Week # 130 - It's that time again...

[Danielle C.]

QUESTION:

 

What is an "Arnprior" Dollar?

 

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[ziggy29]

Canadian silver dollars with missing water lines because of excessive die polishing.

[chinook]

Overpolished Canadian dollar from the 50's. They have extra water lines in front of the canoe

[Gallagher]

not to sure on this but I'll take a guess, a 1955 Canadian Silver Dollar with only 2 1/2 water lines

 

Gallagher

[RGT]

Here is a quote from Antiques.com .

 

In the 1950s, the dies which were used to strike Canadian silver dollar dies were sometimes re-polished at the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM). Parts of the designs were thus weakened or even removed. These differences first appeared on the 1950 and 1951 dollars, but collectors first took notice in1955.

 

The Playtex Company of Arnprior, Ontario, ordered some dollars from the Mint to give to its employees as Christmas gifts. The RCM did not have any of the Voyageur dollars at hand, so it re-polished a slightly worn reverse die, and used it to mint the required dollars. When it polished the die, some of the water lines in front of the canoe were removed. 1955 Arnprior Dollars have only 2.5 water lines, as opposed to the usual four lines.

 

It is known that someVoyageur dollars from 1950, 1951, as well as 1955, have the same 2.5 waterlines. They are all known as Arnprior dollars. In 1957, the Voyageur dollar has only one water line. Arnprior dollars command a premium among numismatists.

[TJ]

And I quote (cheat?):

 

"In the 1950s, the dies which were used to strike Canadian silver dollar dies were sometimes re-polished at the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM). Parts of the designs were thus weakened or even removed. These differences first appeared on the 1950 and 1951 dollars, but collectors first took notice in1955.

 

The Playtex Company of Arnprior, Ontario, ordered some dollars from the Mint to give to its employees as Christmas gifts. The RCM did not have any of the Voyageur dollars at hand, so it re-polished a slightly worn reverse die, and used it to mint the required dollars. When it polished the die, some of the water lines in front of the canoe were removed. 1955 Arnprior Dollars have only 2.5 water lines, as opposed to the usual four lines.

 

It is known that someVoyageur dollars from 1950, 1951, as well as 1955, have the same 2.5 waterlines. They are all known as Arnprior dollars. In 1957, the Voyageur dollar has only one water line. Arnprior dollars command a premium among numismatists."

[dakra]

I believe it is a 1955 Canadian Silver Dollar (Voyager).

 

Dave

[JamminJ]

They're 1955 Canadian dollars with only 2 and 1/2 water lines in front of the canoe. They were struck when a business in Arnprior, Ontario ordered dollars for a giveaway to its employees, at a time when the mint had none available. To fill the order, the mint took out and re-polished a slightly worn reverse die, removing part of the water lines in the process

 

-JamminJ

[airplanenut]

A Canadian dollar with 2 1/2 water lines in front of the canoe (first used in 1955)

[Narmuriel]

A Canadian dollar coin that was minted in the 1950's from re-polished used dies. Each re-polishing took away some of the features of the original Voyageur dollar coins, specifcally water lines in front of the boat on the coin.

 

Arnprior, in Ontario Canada was the name of the town were these dollars were first REALLY noticed in 1955 (there are earlier versions, but not as populus), hence the name Arnprior Dollar.

[DarrenSmith]

In the 1950s, the dies which were used to strike Canadian silver dollar dies were sometimes re-polished at the Royal Canadian Mint (RCM). Parts of the designs were thus weakened or even removed. These differences first appeared on the 1950 and 1951 dollars, but collectors first took notice in1955.

 

The Playtex Company of Arnprior, Ontario, ordered some dollars from the Mint to give to its employees as Christmas gifts. The RCM did not have any of the Voyageur dollars at hand, so it re-polished a slightly worn reverse die, and used it to mint the required dollars. When it polished the die, some of the water lines in front of the canoe were removed. 1955 Arnprior Dollars have only 2.5 water lines, as opposed to the usual four lines.

 

It is known that someVoyageur dollars from 1950, 1951, as well as 1955, have the same 2.5 waterlines. They are all known as Arnprior dollars. In 1957, the Voyageur dollar has only one water line. Arnprior dollars command a premium among numismatists

[topsman]

Silver Canadian Dollar ?

[prooflike]

It's a Canadian dollar with resurfaced dies and has missing waterlines.

 

They were struck when a business in Arnprior, Ontario ordered dollars for a giveaway to its employees, at a time when the mint had none available. To fill the order, the mint took out and re-polished a slightly worn reverse die, removing part of the water lines in the process.

[chrisfuccione]

Cool! A darkside question and one that deals with tampons too!!!! What a lucky day!

 

They are named after 1955 Canadian dollars that were ordered from from the Tampex company. The mint(the Canadian one not the real one ) didn't have any dollars available so they took an old die and repolished it to make the dollar. In the prosses some of the water lines got rubbed off. The reason they were called Arnprior Dollars is because Playtex's brnch office is located at 124 Fourth Avenue Arnprior, Ontario

[reid1836]

The Platex company of Arnprior Canada ordered some Voyageur dollars from the Royal Canadian Mint in the early to mid 1950`s . The mint didn`t have any of these dollars in stock. So they polished some old dies and minted the order. Because of the dies polishing some of the water marks in front of the canoe were missing. An example would a 1955 Voyageur dollar with only 2 1/2 water marks. Because of this distiction and that these dollars were order from Arnprior they are called Arnprior dollars.

[Danielle C.]

QUESTION:

 

What is an "Arnprior" Dollar?

 

ANSWER:

 

This is a Canada Silver Dollar having only partial waterlines to the right of the canoe. Coins with this die-polishing anomaly were shipped to a firm in Arnprior, Ontario, and that name stuck.

 

Congratulations Ziggy29!! You are this weeks numismaquest winner. Since you have already won the 2005 Red Book, I will be sending you the Grading Guide for Modern U.S. Coins by NGC's own, Richard Montgomery and David Lange. (signed)

 

Prooflike is this weeks runner up. You will be receiving a display box

 

Thanks for playing and stop back next week for another question. Keep up the good work!!

[prooflike]

Thank you for the prize + I learned some stuff about Canadian dollars looking this one up.

 

Jeff