A rare find

Blank coin found in Charlottetown

Bo Ford

April 9, 2012

Every morning most Islanders drive through their local coffee shop to pick up their morning coffee and receive a hand full of change after purchasing their items.

In 2007, Frank Murphy had purchased a coffee at Robin’s and received his change. In his change, he noticed something a little different, one of the quarters was missing most of its lettering on one side.

Seeing the coin made Murphy very curious and he decided to try and find out if the coin had any rarity or if there was any added value.

“I’ve asked around, not many people have seen one before, I’m trying to find out some information on it.”

The quarter is missing the caribou in the centre but still has the writing around the outside of the coin.

Five years later Murphy has been searching to see if he can find someone else with the same rare coin.

“ I’ve been looking around to see if anyone has picked one up before, I did find one in Nova Scotia.”

Murphy has also contacted the Royal Canadian Mint to see if they have heard of this coin before.  The mint didn’t have anything on the coin and has made Murphy’s search a continuing one.

One of the people Murphy showed it to say it looks like someone buffed out the centre of the coin. Murphy said it wouldn’t be possible.

“It couldn’t have been buffed, it doesn’t have any marks on it in the centre,” said Murphy.

Murphy has also looked into the value of the coin, with not much success.