Newfoundland is 1949 .. thdere was a special dollar made for them.
Bugo .... you'll see mine from time to time ... Checotah.
Just in the Toronto area (6 million people), at least 2 million of them head South somewhere in the winter (some for ALL Winter) and most of them...
I will echo what Dougsmit and Steve mentioned previously about mintage figures. I would say that well over a million of these 1857 tokens still...
Like the US, the Royal Canadian mint puts out many many commemorative issues every year, almost exclusely for collectors. There are usually 4-5...
Since when does anyone believe something written on Wikepedia? These are nearly as common as dirt, which is why you can pick them up anywhere...
I think that it's just a 2 real (6.7 g) that had been worn/eaten away down to its present weight. Most cobs are nowhere near round .. just pieces...
Coins and Canada has a guide/listing of most of the Canadian coinage and varieties, but I find the pricing quite a bit off, especially varieties....
I agree .. a clash or a mintworker's tool or machine part fell and marred the die.
There is NO reference book that is useless. Every reference should serve as ONE input into making any kind of decision whether to purchase or...
You can exchange them for US $$ at any Federal Reserve Bank.
So how much did you make on the coin, Rog?
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I think that it was a pocket piece for a while ... I'm sure that they were distributed to a select few when they struck them.
Almost as impressive as the coin is the provenance... from Sid B's collection. I think that I had this coin in my hand once at a Torex where we...
There's no such thing as a wide or narrow date for the '88's. There are close, kinda close, very close, wide, kinda wide, far, very far, far,...
As I put in my first post, there is corrosion on the coin and you will probably lose money on the first $30 you spent, let alone ever having it...
There are millions and millions of them still in Canadian pockets, drawers, boxes, and bags. Since the stores really don't take them ... they...
I agree with XF ... too much wear on the crown and orb.
I wouldn't slab it as the cost wouldn't justify it since it has some corrosion. For the 99's, look closely at the 9's as they have some nicely...
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