Hi I am new here, and I am also new to Canadian coins. I have just purchased this coin, and I was hoping someone can confirm what I was told the coin is worth 1881 H. QUEEN VICTORIA, ONE QUARTER DOLLAR SILVER around $200.00 in very good shape. Thank you so much for the help. Alan
here is one selling for $75 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1881-Cana...998?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf36e36e6 your pics could be clearer as i cant tell if it has been cleaned or not. there where 820,000 minted for that year and the weight is 5.81g of .925 silver. nice coin by the way
Hi I have taken my own pictures as I received the coin today I will try to get them better pictures if needed I was I a hurry today. Thanks for all the comments Alan
Am i going crazy or does that look like a fake. WHy its suspicious to me is the 1881 is uneven and not straight. BUT i could be wrong, I know very little about Canadian coinage
In very good conditions this coin would sell for less then $100. Usually in the $40 to $70 range for both variants.
No, The coin looks funny because it has been cleaned or "whizzed". It appears to be real. Wish people did not clean coins. Hope you did not do this. It looks funny in the date because the strike was weak in that area
People in Canada have adopted American names for their coins. When I was up in Canada, the locals called them quarters rather than "25-cent coins".
You are correct, but so is moneyer12 the real name of the coin is "25 cent". The term quarter is an unofficial name, and not used by the Canadian Mint.
Of course, the real name of our 5-cent coin is "5-cent coin", but that doesn't stop nearly everyone from calling it a "nickel". The official name for 100 cents is "dollar", but people often call it a "buck". And although "shilling" was the official name of the old 12-pence coin, it was often called a "bob". So, there's no use getting one's knickers in a knot over the use of vernacular coin names that everyone (or nearly everyone) understands.
