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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Windchild, post: 1737389, member: 44189&quot;]It wasn&#039;t unusual to Newfoundlanders... </p><p><br /></p><p>I believe that it was due to exchange rates making that a good denomination for coins, but I can&#039;t find anything at the moment (I&#039;m away from my books on Canada currently)</p><p><br /></p><p>If I remember what my grandfather told me, they were called &#039;20 centers&#039; (and if he remembered what his father told him)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>When it was first found by Leif Eriksson (I&#039;ve been to the settlement), it was called Vinland.</p><p><br /></p><p>Newfoundland was named Terra Nova (New Land), as it was one of the first places that the Europeans had found land in the New World. (possibly by John Cabot in 1497 (!))</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>All of my Newfie pieces have rather interesting provenance, as they are family pieces that I have inherited.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/35509/1917C_newfoundland_50c_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Saved by a Dory fisherman</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sterling Siver[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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