| Author |
 Replies: 44 / Views: 3,492 |
|
|
|
Pillar of the Community
 Canada
1931 Posts |
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
666 Posts |
I live in Houston. I've found a few Canadian nickels and cents while roll hunting. For some reason I find more nickels than pennies. On average I'll find 2 nickels per box and 1 cent every other box.
HOWEVER... Just today I pulled a 1947 cent from a roll. Thought that was pretty neat.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
1931 Posts |
I lived in Bryan Texas for a few years....long, long, ago. I love it there. Only wish I could move back.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
959 Posts |
I've got a couple of your 2 dollar coins in half rolls. One was even a 'freebie'; not counted as a half. Also quite a few pennies, the earliest being 1940, and a few nickels and quarters as well. Its always cool to see something different pop out.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
869 Posts |
I get em all the time just being across the water from Victoria,Canada. I have a good collection going. Here is a few of em. Image:  can.coins.jpg82.29 KB Edited by coindexter
07/22/2008 10:49 pm
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
2443 Posts |
I use to find them all the time but now once in a while.
|
|
Valued Member
United States
73 Posts |
Not to many trickle down to south Texas (maybe a cent or dime), but I hang on to them anyway(I'm a hoarder).
On a different note, is there the equivalent of the wheat back in Canada ,and the peeps that go nuts over them?
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
1931 Posts |
I don't think there is an equivalent to the wheaties here. I prefer to try and catch anything pre-queen elizabeth but it's not the same (at least not to me)
|
|
Valued Member
United States
473 Posts |
I seem to find a Canadian Penny every two or three rolls here in NYC. Nickels come maybe every ten rolls, and ive only every found 3 or 4 dimes and maybe a half dozen loonies. found my only quarter early this week actually.
Never found a King George - had to trade for those
|
|
Pillar of the Community
Canada
1931 Posts |
That's weird. I would think that in NYC it would be easy to get all kinds of canadian money.
|
|
Valued Member
United States
169 Posts |
I live in Michigan and Canadian coins used to circulate quite a bit around here when I was a kid. (30-40 years ago!) The merchants and we customers gladly took and gave Canadian coins as change and it was always accepted at equal value.
Today, a newer generation of merchants & customers don't follow the old tradition. Too many things are sold from vending machines, and the Canadian coins don't work in our machines, so nobody really wants them anymore. I always thought it was kind of neat to freely use Canadian change in commerce.
|
|
Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Until recently I used to get them in change all the time. Lately I haven't seen a Canadian coin for years now. Not sure why but I've heard many are now magnetic and many of our vending machines jam or reject them so their popularity is vanishing. May not be the reason but I just don't see them anymore at all.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
580 Posts |
OK, I just found one today while roll searching for Wheaties. It's a '94 CANADIAN cent! I don't even remember the last time I found a Canadian coin down here...been years.
|
|
Valued Member
United States
100 Posts |
I live in Detroit, Michigan and I live about 15 minutes away from the border, so Canadian coinage pops up ALL THE TIME. I would not be lying when I say that I get two canadian pennies out of circulation each and every day.
|
| |
Replies: 44 / Views: 3,492 |
First Page
Previous Page
Posted 07/22/2008 9:28 pm
can.coins.jpg
