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Pillar of the Community
United States
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When I was a kid, I remember seeing quite a few Canadian coins down here in Massachusetts. It wasn't at all unusual, it seemed. In fact, SOMEWHERE I have a small collection of quarters (I remember an elk or caribou on them?) . Looking back, perhaps they came from our day trips up to Maine, which used to be popular with Canadians for vacations. Fast forward to 2022... ok, 2023... and it is RARE for me to find Canadian coins in change. AND YET, in the last month I have ended up with two Canadian pennies, one from 1964 and one from 1975. I did a quick search online to find out what Canada did with their circulating pennies, and was shocked to read they (supposedly) melted them all down! Makes me want to keep these two refugees even more!  |
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Nice finds!  |
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United States
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Great story, on those pennies! thanks for sharing.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Over the past 15 years alone I've picked up ~400 Canada cents, entirely through roll hunting. One appeared last month. I'd say 70% came from customer wrapped rolls, the remaining from coin service provider rolls (such as Loomis).
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The last I hear, and it has been awhile so need a Canadian member to verify, the banks up there were collecting the pennies to be melted and would not give them out.
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes the banks collect them for melting.
Some will still sell you cents that customers have brought in.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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United States
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So I had better get busy on collecting them, huh?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Now I feel like holding history in hand with just a bunch of pennies. Nickel will be next...
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Canada
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Sadly, the US will lose the penny eventually too.
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Sadly, the US will lose the penny eventually too. Long past due, but too many down here are scared to give it up.  I am throwing a huge party if it ever happens.  |
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United States
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I still see them way down here in CO but don't keep track of it (or keep them). Last time I rolled up our change jar a month or so ago there were one or two Canadian cents in there. They're always QEII and nothing earlier than late 60s.
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Nickel will be next... That'll be a tough one. When the nickel is discontinued the quarter will become practically useless and it will have to be done away with or replaced with a Twenty Cent coin. And look for a new fifty cent coin at the same time. Though they have not been issued for circulation in the last twenty years, they will reappear when the nickel is gone. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Quote: When the nickel is discontinued the quarter will become practically useless and it will have to be done away with or replaced with a Twenty Cent coin... And look for a new fifty cent coin at the same time. Here is my take, which applies to US or Canada; your opinion may vary... Retire the nickel and quarter while introducing a smaller fifty cent coin. Symbolically: the dime becomes the new cent, the new fifty cents is the new nickel. Canada already has its (no so) new dime (Loonie) and newish quarter-adjacent (Toonie). Yes, we need those down here.  |
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Quote:That'll be a tough one. When the nickel is discontinued the quarter will become practically useless and it will have to be done away with or replaced with a Twenty Cent coin. And look for a new fifty cent coin at the same time. Pretty much a description of New Zealand's modern coinage, which, ironically, was/is partially minted by the Royal Canadian Mint. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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As long as Kentucky and Illinois have Republican reps, the penny and Lincoln's home states will never be eliminated.
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Canada
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I hope we don't emulate the Kiwis in more ways than one. We won't really need the Twenty Cent coin. They don't plan on striking any circulation coins in 2023, someone on this forum has suggested Canada will do the same this year. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
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Posted 01/03/2023 4:32 pm
Uncirculated American Silver Eagles 
