Odd 2000 Canadian quarter

I found it in the midwestern US. I've never seen one like it.

 

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Like the US, the Royal Canadian mint puts out many many commemorative issues every year, almost exclusely for collectors. There are usually 4-5 different quarters in addition to the regular coinage, and usally about the same for other denominations, including many wierd dollar amount coins up into the hundreds of $$$.

The quarters were issued in both painted and unpainted versions as well as a silver one. Does yours show any signs of paint on the coin ... yours is called "pride" and there is another called 'celebration'.

 

I did some research on the coin but I thought I'd share it with you. I wonder how many of them are circulating in the US further than 100 miles from the Canadian border?

 

I get them in Kentucky and even some in Texas!

 

As Bill in Burl stated, there have been several Canadian commemorative sets ... your example comes from the 2000 set (cool coin, but sadly it's not a real money winner)

=> here are a few my Canadian sets (silver proof on the LHS and regular proofs on the RHS ... mules and specials in the middle)

NOTE => if you "click" on each of the photos, it's kinda like you're sitting beside me with the ol' magnifying-glass!! (I hope that you enjoy)





=> your coin is the January 2000 example (Pride) ... ummm, if you're extremely lucky and the dies are rotated, then your coin is probably worth at least $100 ... if the dies are not rotated, then your coin is worth about a buck ...

NOTE => oh, but before you get really excited, I'm pretty sure that our Canadian dies differ 180 degrees from your US die orientation?

 

We get a lot of Canadian snowbirds in Southwest Florida every year, and they bring with them a lot of their nickels, dimes & quarters to dump into the local economy.

Chris

 

Just in the Toronto area (6 million people), at least 2 million of them head South somewhere in the winter (some for ALL Winter) and most of them leave with a pocket full of Canadian coins. They are accepted in most US places at face value, especially Florida, Texas, So Carolina and the Gulf.

 

You don't see a lot of Canadian plates in Oklahoma.

 

Well, what do you expect? => you yanks established not one, but two NHL franchises in Florida and another one in the Carolinas!!

Brutal, that's kinda like putting up a sign that says
=> "Free Canadian Beer, Back-bacon and Maple Syrup!!)

 

I had nothing to do with establishing hockey teams. I'm not a fan of the sport.

 

Bugo .... you'll see mine from time to time ... Checotah.

 

wha? => ummm, please give us our 25 cents back ...

 

I think it's pretty common all over the country. Many of their coins are the same size, color, and have the same feel as ours so they circulate without much notice. I'm fairly close to the Canadian boarder (compared to some people)...I'm about 300 miles away. I see them all the time.

 

Checotah, Oklahoma, at the junction of US 69 and US 266? I've been there a couple of times. It's probably an hour from where I live.

 

I wouldn't say they are "common" as I've found quite a few pennies (maybe two dozen including a couple of 1967 pennies with the bird and a "1952-2002" 1 cent piece) and a few nickels (including a 1947 model that sticks to magnets and has the King on the obverse and is "12 sided"), a couple of dimes, and a few quarters (including a 2000 "pride" quarter). If it means anything, I've found more silver dimes than Canadian coins in the year and 2 months I've been at the store I work at (I didn't do much coin searching until the second month or so that I worked there.)

 

Sounds like you found quite a few in a short period of time...that sounds pretty common to me.

 

ahahaha, Canadian coins, eh => they're almost like "real" coins



Hmmm, it's kinda funny, because when I was a young lad, I always got US coins in my change, but now that I think about it, I rarely find US coins in my change nowadays ...

huh? ... I wonder why that is?

... is there a better money/banking system nowadays that keeps our two country's coins seperated? ...

... huh, that's kinda interesting

 

One day a customer paid for something that was $x.35 with paper bills and a Canadian dime AND a Canadian quarter. I could have refused them but I wanted them for my collection. But otherwise, Canadian coins are fairly rare here and it's interesting that I have found some fairly rare ones this far south.

 

I actually get irritated when I get Canadian coins in my change. I usually don't notice it until its too late. It is as if the merchant doesn't want it either and hopes I won't notice. Pass it along to the next person...

 

Maybe its because Canadian money is 92 cents on the USdollar? Far more likely that US citizens will find Canadian money in their change than the other way around...