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Ynnad Pillar of the Community United States 684 Posts	Posted 06/14/2025 9:34 pm I bought, among other things, a Canadian quarter from the local coin store's junk bowl. I bought it just because it has a caribou on it. I later noticed it was dated 1968. Could it be 50% silver? Alas, it stuck to a magnet so it is 99.9% nickel. But being nickel, it is still worth about 7½ U.S. cents as scrap metal. Do any Canadians hoard 99.9% nickel coins sort of like some Americans hoard pre-1982 copper pennies? Is it true that the Canadian government is actively withdrawing 99.9% nickel coins from circulation? Report this Post to the Staff

loonielewy Pillar of the Community Canada 1767 Posts	Posted 06/15/2025 08:33 am Yes the nickel coins are being culled by the ARP program. Alloy Recovery Program. Cheaper to mint coins lead to this. I keep the ones I find to pass along to kids, like students or Scouts etc. It still has 25 cent buying power, so the 7.5 cents melt makes no sense except to the mint. "We are poor little lambs...who have lost our way...Baa...Baa...Baa" In memory of those members who left us too soon... In memory of Tootallious March 31, 1964 - April 15, 2020 In memory of crazyb0 July 27 2020. RIP. In memory of T-BOP Oct. 12, 1949 - Jan. 19, 2024 Report this Post to the Staff
Marv65 Bedrock of the Community United States 10478 Posts	Posted 06/16/2025 01:16 am I'm not Canadian but I have a bag full of the Canadian 100% nickel coins that I find roll searching. Just waiting for the price of nickel to go up Report this Post to the Staff
Cdncoins Pillar of the Community Canada 999 Posts	Posted 06/16/2025 6:55 pm I estimate 95% of the nickels, dimes and quarters I get in change are post 2000 and made of nickel plated steel. I may find one or two pure nickel coins on average when looking through rolls. I have hoarded a bunch, but how many do I really need? I tend to release most back out into circulation now, unless it's a nice looking AU. Report this Post to the Staff
DoubleEagle20 Pillar of the Community United States 1748 Posts	Posted 06/22/2025 11:36 pm I saved them when I got them in the US. Rarely see any Canadian coins in Michigan anymore except cents. I see those commonly during cent CRH. I think there are now more Canadian cents circulating in the US than Canada. LOL. Report this Post to the Staff
ratman4762 Pillar of the Community United States 2520 Posts	Posted 07/06/2025 1:46 pm I've saved Canadian coinage since I was a youngster finding them in circulation pretty frequently in PA. About 12 years ago when I was actively roll searching nickels I ran across 2 boxes than contained an abnormally large amount of older Canadian nickels dating back to the 1920's. I found it very odd (living in NC) but was able to fill a lot of those pesky holes in my Whitman folder I had since the 1970's (as well as putting away several rolls of nickel 5 centers). Report this Post to the Staff
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