Any Canadian 50 Cent collectors?

kwmorgan

If there are, do you know what the definitive list of uncirculateds is from 1968 to date? I have the Canadian coin book, but are there some "W" mintmark coins mixed in to the list?

shirohniichan

I hope yu have a lot of time and patience. The RCM is striking so many varieties of the same coins it can drive you crazy.

Check Colonial Acres for

1960-1969 50 cents

1970-1979 50 cents

1980 to 1989 50 cents

1990-1999 50 cents

2000 to present 50 cents

After seeing how many dollar coins they churn out each year, I've decided I don't need one of each type and variety any more.

kwmorgan

I got 1968-1989 from my local dealer today. He sold me the 50c and 10c from the mint sets for $1.25 together. Not a bad price I figure. I just got a few from Colonial Acres. The biggest reason I'm collecting 50c and 10c is that there is not a lot of design variance in those and I like the designs as well. Bluenose and the coat of arms are nice. The 25c are a nightmare, with all the variants.

shirohniichan

The 25c are a nightmare, with all the variants.

What? You mean you don't want to have to buy 5 to 10 different 25 cent pieces every year?

kwmorgan

Nope. I think I'm going to hang onto the 2000 caribou 25c I have just in case I want to ever do a 25c caribou collection. If I collected 25c, it would just be caribou only. None of the other nonsense, except maybe 1992. No fun, am I?

Coincracker

IMHO, the nicest 25 cents, are pre '37

kwmorgan

They are nice. I got a circulated 1917, 1918 and 1929 today. Don't think there's a 1921 in the future though...lol.

Whoops, I mean 50c here, but the design was similar to the 25c.

shirohniichan

<< <i>They are nice. I got a circulated 1917, 1918 and 1929 today. Don't think there's a 1921 in the future though...lol.

Whoops, I mean 50c here, but the design was similar to the 25c. >>



I love George V 50 cent pieces, but the Canadian coins are too expensive for me to collect by date in AU and up. I bought the Newfoundland 50 cents instead and got one Canadian 1911 in VF and a 1919 in AU for my type set.

The difference in price between F and EF coins is huge in that series, and anything in BU is really pricey.

shirohniichan

Holy frijoles!

Look at how many commemorative 50 cent pieces have been issued between 1995 and 2006!!!!



Butterfly Series
2006 BUTTERFLY Short Tailed Swallowtail
2006 Silvery Blue Butterfly Sterling Silver 50-cent
Monarch - 2005 50-Cent Sterling Silver Coin
2005 Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly Coin
Clouded Sulphur - 2004 50-Cent Sterling Silver Coin
Swallowtail - 2004 50-Cent Sterling Silver Coin



Flowers - Sterling Silver 50cent
Golden Daisy - 2006 50-Cent Sterling Silver Coin
2005 50-Cent Sterling Silver Coin - Golden Rose
2004 Easter Lily Silver 50-cent Coin
2003 Daffodill Sterling Silver 50cent
2002 Golden Tulip Silver 50-cent



Wildlife Series
2000 Birds of Prey Proof 4-coin 50-cent
1999 Cats Proof 4-coin 50-cent
1998 Whales Proof 4-coin 50-cent
1997 Dogs of Canada Proof 4-coin 50-cent
1996 Little Wild Ones Animals Proof 4-coin 50-cent
1995 Birds of Canada Proof 4-coin 50-cent



Sport Coins
1999 Canada Basketball 50cent Proof Coin w/box



Folklore & Festival Coins
2003 Yukon International Storytelling Festival
2003 Back to Batoche (SK)
2003 Festival Acadien de Caraquet (NB)
2003 Great Northern Arts Festival
2002 Apple Blossom Festival - Nova Scotia
2002 Stratford Festival - Ontario
2002 Folklorama - Manitoba
2002 Calgary Stampede - Alberta
2002 Squamish Days Logger Sports - BC
2001 Quebec Carnival
2001 Toonik Tyme - Nunavut
2001 Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Festival
2001 Festival of the Fathers - PEI



Misc. 50cents coins
2005 50-cent Sterling Silver Six-Coin Set - 60th anniversary of the End of the Second World War
2005 Montreal Canadiens Hockey Legends Four Coin 50-cent Set
2005 Toronto Maple Leafs Hockey Legends Four Coin 50-cent Set
2004 4-coin 50-cent Effigy Set
2002 Commemorative 50c coin BU single

If my arithmetic hasn't failed me, that's 68 coins!

kwmorgan

If it has the Canadian coat of arms on it, I 'll collect it. Otherwise I pass. What a stick in the mud I am, eh?

I can see 1932 50c is gonna be a pain the rump to find. Even Colonial doesn't have one. Only 19,213 were minted.

You should do a collection of 100% nickel 5c pieces, Shiro. That would be a cool collection to look at, especially with nickel prices going thru the roof. Canadian 100% nickel coins are getting real close to melt. I live close enough to Canada to get a decent amount in change. Those plated nickels from the Korean War years...ugh. The steel core is usually exposed and corroding. I just got a 1953 the other day, but alas not one of the right ones...darn.

shirohniichan

I'll collect nickel, tombac, and steel 5 cent coins up to 1987 (as far as my album goes).

I'm glad to RCM doesn't crank out as many 5 cent commemoratives for collectors as they do 25 cent, 50 cent, and one dollar coins.

Here are the recent collector issues:

2000 5-cent Les Voltigeurs de Quebec
2001 5-cent Royal Military College
2002 5c Vimy Ridge
2004 D-Day 5-cent Set
2005 VE Day 5-cent set
1945-2005 Canada 5-cent 60th Anniversary of the Victory in Europe Brilliant Uncirculated
Gold Plated V-Day 2005 5-cent

kwmorgan

Do you need 1945-2005 in BU?

lordmarcovan

This 1901 is the only Canadian 50c I have in a personal collection (actually, my daughter's 1901 Victorian type set).

Even in this relatively low grade, it was a fairly tough coin. This one cost me 70 to 75 bucks, as I recall.



It's low grade but original, and I like it. If I am going to complete the 1901 Victorian type set (all homeland British as well as Empire coins with Victoria's portrait), this coin will actually be the key, when I upgrade it. The Canadian 1901 50c in higher grade is tougher than any of the other 47 coins, including the gold. (For obvious reasons, I have chosen to ignore the proof-only 1901 Australian half-sovereigns, with their five-figure pricetags).

So yes, you could say I collect Canadian 50-cent pieces, even though I have a collection of but one coin.

On a more spammy note, I just bought a pretty nice AU-ish George VI Canadian 50c from the 1940s at my antique mall booth the other day. It has some pretty colors on the reverse, as I recall. If anybody's interested, I can dig it outta the box of as-yet-unpriced new stuff and let you know what it is.