Canadian Roll Hunting

Picked up 30 rolls of pennies from the bank today. Also got some from relatives. Went through all but 7 rolls (saving those for another post because based on the ends I think the finds will be incredible).
Finds from the 23 rolls and bag from relatives: 1940, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1952, 1953(3), 1955(2), 1957(2), 1959(3). Also found a 2009 US, 2 wheat cents, and a 2006 Barbados one cent.

Nice finds soulchief. Hopefully you can find some more pennies to hunt.

Of the 7 rolls I was saving 1 was "normal" and two were all Canadian from the 1930's.

Four rolls were marked "USA" and the finds were as follows: 1910(3), 1914, 1917(4), 1917D, 1917S, 1918(6), 1919(4), 1920(6), 1920S(2), 1924, 1924D, 1925, 1926(2), 1926D, 1927, 1928(3), 1934(3), 1935(3), 1936(4), 1936D, 1937(2), 1938(2), 1938D, 1938S, 1939(3), 1940(7), 1940D, 1940S, 1941(12), 1941D, 1942(10), 1942D, 1943, 1944(10), 1944D(3), 1945(9), 1945D(2), 1946(8), 1946D(2), 1946S, 1947S, 1948(2), 1949, 1950(2), 1950D, 1951, 1951D, 1952, 1952D(2), 1953D, 1954, 1955D(2), 1956, 1956D(2), 1958.

Five were hole fillers which brings my LWC count to 107/140.

The two Canadian rolls were pure 1930's (the 1929 was in with the wheat cents). Finds were as follows: 1929, 1930(2), 1932(17), 1933(9), 1934(8), 1935(2), 1936(3), 1937(13), 1938(19), 1939(31). Also found a 1956 Canadian in with the US coins.

Total George V small cents found today: 42 (which dwarfs my previous 15 total found). Grand total found to date: 57

Best find by far was a 1924D Wheat cent in about VF-20. Mintage of 2,520,000.

^^^ Finding a George V in a box is a great result. ^^^ I just got really lucky today. Although I wonder what happened to all the Canadian small cents from the 1920's. Only because I found so many from the 30's and only one from the 20's tucked in with the wheat cents. When I looked at the rolls I was so happy I went up to 3 bank employees and interrupted their conversation to show them the George V and Wheat cent enders. In my state of numismatic euphoria I wasn't thinking clearly. They looked at me like I had a second head. Then one of them said: "Why do you even have pennies?" They were very confused and seemed to think what I was showing them was a bad thing. I hope that doesn't affect me getting more pennies from that bank...it was kind of an oh s*** moment the second I saw their reactions. Live and learn I guess.

The pennies are certainly drying up but what is left out there seems to have a higher percentage of older coins.

are there any key dates to look for? coming from a US CRHer. I've been keeping the canadian pennies I come across when looking for other things. My finds the other day 1-1964, 1-1968, 1-1994, and 1-(1952-2002). I have a bag full at home and don't know what to look for.

What banks are people finding penny boxes at? I've only found them at one small credit union that has 3 branches (they don't bother shipping them off). I've contact a larger credit union and they say they ship them away right away. I've tried RBC and they say the same thing.

I've used google maps to find ~65 credit unions around me that I'll slowly check. But wondering if people are finding them at other banks like CIBC, TD, RBC, Bank of Montreal, Scotiabank, etc.

Thanks, I was thinking the larger banks (like TD, RBC) would be the hardest to get pennies from. I thought about opening a TD account just for the coin machine but haven't done it yet. I just ordered 3k flat wrapper rolls (1k penny, 1k nickle, 1k dimes) for ~$6 per 1k so maybe after I've gone through rolling 3k rolls, I might be tired of rolling them and open a TD account.

Edit: Do you pay fees for the TD account? There's so much fine print on their website it's a little confusing. If I opened an account with them, I don't think I'd want to keep anything in the account.

No soulchief, I got the vouchers at the TD coin machine and the rates a free for personal clients, 3% for business clients and 8% for non clients. Reccomend you get a TD account, they have long hours

There are TD free accounts, like everyday savings and high interest savings. You can get cash from thhe vouchers you print at the coin machines