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Pillar of the Community
United States
858 Posts |
It is very rare to find a Canadian half-I have only found 7 in 10 years and 4 of them were silver. You are more likely to find a Canadian $2 coin in a half roll.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
716 Posts |
I found two in six years, both were silver, 1952 and 1919.
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Valued Member
Canada
55 Posts |
You are more likely to get 10 Peso coins or 2 canadian dollars than halves, up here in canada we don't even use the half anymore. You can get it very rarely from the elderly banking clients who bring them in along with their silver d ollars and quarters. Even then, it's only 1 or 2. The 50 was never popular due to it's similarity to the quarter (pre 87) and the dollar (post 87) in vending machines, where either people or the business were frustrated due to incorrect counting.
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Valued Member
United States
355 Posts |
I'm in Rochester, ny. I've never searched halves, but from what I've noticed, Canadian currency is more likely to be mixed in depending how little people care or how visually similar it is.
For example, cents mixed in are very common. No one on the US side of the border things twice about about a Canadian cent. I typically find 1-2 Canadian per roll.
The next step up, nickels, they are there, but a little less. Say 1 Canadian per 1-2 rolls.
Dimes is a little weird. Because they're so small, some people don't look. But now were also getting more valuable so some people do check. I'd put them on pace with nickels in rolls near border states.
I don't search enough quarters, but they're probably a little less and not found in circulation as much as cents/nickels/dimes, but still out there enough where they end up in every day pocket change.
Halves: While every day I see Canadian currency in my change, or at the coffee fund at work, I've never seen a Canadian half. If I saw one I'd keep it just due to novelty value. That is also half a dollar now and I don't think banks would be as eager to let that one slip through as easily.
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Valued Member
United States
166 Posts |
No, I have found, in about 100 boxes, 2 panama medio Balboa's. I live in Tx I usually find 2 or 3 Canadian pennies per box and like 1 Canadian dime per $1500 in dimes.
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Valued Member
United States
277 Posts |
Trent from Rochester We should compare notes someday, I work in Rochester.
Of course I buy my boxes in Rochester area.
Take care and good hunting
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Valued Member
 Canada
372 Posts |
Well I may get my sister to search some halves and dollars so I can get some birth year coins for me and the kids anyway. We are almost 300 miles north of the border and I get quite a bunch of US coins, but not America The Beautiful. I always get the Denali ones for some reason.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
713 Posts |
270,000 searched and no Canadian halves.
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Valued Member
United States
355 Posts |
Allfome, I tried to contact you via CCF's email, but it looks like you have that disabled. I hope I don't threadjack this thread, but just wanted to let you know that I pick up at various ESL branches and just recently started dumping at the 12-corners ESL branch (in the past it was a different branch). I'm just getting active again after a year or so off. The only problem with ESL is them not able to get things like halves or Ike dollars. I really should get another bank to dump at, one with a coin counter. If you know of any banks with a counter or offering halves/ikes, please let me know! Happy hunting.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8137 Posts |
I have found no Canadian hlaves. I have had more than my fair share of Canadian Pennies though 
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Valued Member
United States
277 Posts |
Trent I tried to email you but it won't let it go through. My ebay name is Allfome if you wish to contact me. We should talk, I use ESL for dumping only
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Valued Member
United States
355 Posts |
Hmm, I checked and my profile is set to allow emailed. In fact I got one from a CCF member a few days ago. Perhaps something wonky is happening with CCF?
So far I've never really had any issues with cents and nickels which I hunt more than quarters and dimes. I've been picking up at Brighton and both Irondequoit locations. A couple years back I used to pick up in Greece and Webster locations too, but haven't been out there in a long while. I'm planning on continuing to dump at 12-corners Monroe.
Do you mind revealing your typical dumps locations so I know what to avoid? Thanks.
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Valued Member
United States
277 Posts |
Trent
I mainly do Halves and Dimes (ocaisionally I will do Cents and quarters), I west past Brockport and dump at ESL locations on the West side.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5209 Posts |
I have never found one in over 3000 boxes here in WI.
I find a lot of Canadian cents a few Canadian nickels.
I did get a gold colored Canadian Loonie dollar in my first box of dollar coins I searched.
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