If you have a copy of the 2011 Charlton (65th edition), the Victoria large cent varieties are in the back ... certainly not all, but just 80 of...
For Canadian silver from 1920-1967, it was .800 Ag fineness. That makes each face dollar equal to .6 troy oz of silver, if you are looking to...
Lon Chaney's post was in jest about another "11 cent" previously "discovered". B
Please don't get your 11 cent coin anywhere near anything gold. All high school students on both sides of the border tried the "dip the penny in...
The alternate TPG for Canada is CCCS, who have 2 types of hard slabs, as well as flips if you want them. They also have a complete tracking...
I am not a US Large Cent collector (Canada Vicky Large Cents), but the comparison photos at the end of page 1 showed one thing very clear to me......
Take a look here: http://www.brooklyngallery.com/cgi-bin/commerce.exe?listcategories=action&parent=0905 . Be sure to look at each of the...
The "P" mintmark isn't really a mintmark. It stands for "plated". This is a good time to start a Canadian small cent collection. The penny is...
You will need to send photos with a little better magnification and taken directly over the coin and parallel to the surface. Pics taken at an...
I frequently refer animal/bird lovers to a friend of mine's site. It's nice to look around his "zoo", but I don't know if he's still active in...
I'm not a token person, but I don't recall any, nor are there any in Charlton. However, they made so many of them, there has got to be varieties.
I've dealt with these folks for 30 years and find that they have the best prices/selection around. They may have what you are looking for ... if...
The German 5 mark coin is nice and worth more than the silver content. The Canadian Edward 25 cent piece is worth a great deal more than scrap if...
jlblonde ... There are chrome and "no chrome"exmples for both '44 & '45. There is a slight premium for the "no chrome" type. The '45 appears to...
Yes, that is a 9/8. There is no generic 9/8 .. there were 13 different working dies that made coins with a 9 handpunched over an 1858 die. Every...
It was one of a couple Ebay auction coins that were writen up in the "Error" section of Canadian Coin News, all complete hand-made fakes and his...
This guy has been trying to sell this garage-made coin for over 3 years. Each time it's on Ebay, the coin has a different "name". It has been...
I personally chose either 1920 or WWII as the start of modern coinage, depending upon the country. Others say 1967 or thereabouts, when most...
Well, we all can dream, but there were thousands of fakes made for the last 70 years.
No, that story is not real. If anyone believes that mint records, even now, are accurate, then I have hundreds and hundreds of "rarities" that I...
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