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1963 CFL coin collectors?
Are there many(any?) 1963 CFL coin (Humpty Dumpty/Krun-Chee/Nalley's/Hunter's) collectors on this board?
I completed a 160 coin set of these circa 1999 but I broke it up into two separate sets a few years ago. I'm now still working at completing a set with English only backs and a set with bilingual backs. My Want List: 1963 CFL Coins English backs 11 13 20 32 39 51 53 76 78 79 97 114 119 131 133 1963 CFL Coins Bilingual backs 8 14 17 28 35 55 60 82 83 87 101 107 109 112 113 114 115 116 119 120 124 132 135 137 138 140 141 143 146 147 151 152 153 155 156 160 I have about 160 traders including ten short prints. Last edited by Balticfox; 09-30-2024 at 12:05 PM. |
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I still remember the excitement I felt in August of 1963 when I saw that the Krun-Chee Potato Chips at the News Depot on Dundas Street in downtown London (a regular haunt of mine on Saturdays) had CFL coins free inside! I wondered how long they'd been out since Krun-Chee Potato Chips weren't sold in too many London area stores. A few days later I was happy to discover (and a bit confused as well) that the Humpty Dumpty Potato Chips (also uncommon at the time) at Ken's Variety on Wharncliffe Road just a few blocks away from my house also contained these coins. I also remember pulling another one of these coins out of a bag of chips (I can't remember which brand) a week or so later on a family train trip to Toronto to visit relatives and take in the Canadian National Exhibition.
(Not mine.) The real problem I had at the time though was that I was also buying DC superhero comics and my buddy Anthony and I had earlier that summer embarked on a mission of collecting all bubble gum cards. (Quantity not condition was our focus.) I couldn't finance all those collecting activities at the same time so I didn't get too far with the 160 coin CFL set. As a result, these 1963 CFL coins carry a big dollop of nostalgia for me. Though this set is tough and rather expensive to complete these days, I managed the feat in 1999 or so. But because I like these coins so much, about twelve years ago I decided to break my set into two - English only backs and bilingual backs - just so I could continue collecting them. A very noble Canadian collecting venture if I do say so myself! I've launched a more determined bid to complete both sets in the past couple of years. Here are scans of a few more from my collection:
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Radically Canadian! Last edited by Balticfox; 09-30-2024 at 12:06 PM. |
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