Buffalo Nickel

Great coins Twiggs!!

 

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I think it's funnt how we cross over our collections between our different countries.

I always carry a centennial "goose" dollar with me at all times. Bet you'd have never guessed that!

 

Mike....believe it or not..I dont have one of those..lol

Kiwi..thanks, I guess I didnt do too bad for my first buy

 

Cindy,you'd have to post photos of the Newfoundland 1c. coin & the 1 Sou token.If the 1 Sou token has a bouquet of flowers on the obverse,then it is from Montreal.If it has a standing male figure on the obverse that looks like one of the 7 Dwarves,then it is a Habitant token from either Montreal or Quebec City.

Aidan.

 

Aidan..first page have newfie coin. The Sou is from Montreal with the bouquet. I know about that one from when I first started here

 

I agree with the grade of Very Fine on that buffalo. It has a well defined full horn! The other coins are nice too. I don't know too much about Canadian coins but I do love Canada. Canadians are very friendly if you are an American tourist with dollars to spend. It can get pretty cold there in the winter time though!

 

Cindy,those are nice coins,especially the Newfoundland 1c. & the Canadian 1934 1c. with the rim clip.Can you please post photos of your Montreal Bouquet Sou? There are several types,all of them are undated,but they can be identified.If it has a star & a cap in the reverse design,then it dates from 1837,as there were rebellions in both Lower Canada & Upper Canada,which led to the unification of both colonies as the Province of Canada in 1841.

That commemorative nickel medal is great,as it has the modiefied Stephen Trenka design.Thomas Shingles was the main Canadian coin designer at that time.

Aidan.

 

Nice coins! I really like the copper ones the best - the 1890 was great. And yes keep buying what you like.

 

here ya go Aidan It's not the best coin but a .50 cent whim..lol

 

hmm..something I need to read about..lol

oh btw..the guy had put on the cardboard flip of the 'big nickel' that it was legal tender?
anyone know about that?

 

Cindy,that is nice,& not bad for 50c..It is definitely a late 1830's issue.There were 3 mints striking these - Montreal,Birmingham (England),& Belleville (New Jersey).The Montreal strikings were done by Jean Marie Arnault,who owned a private mint.

I am sure that the Charlton token catalogue can help you try & identify which subtype this one is.

I recently bought an 1846RH Rutherford Bros. 1/2d. from Harbour Grace,Newfoundland.It was in a postal auction over here.I was extremely chuffed getting it,as Newfoundland was the only province I didn't have represented in traders' currency tokens.It cost me just over NZ$30.

Aidan.