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Very nice. Is that a proof? Do they have proofs in Canada?

 

heck if I know..lmao

Aidan..where are you?..lol

 

Cindy,those are very nice Proof-like or Proof 25c. coins you've picked up.Did you get them for 25c. each? I can guess John (kiwi01) will be floored when he sees these.

Aidan.

 

uhh...how would free sound Aidan?
It only took me 2 seconds to spot that baby

 

Cindy,the striking,especially on the obverse is very strong.I can guess that you are checking all the obverses of the 1973 25c. coin for the 'Large Obverse' subtype.

Getting the for free sounds really cool.

Aidan.

 

I probably would be if I knew what you were talking about Aidan..lol

 

Cindy,there are 2 obverse subtypes on the the 1973 25c. coin,which depicts a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer on a horse.This coin commemorates the Centenary of the R.C.M.P..The normal subtype has a small portrait,but the one with the large portrait is quite a rare one.The Charlton catalogue will have an explanation & how to tell the differences between the 2 obverses.

Aidan.

 

ok gottcha

 

(Topher makes a note to get to the library and borrow a Charlton and check all those RCMP quarters he's been pulling from circulation)

 

While you're at it,you will have to check the 1967 silver $1 coins for the 'Diving Goose' variety.You might find one of those.

Aidan.

 

I dont have a '67 goose but I have a diving mackerel

 

Aidan - we don't even see the nickel dollars anymore (1968-1986), except at the coin shops. That darn Loonie that gets worn and looses its luster. I usually try to keep any that are in good shape, as there are so few.

 

Chris,you're not wrong about the Loonies.We've got 1 dealer in Auckland who sells currency coins in bulk done up in plastic bags.He even biffs in some of the nickel Voyageurs & some of the nickel commemorative $1 coins,but no commemorative Loonies or commemorative Twoonies though.

Aidan.

 

You get me some of those nickel dollars and I'll be happy to feed you commemorative Loonies and Toonies! 'Cuz they sure don't show up over here!

 

Chris,I will have to save 1 of each of them for my collection first,as Canada is a country that I haven't concentrated on collecting yet.I've been busy collecting British Africa & British Europe lately.British Europe includes the Republic of Ireland,whose 2007 Euro coins I have got.

Aidan.

 

No problem. I'll keep hitting up my bank, as they get them every rare once in a while when some elderly person cleans out their house and moves into a retirement home. Actually, it's usually the family that cleans them out and takes them to the bank. My favorite teller has my business card in her drawer and knows to call me if anything out of the ordinary shows up, and I will be there before the day is out.

 

Chris,have you ever had any of the 1954 'Devil's Head' banknotes turn up? I haven't.I do have a pair of 1967 Confederation Centenary $1 banknotes though.

Aidan.

 

Rarely do I ever see any banknotes older than the 70s, and even those are very few and far between. (2 in the last 4 yeas). The smallest note still available in circulation is the $5 note, even though the $1 and $2 are still legal tender.

 

I received one from 1978 in my change not too long ago. Kinda liked it so I put it away for keeping.