Current popularity of Arnprior dollars

shirohniichan2

Howdy, folks.
After years being away from collecting Canadian dollars, I’m back. 15 years ago I opined that Arnprior dollars were the most overrated coins I could think of. Now that I see the holes in my Dansco, I wonder how much it would set me back to get decent examples of the true Arnprior and those that got the post hoc designation.
Am I in for a frustrating journey?

Greenstang

The only true Arnprior was issued in 1955 with a mintage of 2000.
Since then there are other years (1950,51, 52 I believe) that had similar
defective lines that have become known as Arnpriors.
Expect to pay about double for a true Arnprior and at least 50% more for the others.

1960NYGiants

Welcome back shiro! Greenstang's summary is fairly accurate. The Arnprior variety became noticed in 1955 but the over
polished condition occurred in earlier years. 2 1/2 water lines with no traces of the 4th are considered Arnprior. The others are SWL or short water lines. Also, the 1955 with the die break at T + I of GRATIA is the "original" Arnprior.

Here's a decent starting point for values: https://www.coinsandcanada.com/coins-prices.php

shirohniichan2

Thanks for the link. Am I glad I bought my 1948 years ago!
I’m also glad Dansco released the album before all the 1947 varieties were listed. I would hate to have to fill 2 extra pages of just that date. I think 1965 has the most openings. I’ll have to dig around and see if I have all of them.

Greenstang

Yes, there are five varieties of the 1965 silver dollars.
I have all five but found the T-5 to be the hardest to find.
This was the last variety to be discovered and is not even
listed in some of the earlier catalogues.