Canadian coin reference suggestions?

So I just picked up a lot of nearly 100 Canadian coins on the cheap. I have some and I'm familiar with them on a basic level. Living only 1 hour from the border, I've grown up regularly seeing cents, nickels, dimes, and quarters from Canada in circulation.

The majority of this lot I picked up are from mid 20th century. I was looking for a good resource I can reference or read just to get some more knowledge and also know what to look for in terms of varieties, etc.

I know there's some books available, such as those by Krause publications but I can't justify spending $50+ on a book, as much I love expanding my coin related library.

So I'm wondering if there are some decently priced books (used even?). They don't need to be the latest and greatest, in fact a decade old would still suffice. I dont' care about pricing.

What about good websites or electronic downloadable resources? Hit me with what you got so I can start studying

 

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I have done very little with Canadian coins but I always use the free site Numista Canadian coin. just type into your search engine. Gopod luck and happy hunting. James

 

Coins and Canada is a helpful site. I use that one predominantly but it has gaps.

 

I do use Numista regularly, but usually when i have a specific coin in hand

Thanks I'll check that one out.

 

I wonder if the Krause North American Coin Guide book is worth getting I found a used copy for $10 from 2018. I have the 1901-2000 & 2001-Date world coin versions in digital copy, I don't know if this would just be pulled from those are contain more specific info.

 

Charlton is the standard ref for Canada - it comes in 2-volumes (one for circulation coinage, and another for RCM collector issues) plus another volume for tokens. Used copies are usually found cheaply, and are full of great info. Haxby is more academic, but is great for the history of Canadian coinage.

 

Any Elizabethan Canadian cent isn't particularly special.

There are some minor varieties for George V that are somewhat desirable, but nothing really special until you get far back enough as to get to Queen Victoria.

 

I've found Canadian Coin Digest by George S Cuhaj pretty decent about $6 Abe's Books?

 

That might actually be what I want, as I have a Krause World Coins Catalog if I just wish to look up a coin, or I can use numista I suppose as well.

Well I'm a collector of all things cheap - LOL. That means stuff that's not "particularly" special is right up my alley. But the question is more about types and varieties that may be out there, even if common.

I'm not seeing it that cheap? I'll check again, thanks for the suggestion.

 

Most up here use Charlton for the normal collector. I think that the Haxby-Whitman Coin guide has better photog and more info and includes tokens as well. The CaC site is kinda OK, but has lots of misinformation or missing/incorrect data, especially the errors that are included for many dates & denoms. You can find used Charltons on Ebay for $10 or so and pretty recent. You can also get the Haxby guide off Ebay as well but a little more money because it's a hardcover. Canadian Coin News (used to be monthly, but maybe now bi-monthly).. It has official Trends for all Canadian circulating coinage. Good luck.

 

Hope to hear other’s responses. I can’t even find Canada coin albums and I’m in Buffalo. Shops don’t carry them. I kinda gave up.

 

Both the above-mentioned Charlton and Haxby Books at Abe's $3.50 & $4.50

 

The Haxby book that I recommend is a hardcover book and a Whitman Guide Book for Canada coins. It is NOT the softcovers that Haxby did with Willey in the 90's. My copy of the Haxby/Whitman guide is 2012 and I think that there is at least on addition later than that. When I looked at the price in Abe's for this book, it was 10 times what I paid for mine 5-6 years ago. Try Ebay.

It looks like the more recent Haxby/Willey softcovers may have the same type info that Charlton doesn't have, mainly tokens and some paper money. The latest Haxby/Wiley I can find is 2024, but well more than $10, maybe $ 30, but half of what a Krause costs. Just search for Haxy Willey cois or Canada coins and many, including the 20-30 years old ones.

 

Oh ok I think I was looking at the Haxby-Willey ones. I'll have another look. Thanks for the info.

 

I've been assured by some of my friend collectors that the newer Haxby/Willey guides are as good as the previous hardcover from the early teens. It's an excellent guide with lots more info than Charlton.