Enjoyed the video! Funny, but when I heard you say you got an old Canadian nickel, I was thinking George V! I just keep forgetting how much time has passed since I used to throw back a lot of 50s Canadian nickels with the Queen on them!
I pulled a complete set from circulation over the years from 1936 (George VI) forward except the tombacs. But I never got a George V (1936 or before) in circulation until 20 years after I started looking. Oops, now that I think of it, I never got a 47 dot in circulation, I had to buy that one also.
Love the stories Earle42! Back in 2015 in the first box of nickels that I went through I found an 1876 2 Pfennig. This is still the oldest coin that I have found and a personal favorite.
When I was going through pennies back in 2013 I found a 1936 Canadian, but it wasn't the 5 dot. Still a cool find. Also found a 1929 Canadian penny, the oldest Canadian penny that I found.
Quote: When I was going through pennies back in 2013 I found a 1936 Canadian, but it wasn't the 5 dot. Still a cool find. Also found a 1929 Canadian penny, the oldest Canadian penny that I found.
Wow...finding any Geo. V in circulation would have made my day. The oldent Canadian penny I ever found in circulaiton was, again, 1936, which is the first Geo. VI. Since I was on the border, more or less, we always had Canadian change in our pockets and it as given out/taken with no thought to the conversion factor (even though at times the quarter was only .15). Although 15 cents actually bought something back then, it just was not worth taking the time.
Made me think of trivia most people ar likely unaware of. The toll machines that you threw money into for the bridges up in the Niagara area would take either US or Canadian. I can imagine there was quite a bit of actual loss if the exchange rate was taken into account. And so you would think the charge would have been adjusted to compensate. Yet I don't remember the rates back then being even what you would mind paying. It was more of an annoyance you had to stop to throw the change into the machine from your car window than the actual amount asked for.
BTW nickelguy...I blame the following on you! You got me thinking about my Canadian Nickel collection, which is one of my favorites b/c of the diversity of metals and shapes in the Geo. VI and earlier QE II coins. So last night I got on ebay and spent some time looking. I always wanted a BU Tombac nickel. Somehow I found what appears in the pics to be a trouble free one for the low price of ~10.00 total. I have some with luster, but all have some sort of tarnish. This one looks clean and BU in the auction pics I show below:
The auction seller said it is brighter in hand than he can get to show in the pics. So I am hoping it is as it appears. I have never see one this nice looking in hand.
Haha Earle42 you crack me up! I'm glad I could contribute to the impulse purchase, which I am just as guilty of. That is a cool looking nickel.
I always wondered how so much Canadian money got over here into circulation, since most businesses refuse to take it, even if it's a penny. The toll booth change buckets make sense.
I finally went through all of the modern coins that I have set aside over the last 180,000 nickels. I completed an entire 1996-2023 with all coins being in respectable quality. Only hole not filled was a 2017-P
Also, below is a pic of what I believe to be a 2016-P grease strike. I'm not really an error or variety coin guy, unless they are blatantly obvious like a 1955-D DDOWheat cent, but this nickel caught my eye. I have pulled 3 in 200,000
The rims and edges are intact. I have three like this and they're all 2016-P. Definitely not a Dryer Coin as I have found those. Looks like there are known grease strikes for this year but these ones seem extreme almost. Weight is 5.0 grams each
Quote: I always wondered how so much Canadian money got over here into circulation, since most businesses refuse to take it, even if it's a penny. The toll booth change buckets make sense.
Canadian change (never Loonies or Toonies for some reason) is not uncommon, in my experience, even down to Pittsburgh, in PA. It slows down after that. Every once in awhile in Maryland I got a coin in change as well.
Not even having a notion to think about it, in September of my freshman year of college in South Carolina, I gave change to a cashier, He questioned what the one coin was (a Canadian nickel). He said they could not accept foreign money. That was the first time in my life I was in a position where I heard "foreign country" being applied to Canada! It just never crossed my mind before b/c...but I guess it should have. ...although I once did get a Canadian nickel given to me in change in South Carolina.
I honestly have always felt sorry for people not living close to Canada b/c our countries have a friendship that is unique and actually quite a close bond felt by those who can experience both sides of the border regularly. This is why I have a very hard time seeing Canadian coins (or anything else) as being foreign.
Aaaand...I have you to thank again. After the last post I was again looking at Canadian nickels on ebay and found an INCREDIBLE buy which is on its way here in the mail. The Capital Plastic holder (which I had always wanted) cost + the included 1947 dot nickel included put the value up over the price I paid...
But for some reason I cannot get the "Go to Full Reply button to work (tried two different browsers)...so this will have to wait!
Quote: Also, below is a pic of what I believe to be a 2016-P grease strike
Earle42 I've experienced the same with the Canadian money in my travels. Once I get out of the Lake Erie watershed the incidents of running into Canadian currency in change drops dramatically.
Below is a photo of the Greaser on the scale at 5.0 grams. I would think this would separate it from being a Dryer Coin. All three weigh 5.0 grams
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Posted 11/19/2023 3:35 pm
You got me thinking about my Canadian Nickel collection, which is one of my favorites b/c of the diversity of metals and shapes in the Geo. VI and earlier QE II coins. So last night I got on 
