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I've went thru 4 boxes of dimes in roll hunting and I've found 1 1964 CAD dime. thats acually the only silver dime I've ever pulled from a box. I did find 9 full rolls of 1964 dimes customer wrapped.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I found one silver Canada half dollar in a customer roll. No other Canadian silver though.
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Quick question here..... Why do I save " EVERY SINGLE" Canadian Cent (or nickel too for that matter) that comes my way while roll searching ? ...  I mean....I'm fairly excited if it's "old"......like anything pre-1960 or whatever, but, I've found that something in my brain forces me to save "ALL" dates from Canada. Even if it's a 2002, a 1987, etc., etc., ANY dates !....and I don't know why I keep doing this. I'm ending up with a nice batch of Canadian Cents, I guess.... Now, my favorite (fairly modern) Canadian Cent, is the "anniversary" one with the Dove....1967. But, then I found "this" information from the "Calgary Gallery" and it just started making me "re-think" why exactly I bother to save "any" of these, unless they have some real age to them. Quote:
In 1967, to celebrate Canada's 100th anniversary as a country, all of the standard circulating coins were issued depicting various animals common to Canada, with a dove design by Alex Covillie used for the one cent. The alloys, weight and size remained unchanged. PLEASE NOTE THAT 1967 1 CENT COINS ARE VERY COMMON AND NORMAL CIRCULATION STRIKES, EVEN IN MINT CONDITION, ARE OF VERY LITTLE VALUE.
I realize that my intial "brain response" is probably just......"OH MY GOSH ! .... A FOREIGN COIN !" And the reality is that it's no different than our coinage here at home....unless I was "picking gems" out of a continous supply for an album, I WOULD NOT SAVE "EVERY" DATE AND TYPE AT ALL ! I have no "continous supply" of these of course....and I don't ever intend on trying to put together a Canadian Cent album.....or nickel......or any other denomination. So....just "why" am I saving them ? ... And is anyone else doing the same thing ?(no offense meant to my Canadian friends....because if I lived there...I would be " all over" collecting that coinage ! .. I think Canada has some very beautiful, interesting, and some very valuable coinage) (I don't ebay....so I just won't ever have a chance to build and collect them) Edited by eaglefoot
01/28/2010 3:29 pm
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Why do I save "EVERY SINGLE" Canadian Cent (or nickel too for that matter) that comes my way while roll searching ? Because you will eventually want to collect the series. This gives you a good starting pool to start filling the holes!  |
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  ......I have a very bad habit of posting a reply.......and then spending 20 minutes editing and adding to my reply.....and, as JB knows with me, by that time, people have read and responded to an "ever changing" comment ! But yeah......maybe you're actually right JB.....this interest in possibly completing the series "later" in life could hit me, afterall. |
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United States
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I live in California and while roll searching I have found in total between Canadian quarters dimes nickels and pennies probably $40 face value. Of that from quarters and dimes I have found around $2 face in Canadian silver.
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Valued Member
United States
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I save every CAD coin I get too. I live in michigan so I get alot of CAD coins, I just opened a box of pennys and got 44 CAD pennies. I've got about $20 in CAD coins from roll hunting now. 1 silver dime and 1 king george cent. the rest junk. idk why I keep them either. maybe one day I will start a CAD book. maybe oneday their money will be worth more then USA money. I remember in 04 going to CAD and the exchange rate was 40% ($1 gets you $1.40 cad). now $1 gets you $1.05.
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United States
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Good point there Jason ! ...  I live in Kansas.....and only a very rare few find their way here.....it happens.....but not in a large enough scale to mean much. I guess anything I see that isn't something I see everyday gets me excited.....the "value" isn't important at the present time. And as Jb said.....It would be a good "starter pool" to begin filling holes someday in the future. |
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United States
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Careful Eaglefoot....
I once saved my Canadian coins too. Never really had a reason but just couldn't part with them. Fast forward a few years and I am the owner of more complete Canadian sets than I am American sets! Mostly from pocket change I've managed to finish off Elizabeth Cents and Nickels. Dimes I still need some silvers and Quarters still have some work. Loonies/Toonies done as well!
The sets are just too fun to pass up
--gary
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United States
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I have yet to find one, but have only just recently started searching dimes. It would be pretty nice though...
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United States
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I have found 4 silver dimes in the last yr, and I am about 7hrs away from the boarder.
I also have found a tone of cents (20 rolls) over the same time period. I only keep the pre 82 for the copper content (higher copper weight than the US copper cent)I don't keep 82 and later because they are less weight than US copper cents
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United States
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This got me thinking. I could check to see if my bank has a branch in Sault Ste. Marie, MI near the Canadian border. I could get a few boxes of pennies there if they do. Bet i'll find all sorts of goodies in there.
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Unfortunately my bank doesn't have any branch locations in Sault Ste Marie.
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Valued Member
United States
317 Posts |
I've found about 10 Silver Canadian Dimes roll hunting. I've also found 3 Canadian silver quarters at work and in change ( I don't roll-hunt quarters).
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I mean....I'm fairly excited if it's "old"......like anything pre-1960 or whatever, but, I've found that something in my brain forces me to save "ALL" dates from Canada. Even if it's a 2002, a 1987, etc., etc., ANY dates !....and I don't know why I keep doing this. I'm the same way. I've even questioned it, like you, a few times, but I just keep right on doing it. I think it's because I just started that way, and I just can't change... |
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