I don't have my book anymore since my collecting hiatus. Are most Canadian Silver Dollars in the red boxes proofs, or did they put uncirculated issues in them as well?
I only have one Canadian "red box" ... oh, and it did contain proof coins (ummm, but I don't think that would be a true test of whether the coin was proof, or not) ... I agree with the other coin-dudes ... => I'd probably try to go with looking at the actual coin, rather than the box ... ... I get a kick outta you ... => keep-up the awesome work, my coin-friend!! Cheers
I'd really like to get the 1967 set, just because the only two decent coins I have from the set are gold and I would like the others.
If one wanted to make a collection of denomination based coins, such as people in the states who collect the whole franklin half dollar series, a set of mercury dimes, and the like, what was a short lived denomination or country? I thought of putting a set of newfoundland half dollars together, but some issues are pretty expensive. Edit, I mean any "crown country", such as Canada, Prince Edward Island, East Africa under British rule, looking for something short lived like under 15 years.
It's hard to beat a good set of Newfie coins (they're super cheap, especially for a series that has amazingly low mintages)
Not a lot of people outside of Newfie have even heard of the place, let alone know that they had their own coins until the 1940s. I once had a roll of Newfie halves, must have sold them years ago.
NOTE => "Click-on" the photo to super-size My Complete Newfie 20 Cent Piece Collection ... sorry, the photo really sucks (several of them are actually in very sweet condition) ... oh well, you get the point => easy to collect and almost all of them have extremely low mintages (a dozen of the coins shown have mintages less than 100,000)
The issue with Newfoundland is that it decades long. So far, New Brunswick seems pretty short lived, 1860-1867. New Guinea and North Borneo is another.. I'm just looking for something short (20 years or 20 issue years or less) to put together, and won't cost a fortune.
Well after spending a little over an hour exploring different websites, I've settled on New Brunswick.
Cool choice ... these are my only New Brunswick examples ... Shame about the ol' finger-print, eh? (it's not my print)
Those are some nice ones! The silver coins are a bit pricey. A 1864 10c EF-40 CLEANED hammered $280 on eBay.
To answer your original question, Tim, there were two different colored boxes in 1967. The red one was for distribution in the Canada and included a $20 gold piece. Your red box contains a medal which was used as a placeholder after the $20 gold coin had been removed. There was also a black box with slots for all coins except the $20 gold and was used for sales into the United States. The $20 gold coin couldn't be sold here due to FDR's gold ownership ban of 1933. (sorry, I had to edit this to correct the information.)
Quite a few of the $20 coins came into the USA surreptitiously during that time - despite the ridiculous ban.
