A Completely Pointless Observation

[mbarrick]

All of the coins I accumulated in New York were minted in Philadelphia whereas almost all the American coins I have accumulated locally were minted in Detroit.

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[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

> i was sorting through my coin collection and noticed
> two things: what does the K. C. stand for on some
> Canadian coins? and why do some pennies have angled
> sides and other ones are smooth?

Actually that is K.G. and it stands for "Kruger Gray", the artist that designed the maple leaf design that has been on the penny since 1937 and the beaver that is on the nickel, also in use since 1937. The schooner on the dime and the cariboo on the quarter (also both used since 1937) were designed by Emmanuel Hahn and if you look under the neck of the cariboo you will find a very tiny "H". Loonies have "R.R.C." on them for "Robert-Ralph Carmichael". The design on the 50¢ coin is the Canadian coat of arms, so no credit on that. The toonie was designed by Brent Townsend and you'll find a tiny "B.T." on the ice-flow, to the right, just above the water line.

The faceted pennies were to save copper. It came to a point where there was more than a penny's worth of copper in a penny so they faceted the side and made the centre of the coin thinner (take one of the round ones and feel how thick the middle is compared to one of the faceted ones). The edge is still the same thinkness though so that the newer pennies take up the same amound of space in a roll. More recently they have started using less copper in the alloy. They did something similar with nickels during and just after the war because of a shortage of nickel.

Yes. I started collecting coins when I was eight.

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[bitogoth.livejournal.com]

wow! many thanks!

*impressed*