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New Member
Canada
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Hi Everyone, Found this site and I love it! Started getting into coins early this year when my mom gave me a bag of Canadian/American change mostly from the early 60's. I'm 23 so thought this would be a great hobby to get into early. Decided after researching/sorting through 1000 coins I want to start collecting quality over quantity  So Today I went into Colonial Acres (live in Kitchener,Ontario), got a appraisal on my coins for $400 (pretty much melt value, kept a few 40's quarters, and dimes) and decided to get 9 Silver Maples, 4 Silver Eagles, and a 1/10 oz. Gold Maple. I was in a bit of a hurry, so I just got the buillon's for now because I dont want to take up much room. I feel is a must for my collection is a WTC recovery buillon/coin to always remember the forgotten and show my respect. But I want to really focus on collecting older Canadian 50 cent and dollar coins in the future......... So my questions are: 1. Where should I start looking? (Besides Local Coin shops, and ebay) 2. Any good major Ontario Coin tradeshows coming up this summer? Any help and advice (input on the 50 cent/dollar coins) would be greatly appreciated. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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 Sounds like you have got a nice bag too sort through. Now colonial acres is a good store and sounds like you got some really nice bullion  For coins you can go to your local bank and buy a box of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters and roll search them for silver. And try gatewest.ca for Silver dollars. I don't really hear about coin shows in Southern Ontario. (I'm in London Ont) For collecting dollars they can be easily obtained from local shops and ebay, but they do get pretty expensive. I would just get what you can afford and keep buying them until you complete the set. I'm working on this set too. Good luck |
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New Member
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Looks like you had a good day |
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Valued Member
Canada
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Very nice start. I'm seriously considering getting a 1/10 gold maple leaf. Very nice coin. When you get the opportunity get an Austrian Philharmonic. I bought one a few weeks ago and it's now one of my favourites.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Of my Philharmonic? Sure but later tonight. I don't know where the cord that connects my camera to my computer is so I'll have to scrounge around for it :P
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Canada
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New Member
Canada
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coincollect, how about a brand spankin new 2012 Silver Maple + $ 5 bucks for that 03' Silver Eagle ;)
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Valued Member
Canada
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hilty, this site will give you some great advice on collecting , ie grades , varieties, etc , valuable information before and during your collecting. A good start would be to look at Charlton's Grading Guide for Canadian Coins and the 2012 Charlton Catalogue for Canadian Coins, and the Canadian Coin News Paper, all of which will help you get the best half dollars for your money. You might want to join the local coin club http://waterloocoinsociety.com/ which will help with advice and let you know when and where the local coin shows are held ( one of your best bets for collecting ) . Use the search function to check the Canadian section of this site to see past posts for 50 cent or half dollars. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Nice pick ups
I am also around your age 27
I remember my first bullion purchase over 7 years ago it gets addicting
I am well over 1000oz of silver and closing in on 25oz of gold
keep stacking
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Valued Member
Canada
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The you go. Please forgive the quality. It's my first time photographing coins and the camera I was using is lets say less than stellar. Hope it suffices! (The reason the pics are at different angles is because the focus on the camera tends to spaz out and only work when it wants to, so I had to try to reposition and refocus. No adjustable focus on this one sadly)   |
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Valued Member
Canada
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Hey hilty! Lots of good advice already on this thread. I'm also a bullion collector, I'm trying to get one example from each bullion producing country. A member here, poboxw, has a wicked world bullion collection, check the Precious Metals forum for a thread that has pics of his collection.
Some other ideas for your bullion would be:
- Canadian Wildlife bullion. Currently 4 out of 6 have been released. Wolf, Grizzly, Cougar and Moose. Premiums for the older ones are already going up a lot, so I'd get on those quickly!
- Vancouver 2010 bullion. The mint came out with three bullion coins for the 2010 Olympics.
- Mexican Libertad. Very popular, nice design
- My new favorite is the Fiji Taku bullion coin. It's actually made in New Zealand I think, but it's very nice in hand
Stick around here, you'll learn lots!
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Valued Member
United States
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My advice to you is to stop buying coins in a hurry and start buying books - The Charlton Catalogue would be an excellent place to start.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Agree with the wildlife suggestion too. The wolf is sold out in stores everywhere I look. Seems to be the most popular one. I only have the moose myself but it's a nice one.
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New Member
Canada
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thanks for all the helpful advice from everyone and yes you read my mind hulk I'm going to start collecting buillons exclusively, (already found moose, wildcat locally for $37 bucks ) can anyone tell me why my last two post were deleted/cant be seen? |
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