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Valued Member
United States
117 Posts |
Canada Silver Dollars 1935-1952
George V
1935 - 428,707 minted
Heavily hoarded at the time and relatively easy to obtain in mint state
1936 - 306,100
Less hoarded and consequently higher priced. High MS (MS65 and up) can be very pricey but nice lower MS examples can be found at affordable prices.
George VI
1937 - 241,002
Another issue that was hoarded at the time and is easy to find in MS. Starts to get expensive in MS64 and up.
1938 - 90,304
This is a harder to find issue and starts to get pricey in Ms63 and up.
1939 - 1,363,816
Common as dirt and nice examples can be found at affordable prices. MS65 and up get pricey though.
1945 - 38,391
A key date and the prices reflect that, particularly MS63 and up.
1946 - 93,055
Nice MS examples up to MS62 are affordable. After that the prices go way up.
1947 - 65,595
Another key date and priced to match. The pointed 7 variety is priced higher than the blunt 7 version.
1947ML - 21,135
Second lowest mintage of the series and nice MS examples are both hard to find and expensive.
1948 - 18,780
The king of Canadian dollars and priced accordingly. There never seems to be a shortage of MS coins for sale but the prices are high.
1949 - 672,218
Easily available at affordable prices, even in high MS grades.
1950 - 261,002
Affordable in all but the highest grades.
1951 - 416,395
Similar to 1950 but slightly pricier in highest grades.
1952 - 406,148
Similar to 1950 and 1951
In closing: compared to American dollars, Canadian dollars have miniscule mintages and, IMO, are severely undervalued.
Many of the George VI issues have multiple varieties that are listed in the standard references (Charlton, Haxby) and are sought by completists (like me!)
Alert and perspicacious buyers can find nicely struck and preserved coins in MS60-62 at prices that, if not cheap, are for the most part within the means of an average dedicated collector.
Nice circulated examples in VF are affordable with prices under $100 for all but the rarest dates (45, 47, 48).
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Valued Member
Canada
235 Posts |
Im not sure what your asking, are you selling coins and just pointing out?
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Valued Member
 United States
117 Posts |
I'm not selling anything, just pointing out the ABCs to newbies to collecting Canada dollars...
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Valued Member
Canada
449 Posts |
Nice essay CoinGeezer. It's appreciated.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3692 Posts |
Much appreciated. This should be a sticky!
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Valued Member
Canada
475 Posts |
Nice article good work! To add there are several interest dollar die varieties out there just waiting to be discovered! Especially amongst the early 1950's (1950- 1956)
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Valued Member
Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thanks CoinGeezer - nice summary.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I only have a type set of these. With the relatively low mintages, I may now go down the date set route.
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Valued Member
United States
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I only have a type set of these. With the relatively low mintages, I may now go down the date set route. I hope you have deep pockets and plenty of time because I can tell you from experience it ain't easy putting together an MS year set.  Unless money is no object, finding NICE affordable mint state coins is a challenge. The 1948 is, of course, the most expensive but the one I had the most trouble finding in my price range was the 47ML. Good luck! |
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Previously Ousted
Canada
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Geezer...
good for you...
BIG question is:
WHEN are the Americans going to wake up?
but I have to disagree with you in one aspect:
I can get a 1947 ML ( which is actually a 1948) any day.
However, try and find a 1947 P7 DOT...
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Valued Member
Canada
274 Posts |
Hi !
For some reason some coin are not easy to find and often it's commun date. I'm looking for some nickel of the 50's and I have a lot of problem to find them in VF condition. The biggest problem it's that the major part of seller overgrade them or try to sell it more that the value. It's sure that it have a lot of different catalogue with different price for the same coin. Personnaly I never pay the full price for a coin, exept for this one under 2-3$, I often pay 50% less and never under 30%.
Anyway ! If all seller grade their coin corectly, it will be a good start.
Thanks !
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I will just have to content myself with what comes along, irrespective of the condition, and consider if I can afford it at the time. On the real rarities, I still may be forced to give them a miss.
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United States
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I can get a 1947 ML ( which is actually a 1948) any day.
However, try and find a 1947 P7 DOT... I didn't say the 47ML was the hardest to obtain, just that it was the hardest for ME to obtain at a price I could afford and in a condition I found acceptable. All the dollars are easily obtainable if one makes price no object.  Finding nice MS coins on a budget is the real challenge. The 47 dot dollar isn't listed in Charlton, is it?  Edited by TheCoinGeezer
03/13/2012 07:50 am
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Excellent info, coin geezer.  Quote:
This should be a sticky!  |
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