[Held for Ransom]

I just added a '42 penny to my little stash and thought about trading them next year at Norwalk.

[unruhjonny]

yup - Canadian coin collector checking in.

I have an almost complete collection of every version (errors/die variants not included) of every year Canadian penny.
By that I means ones produced issued since Canada was declared a sovereign nation;
The first issues predated confederation by nine years;
First year 1858 (most reminted a 1859);
Confederation was 1867.

That's a good one;
I love the 1937-1952 King George VI coins, and as a child, finding one was a truly exciting find for me - ironically, the first one I got was also the rarest one (1948).

I actually look out for deals on Canadian currency when perusing state-side "antique" (junk) stores

[hobbygto65]

I have a few older Canadian coins but not an avid collector. I did find this penny a few years ago in Minnesota.

[68bird400HO]

Originally Posted by hobbygto65

I have a few older Canadian coins but not an avid collector. I did find this penny a few years ago in Minnesota.

Find it metal detecting? It looks like it's been in the ground. I've dug a few of those, one 1890s other 1850s.

[hobbygto65]

Yes, sorry metal detecting. I have a Minelab Equinox 800 and a Garrett AT Pro.

[poncho-mike]

I have a small cigar box with some Canadian coins that were in circulation in the mid-1960s. When I about 8 yrs old, a family with a kid my age relocated to NC from Canada. The kid's father was a mechanical engineer. His dad had a small machine shop in his garage and could make about anything. He was a big part of the reason I went on to be an engineer. We were hanging out one day and I saw my first Canadian coins. Every time his family would go back to Canada to visit family, he would bring me coins or other small trinkets.

[Held for Ransom]

Originally Posted by hobbygto65

I have a few older Canadian coins but not an avid collector. I did find this penny a few years ago in Minnesota.

That's a nice find. I knew an acquaintance who metal detected all the time. He's since passed.

[nas t eh]

My Grandma gave me a few old Canadian large pennys when I was a young teenager, that got me started, I have a reasonable collection of Canadian coins. During Covid Summer of 2021 when I had all my Grandkids in town, I bought them all coin books, for Canadian pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. Then I dug out my boxes of unsorted coins and set them to it. Over the next couple of days with my and their parents help, they filled the Penny and Nickel books out pretty well. I have to have them retry with the dimes and quarters that they never got to.

[unruhjonny]

Originally Posted by hobbygto65

I have a few older Canadian coins but not an avid collector. I did find this penny a few years ago in Minnesota.

That looks to be in REALLY good condition.

That might be nicer than mine!

When Canada went away from British currency, they were intentional on aligning with what was being used in the United States - for denomination, size and composition;
even if sometimes we were a little late to the party.
EG:
1) Canadian 1858-1920 One Cent was similar in size and composition to Coronet large cent
2) Canadian 1920+ pennies again mimicked the 'Indian Head' and 'Lincoln' cents
3) Canadian 1858-1920 Five cent, were the same size and composition to the USA "Half Dime".
4) Canadian 1920+ Five cent mimicked the USA "nickle" five cent coins which replaced the 'Half Dime'.
5) our 1858+ Ten Cent mimicked the USA dime.
6) Canada had a one-year 20 cent piece - as I understand the USA used to also use one - but like the USA we switched to a twenty-five cent coin which mimicked your "quarter dollar".
7) The Canada 1870+ Fifty cent coin mimicked the USA 'Half Dollar'.
8) The Canada 1935-1967 One Dollar coin mimicked the USA (silver) dollar.

... where I said "left the party", I believe that with both the "half dime" and "silver dollar" ceased being minted by the time Canada started minting theirs.

I believe because of our bilingual nature, we never adopted officially as "penny", "Nickle", "Dime", or "Quarter (dollar)" coins (although everyone refers to them as such), we retained using "Cent" for all denominations which is a word of french origins that referred to the value in 1/100th of a dollar.

[68bird400HO]

Originally Posted by hobbygto65

Yes, sorry metal detecting. I have a Minelab Equinox 800 and a Garrett AT Pro.

Nice. I have the Minelab Equinox 600. It's been a great machine.

[72projectbird]

Being on somewhat close proximity to Canada, I'll get Canadian coins back as change sometimes. Must be from the large influx of Canadian tourists I see around here all summer.

I have a small coffee can with a bunch of em in it.

[68bird400HO]

Originally Posted by 68bird400HO

Find it metal detecting? It looks like it's been in the ground. I've dug a few of those, one 1890s other 1850s.

I had to go dig out my Canadian finds. I have actually found 3 large cents, two 1887 and one 1859.

[carbking]

I don't collect Canadian coins, but I do collect Canadian stamps.

Jon

[Hunter98TA]

I have about 30 lbs of old coins from all over the world that I would love to unload. I know some go back to the 1800's and others are solid silver