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 Posted 08/30/2012  3:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add basebal21 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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1974-D, what does the D mean?) And also the penny goes back before 1920...


For american coins the letter is the mint that produced it.
D = Denver
P = Philly
S = San Francisco
W = West Point
0 = New Orleans (but thats only for older coins that mint is no longer open)
CC = Carson City (also no longer open)

And yes the penny did start before 1920. Not sure of the exact year but there is more than a decade of pre 1920 pennies for US coins anyway not sure about the Canadian Penny
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 Posted 08/30/2012  3:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Windchild to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
As I consider the penny to be the small cent, in Canada the penny was first produced in 1920. The US penny was first produced in 1867.
Canadian Penny: 1920 - 2012
Canadian Large Cent: 1867 - 1920
US Penny: 1867 - Current
US Large Cent: 1793 - 1867
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 Posted 08/30/2012  8:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add xAGENTxMULDERx to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
world coins started me into collecting, I just have a tin box full of coins from around the world that my grandma gave me over 10 years ago, then the State Quarters got me started again.

back then I didnt know about silver coins, so the past couple of years I've been collecting silver coins both as an investment and on occasion ill buy one at a small premium just to have it in my collection
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 Posted 08/30/2012  8:52 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add IndianGoldEagle to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Shermy have you given any thoughts to doing a Canadian type set? One coin type of each issued. With the amount of different coins the Canadian Mint has issued, you should be on the hunt for a long time.
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 Posted 08/30/2012  9:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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I know that the Red Book series has books about collecting Canadian & US type coins. I would recommend buying these and reading them. Knowledge is key when buying coins.


Sort of missed with all the suggestions. Here is an idea similar to the above. Go to the Whitman web site and request a catalog. They will send you a 90+ page catalog free and full of a list of coin books, coin items, Albums, Folders, etc. Not sure but you could look for Canadian stuff too.
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 Posted 08/30/2012  9:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Windchild to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
World coins, Canadian and US are the easiest to collect on low budget.
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