Talk:Big Nickel

I think the below text contains a lot of bias and un-NPOV about Science North, Dynamic Earth Facility, and the science museum. Any thoughts?

"In 1981, Szilva sold the Big Nickel site to Science North, the city's newly incorporated but highly uninteresting science museum. Science North refurbished the site, removing the other coins and the children's rides, but retaining the Big Nickel and expanding the mine tour.

''On January 22, 2001, the Big Nickel was dismantled for refurbishing of both the coin and the facility. Once refurbished, the coin was installed on the discusting grounds of Science North, as the original Big Nickel site was redesigned into the new and awful Dynamic Earth facility. On May 10, 2003, the coin was moved back to a new pedestal on the Dynamic Earth grounds"''

--Mackay.dm 21:25, 17 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Why, I do believe you're right sir! WilyD 22:12, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

The last section contains some POV as well, especially

"this was the first time in almost 40 years that the Nickel was absent from Sudbury’s skyline, and the city felt its absence. Visitors to Sudbury looked for the nickel, but its temporary home at Science North did not do the coin justice. Thankfully, The Big Nickel was returned to its home above the Sudbury skyline at the newly constructed Dynamic Earth Project on May 10, 2003."

Would anyone object if I cleaned it up a little?

BTW, kudos to the original writer. While poorly referenced, the article is accurate.69.60.237.4 (talk) 20:02, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

1951
Any explanation as to why a 1951 nickel was chosen? (Would probably answer a few others who have the same question). I visited the nickel once or twice as a kid and always assumed it was made in the 50s, hense the outdated design (the portrait of King George VI, seldom seen on coins today as it's been replaced with Queen Elizabeth on all coins made after 1952, kind of stands out.) --Canuckguy 03:13, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * According to the article Canadian nickel, the 1951 nickel was a special commemorative design to mark the 200th anniversary of the initial discovery of the metal. I can't swear that that's the explanation, but it seems pretty likely given that Sudbury's a nickel mining town. Bearcat (talk) 23:08, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

big nickel
how tall was it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.60.238.29 (talk) 23:18, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

kennedy
what's "kennedy", nearby town? it is mentioned repeatedly as the design of several commemoratives.

one of the links mistakenly leads to JFK, american president! HAH!! 2601:19C:527F:A660:C501:AAC6:9E51:995D (talk) 14:48, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

One The article states: “The Big Nickel, as the world's only numismatic coin park, also featured coin monuments other than the 1951 nickel. Some of these coin monuments were the $20 gold coin monument (featuring the Royal Coat of Arms of Canada), the Kennedy half-dollar coin memorial (featuring an eternal flame), the fantasy copper (Canadian one cent 1965) penny, and the Lincoln coin memorial (1965 American penny). There is no public record of the dismantling or current location of these other numismatic monuments, though pictures still exist.”

So, the Kennedy Half-Dollar Coin was one of the Monuments in the Big Nickel Numismatic Park. All the Coin Monuments except the Big Nickel were dismantled, date unknown.

Two The article also mentions Kennedy fund-raising medallions: “One such medallion package, mailed out to purchasers in 1964 from Nickel Monument Development contained three coins and a descriptive project brochure. Two of the coins were identical silver-dollar-sized 0.999 silver content Kennedy commemorative coins. The third was a silver dollar sized copper-coloured Kennedy commemorative coin. All three coins were identically marked on the obverse with a Kennedy profile above the words 'In God We Trust, 1964' surrounded by 'Canadian Centennial Numismatic Park, Sudbury, Canada'. On the reverse, each was marked with an eternal flame above the words  'And so let the word go forth that the torch has been lit,' and the words 'John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1917.1963'.”-- Bzaoral,  talk  15:23, 17 August 2022 (UTC)


 * why the heck would a US president be featured on a coin stature there in the first place, much less put on a actual coin?!
 * i assumed it was a ref to some CANADIAN "kennedy"!!
 * if it were some "US-Canada Relations" type coin, that's one thing, but just Kennedy on his own?? that'd be like the US putting out coins with Margaret Thatcher on them!


 * is canada in the habit of putting foreign leaders on their currency?! (i mean, besides the Queen...)  just so WEIRD.  98.216.184.137 (talk) 02:19, 18 August 2022 (UTC)