1966 Standard Catalogue Of Canadian Coins.

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glenzy1 Pillar of the Community Canada 1554 Posts	Posted 05/13/2011 6:25 pm I recently managed to purchase a copy of the 1966 Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, Tokens and Paper Money. Those of you who have not had a chance to see prices of Canadian coins from nearly 50 years ago may be interested in the following. I've listed 14 Key date prices in EF-40 grade. The reason being is that the AU grade (almost Uncirculated) did not exist and the Uncirculated grade was broken up into the six sub grades that we have today making comparison inapplicable to the 1966 prices. So in the name of accuracy and best comparison, here are the values in "extremely fine": (also bear in mind that C.C.N. did not exist then) 1.>1907H, large cent=$23.00 2.>1858, large date nickel=$225.00 3.>1875, nickel=$120.00 4.>1884, nickel=$125.00 5.>1872H, dime=$150.00 6.>1875H, dime=$375.00 7.>1889, dime=$850.00 8.>1893, round top, dime=$2,000.00 9.>1913, broad leaves , dime=$325.00 10.>1875H, quarter, $700.00 11.>1880H, wide 0, quarter=$160.00 12.>1890H, half dollar=$1,600.00 13.>1921, half dollar=$6,000.00 14.>1948, silver dollar=$200.00 Now, remember these above mentioned prices of coins are all priced under the "EF" grade as per the reasons I initially mentioned. Now compare them to this week's C.C.N. Trends and let me know what you think? Glenn Edited by glenzy1 05/13/2011 6:30 pm Report this Post to the Staff

littlemoney Pillar of the Community Canada 902 Posts	Posted 05/13/2011 10:38 pm 1948 dollar so cheap even one with little money could afford one Report this Post to the Staff
EastVanRob Pillar of the Community Canada 617 Posts	Posted 05/13/2011 11:08 pm Have to remember we've had massive inflation in prices and in wages since then. I can recall as a little kid back in 1966, a chocolate bar cost 15 cents. And I got 25 cents every two weeks allowance. Edited by EastVanRob 05/13/2011 11:09 pm Report this Post to the Staff
oasis Valued Member Australia 138 Posts	Posted 05/14/2011 07:36 am Yes, remember that in 1966 $200 worth of coins was 120 ounces of silver! That's $4080 in melt value at the moment. Report this Post to the Staff
papeldog Pillar of the Community Canada 1923 Posts	Posted 05/14/2011 08:46 am Yes, 1966 was the first year I worked and I think my wage was #1.36 an hour so the prices were still expensive for the times. Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10034 Posts	Posted 05/14/2011 9:14 pm Candy bar math... As a kid in the early 70s I would look for the K-mart advertisement in the Sunday newspaper for my favorite sale. Every so often they offered 10 brand name candy bars for 1.00. Let's see, nowadays, at .85 each, I would need spend 8.50 for this same thing! Spending 200.00 back then at K-mart would have gotten me 2000 candy bars. At the current .85 ea. price, today I would have to spend 1700.00 to get that many candy bars. Hm... candy and silver both progressed about the same... How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
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