Canadian Silver Dollars 1935-1967

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by Chris Rice, Aug 15, 2020.

  1. Chris Rice

    Chris Rice New Member

    Looking for Advice
    I just picked up my first Canadian silver dollar. I like the idea of collecting the major types in the Canadian silver dollar series. What dates should I be looking for?
    Also, where is the best place to by Canadian silver? I know Ebay probably has a lot, but I like going into coin shops more. Does anyone know of coin shops in Missouri that sell World Coins? Any history of these coins and information is greatly appreciated!

    Thanks!
     
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  3. Robert Ransom

    Robert Ransom Well-Known Member

    Welcome to CT. I suggest purchasing a book covering Canadian Coins. It will contain the information you seek.
     
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  4. alurid

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  5. Chris Rice

    Chris Rice New Member

    Ok, thank you. What is the best book to buy for reference?
     
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  6. Bradley Trotter

    Bradley Trotter Well-Known Member


    A Guide Book of Canadian Coins and Tokens


    James A. Haxby

    Edit: @Chris Rice if you're looking for Canadian silver, be sure to ask the dealer for their foreign silver pan. From my personal experience, most dealers usually sell it at a discount compared to American junk silver.
     
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  7. Robert Ransom

    Robert Ransom Well-Known Member

    There are a number of them. I can't recommend any particular one because I'm not into Canadian Coins.
     
  8. spirityoda

    spirityoda Coin Junky

    A Charlton Standard Catalogue Canadian Coins is the 1 I use for information on the Canadian coins. Please note the values in this catalog are in Canadian dollars. I have bought most of my toned Canadian coins off Ebay. Some at Las Vegas coin shows. I mostly collect toned 50 cents and Caribou quarters. Here is a toned dollar that I bought in a 1958 oin set. The toning is amazing... sorry the sellers pics are out of focus...

    1958 dollar copy.jpg
    1958 set A copy.jpg

    and another toned 1967 dollar...
    67 5 copy.jpg
     
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  9. Bill in Burl

    Bill in Burl Collector

    I have a friend/dealer in Tulsa that deals primarily in Canadian coinage... Dale Shafer. If you are in for a few hour drive, look him up and he has ads in the Canadian Coin News. There's a guy on a different coin site that has a great deal of silver (including 300+ 1965 UNC dollars) as well as other denominations, but he's in the heartlands of Canada.
     
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  10. Robert Ransom

    Robert Ransom Well-Known Member

    I think I saw that totem image on an Inca temple. ;)
     
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  11. Heavymetal

    Heavymetal Well-Known Member

    BDB58C48-0A20-4F69-A80C-4A9EC6E720F7.jpeg D3D6405F-E3C7-4CFB-9258-7323596A5E16.jpeg Been a few years but I’ll get a few out for pics.
    This 1939 was in an album for many years
     
  12. Heavymetal

    Heavymetal Well-Known Member

    FEACFEA3-7E90-475B-875C-FEB0B8B071BA.jpeg D9288F32-8B98-4337-9F97-A57B848DF82B.jpeg 7EA89FA0-4725-4901-84BF-605D99F56A11.jpeg 9094CBED-F737-45D9-A6DD-B7BB0A36844A.jpeg D3D5696E-9EB1-4CC7-BBBE-3CE20012D0AE.jpeg More of my Canadian Silver. Look for a PM (Personal Message)from me Chris
     
  13. serdogthehound

    serdogthehound Well-Known Member

    A fairly basics Type Set would be
    George V
    George VI with imperial titles
    George VI a without imperial titles
    Elizabeth II young head
    Elizabeth II Second year

    A longer type set would include
    1935 - 25 years George V
    1936- regular George V
    1939- royal visit
    1949 - Newfounland
    1937-1948(not listed ) Regular George VI with Imperial title
    1950-1952 George VI no imperial total
    1958 - BC
    1964- confederation conference
    1953-1964 not list Young head
    1967- centennial
    1965-1968 not list second head
     
  14. Chris Rice

    Chris Rice New Member

    That's not too far away from me. I may have to go check him out. Thank you!
     
  15. Chris Rice

    Chris Rice New Member

    Beautiful coins!
     
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  16. serdogthehound

    serdogthehound Well-Known Member

    The Silver Dollar was the first non-gold Canadian Coin to shift from the wreath or plain maple leaves (nickel and small cents ).

    A fun fact is the voyager design was going
    to be converted to the small dollar but the dies were stolen between Ottawa and Winnipeg and so we got the loonie . I don’t know how it would have turn out with the down size
     
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  17. spirityoda

    spirityoda Coin Junky

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  18. Maxfli

    Maxfli Well-Known Member

    I grew up in Tulsa and visit 2-3 times a year. Does Dale have a bricks & mortar store or is he online only? Did a google search but nothing came up.
     
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  19. Heavymetal

    Heavymetal Well-Known Member

    Schaffer’s -Dale Schaffer
    7107 S Yale Ave #199
    Tulsa, OK 74136
    918-496-3008
     
  20. Maxfli

    Maxfli Well-Known Member

    Thanks. Guess my search would've been more successful had I spelled his name correctly.
     
  21. Mr.Q

    Mr.Q Well-Known Member

    Pretty nice coins good luck in your search.
     
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