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Posted 01/10/2018 1:04 pm
Thanks again, guys, for the insightful discussion. I do understand how sometimes coins end up in a collection and then are released. But I also know that when I see a Canadian cent in my change, I just ignore it. I'm not interested in foreign coins, to the point that I don't even take the time or energy to remove it from circulation. And that's coming from a coin collector! So I imagine it could be doubly true for all the non-coin collectors who have come across this coin in its travels--like kbbpil said, it's a small round brown thing that is worth a hundredth of a dollar and nobody cares.
To answer your question, aristarchus, I would not consider a coin sitting in your desk "in circulation," if you have no intent on spending it. To me, circulation means in someone's daily change that they intend on spending, or in a cash drawer in a store or bank. In other words, the coin is going to have a good chance of being picked up by another human being as their own. That's a good question, though--what exactly does "in circulation" mean?
To answer your question, aristarchus, I would not consider a coin sitting in your desk "in circulation," if you have no intent on spending it. To me, circulation means in someone's daily change that they intend on spending, or in a cash drawer in a store or bank. In other words, the coin is going to have a good chance of being picked up by another human being as their own. That's a good question, though--what exactly does "in circulation" mean?
