Trantor_3 Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 Hi all, I'm trying to find information on the designers of the Canadian coins. I know some designers (like e.g. George Kruger-Gray Emmanuel Hahn and some of the Elizabeth obverse designers. Is there some lis (online) available that holds the (other) designers of the other Canadian coins? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Are you interested primarily in circulation pieces, or.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted May 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Yes, primarily the "standard" circulating coins, although, since I have quite some Canadian commems too, I wouldn't mind knowing it for those too, There appears to be quite some info for me on Numista.com though, which I discovered after posting here. e.g. look at http://en.numista.co...a=&t=&dg=&w=&g= where many 25 cents coins are found, clicking one leads to more info on that particular coin. This already brings me a whole lot further. I wonder why RCM doesn't have this info available online..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted May 2, 2013 Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 The RCM couldn't care less about history - it's all about today's bottom line. Some of their recent products have not been the most impressive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted May 2, 2013 Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 LMK if there's anything in particular that doesn't show up on Numista and I'll post what info I can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted May 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 Thanks CCG, I will. For the time being, I think I can find lots of it, but when I run into a void, I'll let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted May 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 The RCM couldn't care less about history - it's all about today's bottom line. Some of their recent products have not been the most impressive... Yeah, when looking at the list of quarters I posted, it seems that almost anything allows them to issue a commem, in variations clad, silver, gold, proof, colored, etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostwords Posted May 2, 2013 Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 Emily Damstra design quite a few good looking coins. she designed the lucky loonie. She recently did the Maple Canopy coin and the latest wild life series the bison. Here's a blog of her works: http://emilydamstra.wordpress.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted May 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 Thanks Lostwords. When digging up info, I run into a conflict between two sources of info: Regarding Canadian large cents, (KM# 1, KM# 7, KM# 8 KM# 15 and KM# 21), my two Krause catalogs all list them to have a weight of 3.2400 g. The Numista website however lists them all as 5.67 g, I do not have access to a scale that can measure these small weights, so if anyone can shed some light as to which source is correct (if any).... Since my 2004 Krause also lists the smaller cents (KM# 28 and newer) also at 3.2400 g, I assume Krause is off regarding the large sents.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 If I remember correctly, the original 1858 and 1859 1c were 1/100 lb (4.54g) and the later ones (1876-1920) were 1/80 lb (5.67g) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trantor_3 Posted May 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 Thanks CCG, that would make sense, looking at the composition, diameter and thickness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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