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 Posted - 04/08/2008 : 19:00:55
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I live very near the USA/Canada border. I get at least 1 to 3 Canadian cents per roll at my local banks. At last count, over 85% of these coins are pre-97 or copper. Many Kings are found (pre Queen E or the Canadian version of a Wheat Cent)....I got 2 this week from a 10 roll purhcase. I'm not a huge hoarder like you guys but I have over $10 face of Canadian copper cents with over 7% being Kings.
Is this the norm for Canada proper? Would it be worth taking a drive over the border? Thanks
By the way, did you know that the USA one cent coin and the Canadian one cent coin are treated as EQUAL in the USA? I was told this by my bank teller. It's been this way for years and the penny is the only coin that has equal value either side of the border. Anyone ever hear of this?
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starwarsgeek171
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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Posted - 04/08/2008 : 19:15:38
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| Living in New England, I get a lot of canadian coinage as well, but not so many Kings (only about 10 so far). |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 04/08/2008 : 20:19:05
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Originally posted by CuproNickle
I live very near the USA/Canada border. I get at least 1 to 3 Canadian cents per roll at my local banks. At last count, over 85% of these coins are pre-97 or copper. Many Kings are found (pre Queen E or the Canadian version of a Wheat Cent)....I got 2 this week from a 10 roll purhcase. I'm not a huge hoarder like you guys but I have over $10 face of Canadian copper cents with over 7% being Kings.
Is this the norm for Canada proper? Would it be worth taking a drive over the border? Thanks
By the way, did you know that the USA one cent coin and the Canadian one cent coin are treated as EQUAL in the USA? I was told this by my bank teller. It's been this way for years and the penny is the only coin that has equal value either side of the border. Anyone ever hear of this?
Don't know about that. I get foreign coins for free all the time from the banks. All sorts of denominations and nations.
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knibloe
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 04/08/2008 : 22:39:02
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| In NY we get a lot of canadian cents. However, I do not get so many kings. I found two in a box that I sorted yesterday. I have always used the canadian coins as equal to the US coin without any problems |
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eharrison
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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Posted - 04/08/2008 : 22:51:39
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Don't know about that. I get foreign coins for free all the time from the banks. All sorts of denominations and nations.
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Do you just ask the tellers NotABigDeal??
I recently got my first king (that I know of) a few days ago- a 52.
I don't regard them as equal in the sense that they are issued by Canada, not the US. |
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 04/09/2008 : 05:14:03
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| I get around 50% Canadian copper here in Indianapolis. |
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M83striker
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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Posted - 04/09/2008 : 08:48:27
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| Here in Michigan I get about 15 to 20 canadians per roll and of that about 80% are copper. I already have an entire roll of Kings and I've only been sorting since January. |
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Cerulean
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
993 Posts |
Posted - 04/09/2008 : 14:06:53
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| Six of the eight Canadian cents I've found this year have been copper; the other two are zinc. I've only found three kings in the last 15 years. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
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USA
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Posted - 04/09/2008 : 14:26:30
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Originally posted by NotABigDeal
Don't know about that. I get foreign coins for free all the time from the banks. All sorts of denominations and nations.
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Do you just ask the tellers NotABigDeal??
Yes, just let the bank person that normally gets your pennies for you that you would like the foreign coins that they are going to throw in the garbage. The banks throw them in the garbage because it is cheaper than twhat it would cost to try to process them. They will generally be happy to give them to a good customer.  |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
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Centsearcher
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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Posted - 04/09/2008 : 14:46:59
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| I live near Canada as well and have also noticed that Canadian coppers are very easy to come by. I average about 5-7 per roll. I also have a few rolls of Kings from my searches. In the box I am currently sorting I found three Kings (1940, 1955, 1952). |
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 04/09/2008 : 16:10:12
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| I live about 25 miles from the Ambassador bridge going into Windsor from Detroit. I have been averaging about 70-75 Canadians per box. I get about the same amount of kings as I do wheats, give or take... I haven't gotten around to sorting my Canadians yet so I don't really know what percentage are copper. |
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Posted - 04/09/2008 : 16:38:50
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| Customer rolls are what I get most in $5 to $10 orders. Huge numbers of canadians with most being copper. I wonder if this has anything to do with people just putting them away in jars for years and evetually taking them to the banks? I get very few Canadians from the plastic wrapped rolls but the hand rolled, that's another story. Got another 2 kings today from a $5 order and about a dozen copper canadians and only 3 junk canadians. I like the 1967 Canadian penny with the bird in flight on the back. Nice coin. |
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fiatboy
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Posted - 04/09/2008 : 17:04:08
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I like the 1967 Canadian penny with the bird in flight on the back. Nice coin.
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knibloe
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 04/09/2008 : 20:17:01
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| I was in northern, NY a couple of weeks ago. I picked up some pennies about 20 miles from the border. Someone had sorted out the Canadians and left the copper and wheats. |
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thebeave
Penny Sorter Member
USA
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Posted - 04/09/2008 : 20:33:51
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| I get quite a few canadians too, a few kings. I just throw every canadian into a separate jar to sort later. I pass canadian quarters all the time without even getting a second look. As long as there is only like one quarter nobody cares. |
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mickeyman
Penny Pincher Member
Canada
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Posted - 04/09/2008 : 20:52:10
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Originally posted by CuproNickle
I live very near the USA/Canada border. I get at least 1 to 3 Canadian cents per roll at my local banks. At last count, over 85% of these coins are pre-97 or copper. Many Kings are found (pre Queen E or the Canadian version of a Wheat Cent)....I got 2 this week from a 10 roll purhcase. I'm not a huge hoarder like you guys but I have over $10 face of Canadian copper cents with over 7% being Kings.
Is this the norm for Canada proper? Would it be worth taking a drive over the border? Thanks
I'm not big on pennies but have bought a few rolls up in Toronto. Your numbers are definitely not the norm. Last year, only a little over 50% of pennies bought in rolls were copper, and this year, the numbers have dropped considerably, although my sampling is too small to have a lot of confidence--but I would guess it is not much over 40%. Kings are not common. It sounds like the Canadian coins you get are from an older population that has been circulating there awhile, and lucky you, you haven't got the flood of steel and zinc that has been emanating from the Mint in recent years.
If I have time later this summer after the 2008s have fully entered the system I will try to come up with better numbers to assess the damage. |
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Posted - 04/10/2008 : 08:13:25
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i get @10-20 canadian copper per box in rhode island.
i have about 3 rolls of kings, most of which came from a drive-by picking up 20 rolls.
id say i got @100 kings with that pickup. |
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