What Was The Canadian Equivalent To An American Double Eagle Gold Coin

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North of 49 Pillar of the Community Canada 617 Posts	Posted 05/30/2016 8:28 pm A couple weeks ago a friend showed me one of his USA double eagle gold coins. Wow, I wish I had one of those beauties.I've been thinking about it ever since. Does anyone know what the Canadian equivalent to an American double eagle was? Whats it worth today? Was it used regularly? Just wondering. Report this Post to the Staff

DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9862 Posts	Posted 05/30/2016 8:38 pm No Canadian equivalent. The highest denomination Canadian gold coin was only $10, half the value of a double eagle,and was issued for the years 1912-14 only. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 05/30/2016 9:35 pm Technically, gold sovereigns were legal tender, for Can$4.8666666666666667. A British gold five-pound coin would also theoretically have been legal tender in Canada for five times that amount, or Can$24.3333333333333. As far as I am aware, these coins very rarely circulated in Britain itself, and never circulated in any of the colonies. None were ever produced in Canada. There are some British Columbia goldrush $20 coins, I believe - they would be the largest intended-for-circulation "gold coins" struck in Canada. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9862 Posts	Posted 05/30/2016 11:43 pm Eagles and double eagles were legal tender in Canada concurrent with the gold sovereigns. None of these saw much circulation at all. they were used mainly for interbank and international transactions. The BC gold coins predate confederation and were never legal tender in Canada. Canadian 5 and 10 dollar gold coins (same specs as eagles and half eagles) were issued in 1912,13 and 14. Canadians did not like high value coins and preferred paper They barely circulated and most remained in a government vault for a century. Newfoundland $2 gold coins were issued from 1865 to 1888,these actually circulated as Newfounlanders, with good reason, did not trust issuers of paper such as banks or governments "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Edited by DBM 05/31/2016 01:14 am Report this Post to the Staff
ace_ftw Pillar of the Community Canada 1747 Posts	Posted 05/31/2016 11:18 am Remember that Canadian Coinage is relatively immature compared to our cousins to the south. They had been producing their own coins for nearly 100 years before we had our own. The USA had changed planchet sizes of the penny from their Large cent (similar in size tour large cent) to the size of the current cent, years before we even minted 1 penny. Report this Post to the Staff
North of 49 Pillar of the Community Canada 617 Posts	Posted 05/31/2016 8:06 pm very interesting, thanks for the history lesson Report this Post to the Staff
829729742 Valued Member 108 Posts	Posted 04/28/2021 2:33 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 04/28/2021 2:49 pm Picture of what? Report this Post to the Staff
tripoli Pillar of the Community Canada 867 Posts	Posted 04/28/2021 4:34 pm Here are some examples...and yes, you are going to need thicker pockets. Report this Post to the Staff
Hounddog Bill Pillar of the Community Canada 1221 Posts	Posted 04/28/2021 6:23 pm Here's a ten dollar gold coin that my father-in-law received as pay when he was working in Maine in the late 1920's. He lived in Newfoundland and travelled to the USA for employment as a carpenter for 8 months each year. Sure beat working on the fishing boats up in Labrador. You'd have to say they were circulating he had more but only kept this one. I've been told that it's only worth melt value so I wouldn't go crazy on the price but they sure are pretty. Cheers, Bill Report this Post to the Staff
tripoli Pillar of the Community Canada 867 Posts	Posted 04/28/2021 7:53 pm Your 1895 $10 is worth way more than melt with a cool backstory like that. Report this Post to the Staff
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