Post Your New Canadian Acquisitions

Yeah jj00 those are great-looking coins ... my trouble is I am trying to collect everything Canadian! Nothing like being completely indiscriminate ... except when Mrs VDB complains I have Too Many Coins!

Best Regards, :hail:

George

 

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10c Canada 1899 Small 9s XF40 PCGS

Today we have a Canadian silver dime, 1899 Small 9s, XF40 PCGS. These and their Large 9s counterpart were made to the extent of 1.2 million pieces. The Large 9s variety is rarer across the board. There is also a nifty 1899 9/9 variety (first 9). Haxby prices the XF40 at 80 bucks, CCN Trends at $125 (why are these guys always so high? What is reality?), and CoinsandCanada.com at $110. Enjoy!

Best Regards, :hail:

George

10c Canada 1899 Small 9s XF40 PCGS




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Newfoundland 1885 dime

Here is an 1885 dime. The mintage was 8,000 pieces in 1885. :smile

 

That is a great-looking coin! Drool!

Best Regards, :hail:

George

 

More great looking Canadian coins guys Keep them coming!!! Alan

 

I bought it raw. PCGS says it is XF45.

 

I'd say that's about right, high-end XF.

Best Regards, :hail:

George

 

...always room for 1 more!! (or 2)

 

1872 H Canada 50 Cent

Saw this coin in an auction (XF details scratches) but thought the 2 looked like a double punch, received today it is:hail:, not an inverted A though, can't win them all... (some have a inverted A instead of the V in Victoria)

 

....think I'm seeing double...
Reverse - double 2, double 50, double CENTS, Obverse - double A in Regina

 

I had forgotten about these three and I came across them today, to bad I don't have the 1921 LOL...Alan

 

10c Canada 1902-H MS65 PCGS

This Gem PCGS-certified 1902-H Canadian silver dime is among the finest survivors of the mintage of 1.1 million coins. Edward VII ascended to the throne after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria (1819-1901). He only reigned for a few years until his own death in 1910. (I cannot but help remark that this scenario is likely to play out similarly with Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles, who as of yesterday has been prince-in-waiting for 60 years). The new obverse legend added IMPERATOR (Emperor), and thus CANADA was moved to the reverse. Birmingham's private Heaton Mint made these 1902-H dimes as well as the 1903-H dime issue, before Canada's Ottawa Mint (Royal Canadian Mint) began operation in 1908, striking its first gold sovereigns in that year. PCGS population: 20 in 65, 11 finer. Haxby prices this at $635, CCN Trends at $700 in MS64!, and CoinsandCanada.com gives a price in MS65 of $1,000.

This coin is nice and high-end for the grade, nicer than my photo, like most of my coins (I am photography-challenged). Tomorrow I post one of the prettiest coins in our entire inventory.

Enjoy!

Best Regards, :hail:

George

10c Canada 1902-H MS65 PCGS




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In todays mail

 

Very Pretty Polar Bear ...

=> yah, ya gotta love the animal coins, eh? (I finally broke-down and bought the 2013 20 Dollar Wolf ... I can't resist the animal coins!!)

 

Just a beautiful coin, how much silver is there in this coin if any. Congrats on a very nice piece...Alan

 

This is part of a 12 coin O Canada subscription that I signed up for. It is available from the RCM if you want one. Your coin is the sixth of our O Canada 1/2 oz silver coin series, celebrating images that make Canada unique.
• Images previously featured in this series include the polar bear, beaver, RCMP, Inukshuk and summer life; future coins to feature images including Niagara Falls, the caribou, hockey, the orca and maple leaf.
• Your coin is engraved in exquisite detail.
• Rendered in 99.99% pure silver—GST/HST exempt.
• Limited mintage of 40,000 worldwide.

 

Thanks dwhiz I will have to look into them ...Alan

 

My newest addition to my type set.

 

Nice 20 cent piece, Night Hawk ... and only 40,000 minted (I have one of 'em as well)

:thumb:

 

10c Canada 1911 'Godless' One-Year Type MS66 PCGS

Well, this is what happens when you get old ... you wake up even before the chickens! It seems like I am one of the first ones around these parts in the morning (except for a few Westerners still reveling in the Night Before) now that Jello is sleeping later.

This little dime is, I think, one of the prettiest coins in our whole inventory, and in this grade PCGS has seen 25 submissions (probably including some duplicates) with 7 finer (6 in 67, 1 in 67+). The 1911 coins of Canada were the first year of the King George V (1911-1936) design. George V ascended the throne after his father Edward VII died in 1910. The new design with portrait facing right featured the legend GEORGIVS V REX ET IND IMP (George V King and Emperor of India), omitting the DEI GRA (by the grace of God). As happened in the U.S. a few years earlier when President Teddy Roosevelt supported the removal of IN GOD WE TRUST from the Saint-Gaudens ten and twenty dollar gold -- because he felt it was sacrilegious -- there was a tremendous outcry, and the DEI GRA was restored in 1912 (and IN GOD WE TRUST was restored by Congressional action). All of the minor Canadian denominations, large cent through silver fifty cent, constitute the so-called "Godless" one-year type, and thus are quite popular with collectors. (Silver dollar Specimen coins dated 1911 were struck but are great rarities.)

Again, this dime is far, far nicer than my photograph, showing a delicate pastel blend of ice-blue and jade hues that totally fails to come through on the shots. The surfaces, as expected, are essentially pristine and fully struck throughout. Haxby prices this at "$980," CCN Trends at "$2000," and CoinsandCanada.com at "$1260." (I use the rule of thumb to "double the price for each grade point higher in Mint State when prices are not listed for that grade." Just a rough estimate -- all coins are only worth what someone will pay for them, monetarily speaking if not aesthetically.) And I'm really sorry the photographs aren't better ...

Enjoy!

Best Regards, :hail:

George

10c Canada 1911 'Godless' One-Year Type MS66 PCGS





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