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Valued Member
Canada
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Does anyone here actually collect/buy/trade Canadian bank notes?
If so, just wondering what type you prefer to collect?
Dominion notes, 1935 issues, 1937 issues,1954 issues, 1967 issues, modern, birds, journeys, specimens etc.
Looking for people to discuss this topic with!
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Valued Member
Canada
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I always say that I don't collect banknotes but when I add them all up I have over $600 in face value.I don't prefer any specific series but am mainly interested in things like radars,low numbers and replacements.
Bill
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Valued Member
 Canada
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mainly interested in things like radars,low numbers and replacements.
Do you stick to any particular denomination of notes or just what you can get your hands on. I used to collect coins many, many,, moons ago but slowly started to switch over to Canadian Paper Money. Unfortunately I use to buy mostly mint products and quickly learnt than it was rare for many of the mint products to ever go up in value. In most cases years down the road you could buy the same things from dealers at a lower price than you paid. I have found that with most notes tendency is to increase in value if you stick to higher quality and harder to get notes that are always in demand. As for current replacements, they seem to be drawing a lot of attention. FASTBACK13 |
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Canada
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Lower denominations are of course easier to afford. The highest denomination I have is a 2 number - bird series - radar 50.
You are sure right about the mint products, I have a couple that have increased in value - the square beaver and the coloured maple leaf series - but most of the ones I bought are worth less than I paid for them.
Bill
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I want the $1, and $2 from 1937 in uncirculated, these are lovely notes to begin with, but have ladies on the reverse which is the reason I want these notes.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Hello ScottishMoney, You are correct the one, two and twenty dollar notes are beautiful Canadian notes. Here are some pics for others if interested. Image:  1937_one.gif21.72 KB Image: 1937_two.gif17.64 KB Image: 1935_20.gif20.16 KB |
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United States
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The Twenty with Princess Elizabeth is one I would love to have, for no other reason than it was the first of many billions of pieces of money that featured her image, and 18 years before she became reigning monarch .
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United States
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I used to have a couple of Charter $10 bills, one was Bank of Nova Scotia, I think the other was Canadian Bank of Commerce. I wisht I had never sold them off now, they got quite pricey since, and I cannot find nice ones like those now.
The only active well, semi active anyway Canadian interest I have is Canadian Tire Money. My collection is still small, but I would really like to get some of the earlier issues, especially the 3¢ notes from the earliest series. Once in Hamilton, ON I saw one in a plexiglass donation box at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum there. I would have gladly forked over a Sir Wilfred Laurier for it.
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United States
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Here is my oldest note from Canada, a 25¢ note from the Dominion in 1870:   Really a beater piece, but I have had it since I was a kid. |
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Australia
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G'day, I am interested in the BANK OF CANADA $20 of 1935, featuring Princess Elizabeth. There is one currently for sale on ebay, item number 160146056846: slabbed; grade 20 [looks to be very circulated to me]; and the seller describes it as "large seal" - so I guess that there are varieties of 1935 $20. That item has a Buy-it-now price of US$2,599. My questions are: do these notes usually sell in that price range ? What would an unslabbed note of the common variety [small seal ?] usually fetch at auction ? Peter in Oz |
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United States
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I like them all really,
check out mine at the link below
I tried posting them on here but it didn't work.
Edited by scoutjim99
08/15/2007 4:30 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Even with a reverse like this, which BTW is WONDERFUL:  I think the price a bit out of reality. It is a rare and desirable note, but not at the price at which I can buy a Bust Dollar in nice condition at. |
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Canada
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If it helps here are prices from the latest Charlton catalogue:
G- 375.00
VG- 600.00
F- 1200.00
VF- 2300.00
EF- 4650.00
AU- 7700.00
UNC- 12000.00
Bill
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Better nix Lizzie the $20 off of my list unfortunately and stick to the $1 and $2 in unc.
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Australia
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G'day and thankyou.
I'll just have to be patient ...
Peter in Oz
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Valued Member
Canada
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One thing about buying slabbed notes is to checked if it states EPQ Exceptional Paper Quality on the description.
If it does not, the note can still be uncirculated but the EPQ designation will not be given if the note has been pressed. Most collectors of high quality notes would not consider to purchase a pressed note because it has been altered. In many cases the embossing is lost, the waves which were common in older notes may have been made flat and creases/folds etc may be hidden if not carefully looked at.
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Posted 07/14/2007 10:12 am
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