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I was wondering, how many other types of canadian coins are there
If you mean ordinary circulating coinage, then Canada has seven: 1˘, 5˘, 10˘, 25˘, 50˘ (not issued in great quantity), $1 and $2.
If by different types you include all the commemoratives, obsolete designs etc., then the number is in the hundreds - just like it is for Australia.
One way of telling the total number of different types a country has issued is to check the "Krause numbers", either in the Krause catalogue of world coins or on a reference site like NumisMaster or WorldCoinGallery.
The highest number I can find for Canada is #694 - that makes 694 listed types. Of course, this includes all the non-circulating commemoratives and bullion coins. As a comparison, Australia's highest KM# that I can find is #1014.
As for finding cheap Canadian coins, try the "scratch-trays" of your local coin dealers. Most dealers have a tray of cheap world coins, 20˘ each, 3 for 50˘ or something like that. Even those of us who are far from being beginners still like to sit down and rummage through the coins, looking for gap-fillers and anything else that takes our interest.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
Posted 12/26/2007 06:25 am
