to be bi-lingual. By using the chemical symbol Ag it is a universal symbol and does not require the Royal Canadian Mint to put both "Silver" and "Argent" on a coin.

 

The bi-lingual requirement is also why numbers are not spelled out. You will not see "one cent" on a Canadian coin, but you will see "1 cent."

 

I guess it's a preference request thing like having a one sided toned coin facing the viewer.

 

Maple Leaf heads/Queen Elizabeth tails. (They flip this for the Stanely Cup play-offs?)

Numismatic preference. Nothing more than that. No consipiracy theories. Sorry!

 

Scott

[comicAL]

Hi, zrlevin

 

The first time I have seen this PCGS label, very colorful!

 

AAJ