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I recently acquired (for free) 2 Newfoundland coins from my father in-law. One is a 1911 50-cent piece, and the other is a 1917 quarter. Until seeing these coins, I never thought about the fact that Newfoundland would have to have their own currency since they only joined the Canadian Confederation in 1949. I know that Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were the firstto join the CC. That being said, the other provinces must have had their own currency up until they joined the CC....correct? I have not seen any other provinces coins in stores or on ebay. Does anybody here have any experience with any provincial coins? How difficult are they to find for sale? What kind of price ranges are they when they are for sale? |
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Pillar of the Community
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The Province of Canada(Ontario and Quebec),Nova scotia,PEI,New Brunswick,and Newfoundland all had their own currency before they became part of Canada.BC tried to issue gold coins in 1862.There is no currency of Alberta,Saskatchewan or Manitoba.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Hi, middross, Quick.. buy a Newfoundland 1919 Quarter and you'll have a full set.  |
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^ I think that I might just do that.  |
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Valued Member
Canada
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The 20 cent silver is a little harder to complete,it took me three years.
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Previously Ousted
Canada
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David, do you have all the varieties?
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Canada
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Got all three 1899 but not the rest not too many out there.The 1870 dime is another hard one to get but happy with both my 1873 dime and five cent piece and my fifty cent is only missing a few varieties they grade from f-15 to ef-40
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Pillar of the Community
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For the 25 cent you need the 1917,
I started collecting marintime this past summer 20 cent and 50 almost complete doing the 10 5 and 1 cent now. I found if you wait for a major auction you can pick up 10 to 20 pieces for peanuts. Super low mintages , it's fun
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Seems to be a lot of high end Nfld. coins available lately. I wonder what's goin' on? Glenn  |
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Glenn... where are they?
on the bay? or in secret places in your neck of the woods..?
was able to pick up a few lately, but nothing high end..
always looking for 5cent and 10 cent..NFL
My best? 5 cent 1946.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Yeah, I've got one of those as well! ICCS EF45.
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Canada
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I think I know what Glenn means there are some more years where I've seen some rediculously nice examples come up for auction either on ebay or at icollector. The majority of these coins, however, are priced with an extremely high starting bid and thus receive no bids. Key date 5 and 10 cents in nice condition continure to be seen very infrequently in the marketplace, on the other hand, and deserve more attention from colletors/investors IMHO. Right now I'm trying to complete a 5 cent Newfoundland collection in problem-free EF-45 or better... including all of the Victorian key dates. This is something that I expect will take me decades to complete, even if funds are available to purchase these coins. By the way, has anyone heard anything about the Newfoundland Coin book that supposed to be released this spring? I am anxiously waiting to get my hands on a copy! Can't wait to start hunting for all of those cool varieties...:-) |
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happen to know the author.... might be may or june.
BUT, it sure will be interesting and hopefully give NFL a push...
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Pillar of the Community
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Provincial coins and pre-confederation tokens appear on ebay often. If you're patient you can get them as a very reasonable price. I have a half- complete set of Newfoundland large cents and complete small cent coins, along with several coins from the other Provinces. |
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Good going, matchbox, you have quite a nice collection of Canadian and Newfoundland now. |
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