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| gothboi30 |
Posted - 10/23/2008 : 20:55:48
Would someone be able to post a sticky with the years that Canadian coins should be saved as collectables? I have some relatives in Canada, and have a small amount of Canadian coins (loonies, quarters, nickels, and pennies). It would be great to know if I have something with collector value, or if I should just give them away the next time I visit. |
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| Meestabeck |
Posted - 10/20/2009 : 12:37:51
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Originally posted by gothboi30
I just got a 1968 Canadian quarter in change today. How can I tell if it's 50% silver or .9999 nickel??
Hey bud,
This is really easy to do, just balance the quarter on the top of your finger, and tap it with another coin. If it is a 50% silver 1968 (the last year) it will make a long tinny noise, like a small cymbal. This is true with copper pennies as well. Although, you can usually tell a coin with silver content just by looking, they will seem whiter than a 1969+ coin will.
On a side note about Canadian currency, one to look out for, because it is usually horded is the 1942-43 Canadian nickel. It is made of 90% COPPER, and 10% Tomac. It is very easily recognizable, as it has a bronze look about it. I have one of these, and would be happy to show you. You will be more likely to find one of these than say a American Steel Penny, as Canadian currency is often overlooked by hobby collectors in the States. |
| psi |
Posted - 09/06/2009 : 15:11:10
From 53-64 the queen has ribbons in her hair, then in 1965 this was replaced with a design where she's wearing a tiara type crown. It was switched again in 1990 and 2003. |
| nomore |
Posted - 09/06/2009 : 14:25:20
Hey to the Canadian experts what constitutes a 'Young Elizabeth' penny?
I know that George V pennies are from 1920-1936 while George VI pennies start in 1937 & run to 1952 but which years of Elizabeths are considered 'young'?
Thanks! |
| jadedragon |
Posted - 07/24/2009 : 01:42:32
It's a matter of personal preference. Some separate Canadian Copper from US Copper - others do not bother. Canadian Copper is legal to melt in the US and US Copper is legal to melt in Canada (but not to export out of the US). Both countries currently have melt bans on their own coins but no country will care if you melt another country's coins.
US Cu Pennies have a standard weight. Canadian Coppers come in various weights. So if you want to calculate weight but don't have a scale you better separate. |
| sheba |
Posted - 07/23/2009 : 23:32:10
Question from a 'Newbie' ...
We find qie a few copper Canadian pennies. Based on what I have read here, we save all Canadian pennies before 1996. But we don't keep them seperate. Feeling that 'copper is copper', I just throw the Canadian pennies in with my US copper pennies. Is this for some reason, 'not a good thing to do'? 
Thanks,
Sheba |
| jadedragon |
Posted - 04/09/2009 : 18:15:02
Post it in the forign coin thread (Numistics). Someone can give you a value - just not me. |
| smartinson |
Posted - 04/09/2009 : 18:00:24
After searching, I did find that it is a British coin. I don't know alot about coin collecting and just thought it was Canadian. Not sure of the value but it was fun to find it. Thanks! |
| jadedragon |
Posted - 04/09/2009 : 17:55:15
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Originally posted by smartinson
Need help with a 1929 Canadian Large One Penny coin. I have looked but can't find one like it. Front - GEORGIVS V DEI.BRITT.OMN.REX FID:DEF:IND:IMP: No Crown. Found one with Crown but back is different. Any one know any information about this one or where I might find the value. Thanks.
Canada stopped making large pennies in 1919.
The only bareheaded king is George VI on coins from 1937-1952.
I'm wondering if you found a coin from someother commonwealth country? |
| smartinson |
Posted - 04/08/2009 : 12:51:42
Need help with a 1929 Canadian Large One Penny coin. I have looked but can't find one like it. Front - GEORGIVS V DEI.BRITT.OMN.REX FID:DEF:IND:IMP: No Crown. Found one with Crown but back is different. Any one know any information about this one or where I might find the value. Thanks. |
| El Dee |
Posted - 04/02/2009 : 18:32:38
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Originally posted by gothboi30
I just got a 1968 Canadian quarter in change today. How can I tell if it's 50% silver or .9999 nickel??
Put a magnet on it. .999 nickel sticks like steel. |
| gothboi30 |
Posted - 03/28/2009 : 19:57:52
I just got a 1968 Canadian quarter in change today. How can I tell if it's 50% silver or .9999 nickel?? |
| Apocalypto |
Posted - 03/24/2009 : 00:29:35
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Originally posted by vrbsroma
I get a slight "high" when I find a Canadian cent in a roll, but that excitement quickly diminishes as I realize it is not a wheat cent, and that I just paid a penny for something worth much less.
LOL, it's not worth that much less, and in 2007 it was worth more for a while. Don't worry, when the U.S. dollar finally tanks you'll be sitting on a fortune with that penny! |
| vrbsroma |
Posted - 03/23/2009 : 10:44:30
I get a slight "high" when I find a Canadian cent in a roll, but that excitement quickly diminishes as I realize it is not a wheat cent, and that I just paid a penny for something worth much less. |
| psi |
Posted - 03/23/2009 : 08:11:52
The 1968-2000 cdn dimes and quarters are made of nearly pure nickel so they are magnetic as well though. The easiest way to tell the steels is by the "P" (= plated steel) mintmark under the queen's portrait. Later this was replaced with a rcm logo mintmark. |
| BIGDOUG |
Posted - 03/22/2009 : 17:48:36
ALL YOU NEED IS A MAGNET..THE STEEL COINS WITH STICK TO A MAGNET.DOING BY WEIGHT WOULD BE ON THE HARD SIDE.....BIGDOUGquote:
Originally posted by mickeyman
Legacypac -- can we distinguish between the nickel and the steel 2000 dimes and quarters by weight?
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| jadedragon |
Posted - 03/10/2009 : 13:40:15
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Originally posted by natsb88
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Originally posted by bargar
As a newbie, would I roll the pennies 1981 and prior separately from 1982-1996?
Some people do that; you could keep the 'light' and 'heavy' coins separate. But I find that to be a lot of unnecessary work. I buy and sell based on weight, so it doesn't matter what the individual coin weight is; a pound of copper is a pound of copper 
My Ryedale sees a copper as a copper, so some manual handling needs to be done if you want to have weight ranges. Frankly I don't think it is worth making rolls or being careful about seperating by weight of coin. The cdn copper sells better by weight anyway in the US because the buyers are not worried about spending the pennies - it is an investment.
I did seperate a bunch by weight of coin, but it is a slow boring process. I went back to dumping all the Canadian copper together. I try and sift out all the Georges and all the contaminating 95% Americans, if they are headed for sale as bullion. Sorting by weight is how I found a 1942 Newfoundland penny. It will take me years to sift out all the older and US coins - maybe my daughter can do it when she is old enough.
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| bargar |
Posted - 03/10/2009 : 10:00:21
Good to know, thanks |
| natsb88 |
Posted - 03/10/2009 : 09:32:26
quote:
Originally posted by bargar
As a newbie, would I roll the pennies 1981 and prior separately from 1982-1996?
Some people do that; you could keep the 'light' and 'heavy' coins separate. But I find that to be a lot of unnecessary work. I buy and sell based on weight, so it doesn't matter what the individual coin weight is; a pound of copper is a pound of copper |
| bargar |
Posted - 03/10/2009 : 07:16:17
As a newbie, would I roll the pennies 1981 and prior separately from 1982-1996? |
| Bart |
Posted - 03/03/2009 : 18:21:02
Hi gothboi30 -
You should be keeping the pennies up to & including 1996 & earlier for 98% copper content. I had to go through all the Rumoli pennies a second time to get the 1982-1996 copper coins. That puts me well over 20 pounds copper! If only gold was this cheap!!
Best regards, Bart.
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| gothboi30 |
Posted - 02/26/2009 : 17:12:09
Nate/Bart- Does this mean I should only be saving Canadian pennies up to (and including) 1981? I've been saving up to (and including) 1996....I'm a little bit confused here.... |
| natsb88 |
Posted - 02/25/2009 : 22:21:22
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Originally posted by Bart
Hi Everybody -
I've got to correct you about the Canadian pennies metal content. Canada, just like the USA, cheaped out in 1981. There is a slight difference in copper content between 1979 to 1980-81 but at current copper prices its not really enough to worry about. This can be seen at the "Current Melt Value Of Coin / the Coinflation.com site.
Best regards, Bart
Welcome to Realcent!
The prices are different because the weight of the coins is different. The actual material is the same (98% Cu), there's just less of it in those coins. |
| Bart |
Posted - 02/25/2009 : 22:08:40
Hi Everybody -
I've got to correct you about the Canadian pennies metal content. Canada, just like the USA, cheaped out in 1981. There is a slight difference in copper content between 1979 to 1980-81 but at current copper prices its not really enough to worry about. This can be seen at the "Current Melt Value Of Coin / the Coinflation.com site.
Best regards, Bart |
| psi |
Posted - 02/07/2009 : 16:22:32
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Originally posted by legacypac
1982-1996 Light 98% Copper
The RCM cut off the "sides" of the penny to further lighten it up. Those little sides don't look like much but they add up over a lot of pennies.
Minor point, I thought the sided planchets would have been created using some type of press rather than by actually cutting anything off. I think I remember reading that this was done with the sided nickels of the 50's and 60's.
I find the sided pennies make hand sorting a lot easier, I just edge sort those out first and then the older coppers are easy to find by face sorting because there is more contrast. |
| cwgii |
Posted - 12/03/2008 : 23:44:12
yeah thanks, i did a wiki search and found the weight changes. so i think the few hundred i have found out of 300k will go , pre 80 . and 80-96. |
