I hate Canadian Cents!

When I started collecting coins in 1969, Canadian coins were often seen in upstate New York. Really good ones, too. Much of the coins were still silver, all of which are still in my collection. There were always many Canadian cents to be found. I have been able to obtain every date of Canadian small cents from circulation since they began minting the smaller coin in 1920.

What is not common knowledge is the fact that the Canadian cent from 1920 until 1962 is struck on an every so slightly thicker planchet than the American cent. Stack 50 1920-1962-dated cents and then stack 50 Lincoln cents of the same era and you will find that the same era of Canadian cents are consistently two-to-three coins thicker than our Lincoln counterparts.

The scenario has reversed since the 1980 coins were minted. Canadian cent planchets are thinner, whether they are on round or 12-sided planchets.

 

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i hate to get them in rolls too, especially the dimes and quarters because they wont go thru the coin counter at my local bank. UGH !!! living here in NY state we do see them from time to time but they are a pain. most canadian pennies go thru the counter up until they started making them out of steel.

here is my magnet ball 7.55 worth of non-countable coins. i do have a freind who goes to Cananda once in awhile. maybe he can have them someday ???

 

Why don't you look through them for some key dates? 2006 P cent is worth 20$
and a 1991 quarter is worth 15

 

If we were able to sort coins well enough to keep Canadian, Bahamian, and others out; we probably would still be finding the occasional silver half, dime, or quarter either. And that would be sad

 

The spelling is right, it was just the wrong noun.
I found a Canadian 'silver' quarter in a roll not to long ago.

 

I need to learn some of the key dates. I do have a good website I reference for older Canadian coins, but I don't think about newer ones.

I just had a thought, for those that have a hard time spending Canadian coins, just slip them in your wife/girlfriends purse!!

 

Hmm, I've never had a single instance where I had trouble spending Canadian coinage, from cents to dollars. Maybe because we get so many Canadians here in winter our businesses are just accustomed to receiving mixed change. Our banks exchange them at US face for amounts up to $100. I mean, how much change are people really getting in non US form to be complaining? If it were $20 a week, I might see a problem, but a few cents....get real.
Guy~

 

It's amazing how people can call themselves coin collectors yet have so much open hatred for collecting coins!

I have always LOVED getting Canadian coins. I have every date from 1967-2008 in the cents, excepting 1990 which I don't have. I have a lot less of the other denominations, but I would love to find them. If I could get 1966 and 1990 I would have every one from 1960-2008. I have a friend in Canada who I trade with, I will see him next month and maybe he can find a 1990 for me.

When I do a roll of US cents, I am dissapointed when I DON'T get Canadian! I usually get one Canadian cent for every two rolls, sometimes moreso. I recently got a 1945 Canadian cent in a roll.

I don't do rolls of the higher denominations that often, but I have never gotten a Canadian from a roll that was not a cent. Did get a Bahamas nickle once though.

I currently have 138 Canadian coins and six pieces of Canadian currency in my collection, hopefully that will go up next month!

 

come to michigan... we have jars of the stuff.

It wouldn't be an issue of the banks & stores were cool with it... but they aren't around here. they are anal about not accepting it, yet are qucik to give it to you. Doesn't bug me.. unless, again, I am getting rolls from a bank.

 

Absolutely! I don't think they will love you any better for it but they may have an easier time spending them than you since they're better lookin'.

 

Don't blow a gasket. It's just a little hyperbole.

The last time I did the math the Canadian dollar was at 80c and gas was at $3. Under the most extreme conditionms 100 lbs of cents could reduce your mileage about 1 MPG. That's about $78 (US) so a drive over 3300 miles in a gas guzzler would actually eat up the value of the coins.

I have nothing against canadian cents. But let's be realistic a cent just isn't money any longer. They take more effort to haul around and count than they are worth. You might get a hernia taking enough pennies on a trip to pay for the gas you need.

I love collecting cents and have had collections of Canadian cents in the past. At one time I had a very nice complete set of Canadian large cents in nice choice AU and Unc condition. I've had several sets of Canadian small cents and I still collect US memorial cents. But this changes nothing; cents are obsolete and they're made only because of politicians.

Owning Canadian cents in the US is a handicap.

There's an old science fiction story (maybe Ellison) called Crazy Half Heller. The guy has a tiny denomination coin that is cursed and the only way to get rid of it is to sell it for less than it's worth. Well, Canadian cents aren't cursed but one is hard pressed to even sell them for much less than they're worth in this country.

 

I also would love to unload a bunch of the old Canadian nickel nickels but I'm getting full value for them someday. No one wanted them at $27 /Lb at any price but when nickel gets to $100 a pound then they'll want them.

 

Why, because they make a different sound when you trash them?

Sorry, but this topic is absolutely odd in my view. (Yeah, I could have ignored it, but the attention grabbing subject ...) Most people will not pay much attention to a 1 cent coin. You get it back in change and probably leave it in your pocket, or put it in some jar at home. At many gas stations and other stores you may put them in, or grab them from, a Leave-A-Penny-Take-A-Penny box. And all this applies to pieces that are common and perfectly legal tender in your country - most simply know that a single penny is not worth much.

Yes, there may indeed be those who cannot afford to do that, and literally every penny counts. But well, then it is necessary to pay attention to what the cashier gives you. And if there is a "foreign piece", refuse to accept it right away.

Christian

 

So how come nobody thought of this before? :smile

 

There are times being American can be a handicap as well!:goofer: But for a Canadian to say this in public would be considered bad form. Truthful but bad form..........I have lots of 'Merican coins I will trade for Canadian....we each cover the postage....Just to eliminate a "handicap" for my southern neighbors......

 

5 cents, 10 cents, 25 cents and 50 cents..1968-2000

$1 coins...1968-1987.

There are some pure nickel 2001 25 cents. They don't have the "P" mark below the bust of QE2. The "P" marks the nickel-plated steel coins. The "P" has been recently replaced with a RCM privy mark.

 

...and I have a 1943 copper cent.


Canadian of course

 

My first real interest in collecting coins when I was a kid started when I found my first Canadian penny in change. After that, I had my parents keep them when they received them in change. There seemed to be a lot more of them around back then than now. So the coins brings back good memories, and I still save them when I receive them.

If someone refuses to accept your Canadian penny, just take one from the take a penny leave a penny jar and tell them, "Okay, then you get nothing instead" as you hand it to them.

 

So simple but BRILLIANT!

 

A lot of Americans would agree with you and I'm one of them.

I can get away with saying it since I'm from the US. :hail:

I'm sure you wouldn't really want hundreds of pounds of Canadian cents even if most of them are a little older.