State Of The Canadian Coin Market?

Jim - The exchange really does suck. It cuts both ways depending on if you are buying or selling.

1. Right now Canadian collectors at a Canadian auction pay the Hammer x 1.20 in juice x 1.15 in taxes, or about 38% above hammer in CAD. In a U.S. auction, they pay Hammer x 1.2 in juice x 1.30 exchange x 1.15 in taxes, or about 79% more CAD than the USD hammer. U. S. buyers benefit from both the exchange rate and no taxes for U.S. deliveries (some US states have 7 or 8% sales tax on U.S. auctions, which companies like Heritage do charge). In the U.S., we usually only pay taxes (28%) on any profits when we sell.

2. As a U.S. collector of Canadian coins, if I sell now the exchange rate very much works against me because it limits the ability of Canadian buyers to purchase my Canadian coins.

It is not fair, but I also remember buying Canadian coins when the USD/CAD rate was $0.90.

The current state of the Canadian Coin Market ................
That depends , the market in CANADA for Canadian Coins
shall we say , " a rather tough row to hoe ".
The Market for Canadian Coins elsewhere , much better.
Especially in the USA .
A great deal of this certainly has to do with the EXCHANGE RATE.
Also the GST, PST, and HST is a factor . Thirdly Shipping tracked
in Canada is an expensive proposition.
Since around the middle of 2015 we have been selling over 80 percent
of our better Canada pieces in the States .