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New Member
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I've been looking for a 1991 quarter in my change since I first read about the scarcity of it in about 1997. I haven't seen one yet!
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Valued Member
Canada
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@ kwest,
The odds are you won't find one either. With the mints ARP is full swing, all nickel based coinage is being taken out of circulation.
I am pretty sure all current Canadian coinage is made up of metal slugs.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Yes, 1991 is a very difficult date. I see them for at least $5 in circulated condition in stores.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1750 Posts |
Yep. 1991 is the rarest circulation pure nickel quarter. If you want a quarter for every year from 1968-2001, you pretty much will have to go to coin dealers or coin shows. My 1997 is a specimen set coin, the 1998's are mint set coins along with the 1999 and 2000's caribou quarters.
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01/04/2014 2:31 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
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I have never come across a 1991 quarter ever since I started searching rolls. I have come across 45-50 silver quarters during this period as well as 5 x 1970 quarters (another rare vintage).
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2805 Posts |
My only 1970 quarter is a Dryer Coin! I have never found an intact one. |
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Canada
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Quote:My only 1970 quarter is a Dryer Coin! I have never found an intact one. You can find these if you roll search some quarter rolls from the bank, I've picked up 3 or 4 that way.. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
849 Posts |
I finally broke down and bid on ebay in the fall, paying just over $13 including shipping for a 1991 mint quarter. Hated to do it for such a "recent" coin but never found one in change over the years and got tired of looking at that "hole" in the album! |
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Valued Member
Canada
496 Posts |
Hindsight,almost bought a roll once for $100
but passed.That was 10 years ago,still kicking
myself.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1234 Posts |
Hello from South of the Border, (Montana) I've been collecting since 1982, the copper being pulled from pennies got my dad into it and I caught the bug. Since then I have gotten tons of Canadian coins in change from shopping and since starting CRH I still find the occasional caribou, I got a couple sail boats in dimes last month and one of them was 50% silver. I just went through my Canadian quarters and found none from 1970, and the newest is 1986... not counting the metal slugs, I even have a couple Centennial Mounty's. None from 1983 is that another key date? What are the key dates for Canadian quarters and how about nickels and dimes, I have stacks and sacs of them too, am I sitting on a bunch of rare one's? Obviously they are all rare now with the metal change, and I know the pennies are being driven to extinction (I still don't have a 2012, last year of issue) but I save them all too. To most Americans it's just an oddity in change but is there a potential for a good return since the composition change. Nickel is an interesting metal they say it's being removed because a small percentage of people suffer from itching when they touch it, I am amongst that percentage and the day I open a roll and my fingers don't itch I'll probably cry!  Nickel is currently trading in the area of $6 per pound, is there any chance it could reach $6 an OUNCE? Is nickel the new silver? They have done it before pull it from coins, hoard it, then jack up the price. First two steps accomplished... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's actually not a bad price, punman. As the nickel coins get ARP'ed, they are going to get more expensive in collector grades.
Barriecarson, I d say probably around 90-95 pct is now steel slugs. Used to be over here in the US near the border, it was fairly common to get pure nickel Canadian in change. Now I rarely see them anymore, and even the steel slugs are not as common as the past.
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01/04/2014 6:01 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1234 Posts |
They are not legal tender here, used to be no one worried, close enough, same size, same denomination, why not use 'em... now banks, stores, etc., will not take it and will not give it out. How many US coins make it up north, are they cracking down like here too? |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Quote:How many US coins make it up north, are they cracking down like here too? I live a 3h drive north of the U.S. border. Just from Canadian roll hunting in six months I got about $80 in U.S. coin. My wife took it down to Montana to spend so she tolerates my coin quirks. In fact she started collecting the U.S. State Quarters and has about 80% of the two types - all from Canada searching! A year ago the two currencies were at about par so most Canadians did not hang on to U.S. change but now to buy U.S. one loses about eight cents on the dollar with the bank percentage so I think it may be harder to find U.S. coin in Canada as people may be more likely to hang on to it as spend it. I have never had a problem with stores taking U.S. coin in Canada but the Canadian banks will only take paper currency and pay the extra value. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
548 Posts |
There were no circulation caribous released for 1997-2000, so PLs and Specimens are all you are going to get.
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New Member
 Canada
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Thanks all, very help full. :-)
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