Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1253772, member: 66&quot;]Canada did not have her own coinage until around 1876.&nbsp; Up to that time she made do with tokens, some British coins and to a large extent US coins.&nbsp; So when they began coining their own it made sense to continue using the coin sizes people were familiar with.&nbsp; They did stick with the higher Sterling fineness on the silver coins instead of our 900 fine standard.&nbsp; That was a holdover from the British influence.&nbsp; While the fineness did drop in the early 20th century it only dropped to 800 fine and not the 500 fine and then zero that took place in England.&nbsp; Britain lost their silver around 1920 while Canada held theirs until 1968, later than we did.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes and no, the Loonie copied our SBA but they didn&#039;t make the mistake of keeping the same color as the other coins, and they eliminated their dollar note after correctly realizing that that was one of the major reason the SBA failed.&nbsp; After 20 years we took the clue from Canada, england and most other countries that the color needed to be different, and after about another twenty maybe we will realize that the note needs to be dropped as well.&nbsp; (Don&#039;t want to move too fast you know.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in