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Lot 154:
Description
A 1987 Canadian specimen coin set issued by the Royal Canadian Mint. The collection is housed in its original blue leatherette book-style case with a white interior and a blue silk ribbon. The set contains six denominations: a bronze one-cent piece, a five-cent nickel-colored coin, a 10-cent nickel-colored coin, a 25-cent nickel-colored coin, a 50-cent nickel-colored coin, and a nickel-colored one-dollar coin. Each coin is struck with a specimen finish featuring satin-textured fields and brilliant relief.
The obverse of every coin displays the right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II with the circumscription ELIZABETH II D. G. REGINA. The reverses feature standard Canadian motifs including a maple leaf twig (one-cent), a beaver (five-cent), a schooner (10-cent), a caribou (25-cent), the Canadian coat of arms (50-cent), and a common loon on water (one-dollar). The dollar coin is inscribed CANADA 1987 DOLLAR. All coins are dated 1987.
Accompanying the set is a white bilingual paper certificate of authenticity with a red logo for the Royal Canadian Mint consisting of a stylized letter M with a maple leaf. The certificate reads: Your specimen set contains the first and best coins struck from a pair of dies. This set contains one coin of each denomination issued for general circulation in Canada. and repeats the text in French: Votre ensemble specimen comprend les premieres et les plus belles pieces de monnaie frappees avec une paire de coins. Cet ensemble comprend une piece de monnaie de chaque denomination mise en circulation au Canada. The coins are presented in individual plastic capsules set into a blue plastic insert.
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