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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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This should be fun to watch your progress..  Good Luck Humanist.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks! I received my extra blank nickel pages and threw them into this spare binder I had.  Only have six nickels so far.   I also put in the Canadian cents, slightly disorganized, as I need more pages. I put them in kind of staggered just to get an idea. I left empty spaces for the earlier coins, so I wouldn't have to move everything.   I'd definitely considering purchasing a proper album eventually. I don't like the amount of slack in this one. It's designed to have a lot more pages.  So far, I quite like the nickels. I think I will go through some nickel rolls soon in search for them. The cents... Ehh.. Not entirely sure about yet. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I think I will go through some nickel rolls soon Don't expect to find many pre 2004 nickels in rolls. With the ARP in 2004, most of them have been withdrawn from circulation and melted. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1115 Posts |
Well, I won't be going through Canadian nickel rolls, but Jefferson rolls.
I occasionally will find Canadian nickels in with them, which is how I found these ones and just hung onto them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
893 Posts |
Very nice start. You have quite a few Canadian Cents. As you add pages the binder won't have that much slack or you can makeshift some kind of spacer for the posts.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1115 Posts |
Thank you. Yes. I have accumulated quite a bit. I figured that would be the case.
I'm guessing if I go forward with continuing to collect both, I will probably end up with 6-7 pages potentially.
I'm not doing varieties of the cents as I'm content with having one for each year. Nickels, I'm not sure.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3632 Posts |
@Humanist1287, I have to warn you about collecting Canadian coins. It's extremely addictive. You will start with a modest collection. Then you will be taken by their beauty and the stunning way they truly symbolize Canada. Then you will start collecting more series of the coins. Then you will start collecting the Maritime coins. Then you will see some of the early Canadian and Maritime tokens, and like them, too. Then you will encounter the modern Provincial and Territorial trade tokens, and like them, too. Then you will snag your first examples of Canadian currency, and dive in the deep end there. And somewhere along the line you will start attributing Haxby varieties of 1859 large cents, and aim for the impossible complete set. Then your library will double, you will start snagging all of the hard-to-find coin albums. You will read the history of the designers of their beautiful coinage, and learn the tragic/beautiful inspiration for George Kruger-Gray's artistry, and discover that he was also a well known stained glass artist, so you will start buying his stained glass artwork. And when once again you see the nickel that started it all, the beaver will grin at you and say. "Gotcha!"  |
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Pillar of the Community
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"fortcollins" ... You have very accurately described some of my fellow collecting friends down to the "T". Canadian coinage is very addictive, but I just wish that the RCM would stop inventing or digging really deep to depict some of the stuff they have come out with in the last 10 years that is, quite frankly, deplorable. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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fortcollins certainly described the process for many collectors of any coin/currency.
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United States
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Looking good! Instead of a new binder, just as some more pages. Some Quarters, maybe?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1115 Posts |
jbuck, maybe. Just maybe. Thanks for the support, friends. I recently acquired a few more Canadian nickels while going through rolls of US nickels.  I'm thinking about buying some sets honestly, as they are pretty cheap on ebay. Funds are a bit tight currently, though! The 2001 looked darn near BU.  Edited by Humanist1287
11/23/2025 6:51 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nice finds, Humanist1287. Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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have you got a pic of the obv for the 2001 and the 2023
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Pillar of the Community
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have you got a pic of the obv for the 2001 and the 2023 Sure. 2001  2023  The 2023 isn't as in nice of shape as the 2001, oddly enough. Also seems kind of odd seeing Canadian coinage without the Queen on it! Gotta get used to that.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2146 Posts |
Humanist, Perfect, keep it going!
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