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Pillar of the Community
United States
1620 Posts |
Went and got a box of pennies and what do you know 27 rolls of Canadian pennies I'm not really a Canadian cent collector I don't even know what varieties to look for.. Should I return them or just look for certain dates and what dates are collectible thanks  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1620 Posts |
These are all cwr is it even legal to exchange another countrys coins
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2049 Posts |
Do you hoard copper at all? If so, keep them if they are 1996 and earlier. It is strange to see that many in a box though...
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Bedrock of the Community
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These are all cwr is it even legal to exchange another countrys coins at the airport or a currency exchange place yes you can have them turned into american money for whatever the current rate is. but no you cant just go to a bank and ask them for face value in american coins as those coins have no value in the us and arent legal tender only american money is |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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These may be some one's collection, I think it would be worthwhile to go through them. What have you got to loose anyway  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
561 Posts |
I keep all of the Canadian cents that I get CRH so while it would certainly be unexpected I wouldn't look at this as a total loss.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1620 Posts |
And what's weird is 27 of them are in Canadian rolls lol I'm not sure what I will do I'm not gonna bring them back to the bank I live on a military base and I'm sure the person who brought them in would get in trouble I guess I don't know. and no I don't hoard copper only silver lol thanks again everybody for the help
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Bedrock of the Community
13014 Posts |
Daniels just ask around theres probably an exchange place near by. If you did get them from the bank though like it sounds like I would bring them back or at least talk to them about it and see what the options are. They may not believe you, but if they gave them to you at face value as american money and you can prove it I would get it swapped, otherwise you will lose some money exchanging it. On the bright side right now 1 us dollar is 1.02 canadian so you will only be losing 2 cents a dollar.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would take them back.
Heck, I refuse CDN coins when people try to give them in change.
I lived in Minnesota for a while, and everywhere you went, you
got bunches of CDN in change. It was annoying, and I started flat
refusing them about that time. Especially when you consider that
CDN money is usually worth less in exchange rate.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1620 Posts |
Lol 32 cents I think I can deal with that thanks for the info
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Bedrock of the Community
13014 Posts |
Lol for 32 cents definitely not worth the hassle. maybe youll get lucky and they will be some key date in there
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12847 Posts |
Interesting find. Maybe someone here in the community would take them off your hands, especially considering the recent demise of the Canadian cent.
Not sure why anyone would reject them...they spend the same. No U.S. retail clerk is going to say... "uh...this is only worth 3/4 of a cent. Please deposit another."
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1620 Posts |
That is true and usually when I go get my rolls the teller usually counts out all the rolls I guess for the cameras and today she brought them out in the plastic roll holder of 25 bucks in pennies and counts them through the opening on the side and dumps them in my bank bag. I learned something from this though always put your own coin rolls in the bag lol
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Valued Member
United States
116 Posts |
If you aren't that big of a collector of Canadian coins you should exchange them then get a penny collector foldable boom you got a new collection. Or you could look at the datessnd see if you can find anything older than 1900 which should have some interesting value
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Valued Member
Canada
220 Posts |
Search them, you'd be surprised how many wheat cents we find here in Canada in penny rolls... :-)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1620 Posts |
Do they get rejected from the coin machine
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Posted 07/06/2012 11:39 pm
