Canadian Roll Hunting

10 more nickel rolls...
64, 100% nickels,
And 4 Americans.

How do you approach a bank for CRH, do you just go up and say exchange my 100 dollars in pennies?

I doubt it, seeing as this thread is still alive.

Anyway, it's not possible to edge search, but silver coins still have a distinctive look compared to the nickel/MPPS coins that replaced them (and paper rolls are prevalent, so you have to empty them all out anyway). And since nickel/MPPS is magnetic, you could do what's impossible in the US (except for steelies and maybe War Nickels): magnet searching! But I don't think this is common, because the magnetic coins around a silver coin could end up bunching the silver coin onto your magnet. Maybe one day, a good procedure will be invented for this.

Plus, some US coins have had the exact same types for a long time, but in Canada you can tell the approximate age at a glance from the monarch's portrait. So any coin with George VI is certainly a keeper (this is how I spotted my very worn 1940 quarter in a bowl of loose change). Same with the Laureate queen - it will also be silver. The Tiara bust probably won't be (it ran from 1965 to 1989, and silver was discontinued in 1968).



Yes, but it's hard to get Canadian pennies now because banks shouldn't give them out (although a good business relationship or a bank facing a huge glut of them could help). Other than that, just ask to change whatever you have to whatever you want.

So what would you look for in Hong Kong? I have a few friends who go there, and they say they always look out for coins with King George VI on them, but it looks like the current Bauhinia series is smaller than the old coins, so they wouldn't really blend in. Or would you just look for proofs and uncirculated coins?

On the other hand, the old coins could get mixed up in a bank bag. I don't know - bank bags are rarely seen in my city.

I use a magnet if I'm going to speed hunt. To avoid having silver caught between I use a slightly rounded magnet and pick them up by the edge with the magnet. Seems to work well. I personally order coins ahead of time from the bank. There are pros and cons to doing that though.

Went through the rest of the 20 rolls I picked up. Some interesting finds:

-one roll was composed of about 3/4 US nickels, mostly 2012D and 2013D and a few older ones.
-over 30 2013 Canadian nickels. Up to this point I have only found maybe four or five.
-most rolls were pretty barren, with maybe a 1-3 pre-1982s and about 6 or so cupro-nickels per roll.
-3 rolls consisted of 100% pre-1982s and cupro-nickels.

I got 10 more nickel rolls today, but when I got them it seemed they were already searched through. They were re-used machine wrapped rolls. The oldest one I found was from 2000 and all had a mint mark. My only find was a 2000P.

@nickelfr33k

Thats a very good haul of 100% nickels , I am pleasantly surprised you found that many considering that I heard that the alloy recovery program has been going on since early last decade .How come there are still a good bunch in circulation?