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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;onecenter, post: 1572127, member: 8703&quot;]Since I began collecting primarily from circulation in 1969, it was often that I would receive Canadian coins in change, living in upstate New York.&nbsp; It was natural, therefore, to keep all those &quot;different looking&quot; coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back in those days, there were just five American coins that really could be had in circulation on a regular basis, the only silver coin was a silver clad Kennedy half dollar.&nbsp; Kennedy halves did circulate and they were often given to me as a reward for doing some chores that children can be assigned by their parents.&nbsp; (I still have ALL of those silver and silver clad halves.)&nbsp; Virtually no silver American dimes or quarter dollars could be found.</p><p><br /></p><p>Canadian coins then had only recently switched to nickel planchets, from 80% and later 50% silver during 1967-1968 and silver coins could still be encountered in far greater numbers in circulation than any American silver coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Canadian coins also had a bit more variety, the 1967 designs were all different for the Confederation centennial, and coins prior to 1965 had the Mary Gillick portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.&nbsp; Beginning in 1965, Arnold Machin&#039;s portrait of the Queen was new.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since that time, more than 43 years ago, I still keep every foreign coin I find. Nonetheless, I do build nice runs of sets of proof, specimen and uncirculated sets from not just Canada, but also Great Britain, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and the Cook Islands.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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