Coin Dead Zone

Sorry to get off the subject a little.

Vancouver was my home away from home back in the late 60`s.

That was after the US dropped silver I would head to Van. and go roll hunting for silver and filling up my coin books and there was a coin shop downtown that I would buy from all the time. That where I got my Canadian Dansco type set plus most of my other Canadian coin books, the newest date is 1968.

I need to get updates on my sets from 1969 and newer. If I get my posts up to 250 I would like to trade for some I need.

I still have a stir stick collection from all the night clubs they had back then. Oil Can Henrys on Thurlow, Ritz Hotel plus many more. Great folks up there, made alot of friends.

Should have bought more coins and less stir sticks, a far better investment.
The silver usually paid for the trip. And there were alot of coin and stamp shops to look through in the downtown area.

But when you are single and enjoyed the good beer and drinks and dancing with pretty ladies. Your only young once

you are the luckiest roll searcher in history if you snagged a 1933 S Lincoln...........no such animal!

The 2011 is non magnetic

I will have to double check the Wheat cent as it was late, it might have been a D mark. all I am sure of is that it was pretty well worn, maybe I will get a pic later tonight.

I live in Surrey too, and suspect I'm not too far from you ace_ftw. I actually thought of posting an ad to Craigslist trying to see if I could start a local coin club myself. As far as I'm concerned it's a dead zone out here big time. One local coin shop in a 10x10 room, high prices, very low inventory. Foots is best in my opinion but is a long way to drive from where I am. Those are the only two stores I've been to out here. It'd be nice if there was a local club out here so the few of us could share some knowledge.

Here are a few more cool finds, I have to admit, when you find 2 complete rolls of US Cents it makes me feel like I am Hunting in the USA.

I found this 1920s Wheat cent last night


This is the 1935s cent I found the other night


And this little bugger surprised me, I thought I had a nice little steel cent, I was surprised to see that it was 1991 (I placed the 1995 cent next to it for comparison)




I think this is the Zinc Core, however the weight is like 2.4g, which is basically the same as the copper plated ones.

So I need some clarification from someone on this one.

Coinmart doesn't have a store, just a mailing address. I have been to Mr. Hunt's house to purchase a coin but I don't know if he does this regularly.

Today with the internet and ebay, the bricks and mortar shops are going by the wayside. I had a shop for years(over 13) and in this day and age would never have one again. The only real problem with NOT having a storefront is the inability to buy from the public. Have to do a lot more coin shows to replenish stock. Other than that online is awesome.