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Valued Member
Canada
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I noticed since I joined this forum that there are a lot of Americans here highly knowlegable in Canadian coins.
What has drawn you to collecting Canadian coins ?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
573 Posts |
That's an interesting question. I search rolls of Lincolns and noticed a fair number of Canadian cents. So I decided to see if I could put together a set of George VI and Elizabeth cents. In 2 months, all I am missing is a 37, 39, 45, 49, 54, 55, 90 and 06-10. I'm not too knowledgeable of Canadian coins, so I don't check for any varieties, just looking to get one of each date. Although I did find a 1952 with doubling on the date. I haven't found out anything about that one, though. It's kind of dirty so I haven't been able to determine if it's a doubled die or Machine Doubling. Matt |
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Canada
636 Posts |
Hey blues, PM me your email address and Ill send you some of the ones you are missing, if you like.
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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I'm not American, but I do collect Canadian Coins, and seeing I'm in Australia, I'm less likely to find Canadian coins as people in the US are.  I'd had a fledgling Canadian collection for well over 30 years and once I joined this forum, I quickly acquired heaps more to add to it. Some swaps, some purchases and some straight out gifts.  Still a lot of gaps, but I'm always working on it, same as my US collection.  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I started collecting Canadian cents for the same reason.Just kept finding them so decided to buy a cent folder one day and started filling it.Have some large cents,small cents in the 30's,40's,50's,60's and 70's.I will say there are lots of different varieties and I don't pay much attention to that.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1418 Posts |
I'm trying to put together a small cent set, but it proves difficult.
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Rest in Peace
 United States
1380 Posts |
Same theme as seems to be occuring above - wound up with a bunch of Canadian coins from change, and decided to put together a quarter type set from them.
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Valued Member
United States
493 Posts |
I moved to the Chicago area about 15 years ago from Canada so collecting Canadian is just a natural for me. More so than my US stuff.
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Valued Member
United States
294 Posts |
I also collect Canadian coins. I actually got into this a few years ago when going through my late mother-in-law's collection of coins. There were coins and currency from a couple different countries mixed in. I find the foreign coins more interesting than those from the US (I do collect US coins as well), and frequently buy bag/box lots of foreign coins. I can get them quite cheap. My goal is to be able to say I can go anywhere in the world and buy a cup of coffee. I get quite a few Canadian coins this way. Today I purchased two 1958 Canadian Silver Dollars, simply because they are from the year I was born. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have a passion for Canadian coins. Just something about them that I am drawn to. Some of the sets are quite challenging to collect as there are many different varieties of any given series. Living in Michigan, I see a lot of Canadian coins circulating.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I am not knowledgeable in Canadian coins but I sure like the small cents and nickles. In Nebraska we don't find them very often.
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Valued Member
United States
335 Posts |
I collect Canadian small cents. When my son started collecting, I let him have a lot of the old stuff I had left from when I was a kid. But then he wanted me to have something to look for when we roll hunt. I didn't want to compete with him for the same coins, so I decided to pick up a couple of folders and search for Canadians.
As TheForce said, there are plenty of Canadian cents in circulation here in Michigan; after just 11 weeks, I only need 1953 shoulder fold, 1956, 1985 pointed 5, 1990, 2005P, 2006P, 2007 non-magnetic, and 2010 to finish my Elizabeth II set. George VI is slower going, and I haven't seen a George V since I was a kid.
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02/13/2010 11:24 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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For me, there are a number of compelling reasons for an American to collect Canadian coins. First, there are a number of interesting coin types that Canada continued long after the USA stopped production, such as the large cent, the five cent silver and the large silver dollar. Secondly, low-mintage Canadian coins are still comparatively affordable. Lastly, bargains can still be found at the local coin shops, due to the low level of dealer's interest in these coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
573 Posts |
Andrew - I'm in SW Michigan and I've filled 12 dates for the George cents with a couple doubles. I think they all came in 2 different String boxes.
Matt
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It has been a good while since I roll searched a $25 box of cents but the last time I did my search revealed 88 Canadian cents.
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Valued Member
United States
335 Posts |
Matt, I'm finding the George VI cents--just much more slowly than Elizabeth II. I've filled 7 of 18 slots. I wish I'd been saving them when I was a kid.
Or were you talking about George V?
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