Inherited Canadian/GB coins help please!

morgansforever

I inherited thousands of Canadian coins from my grandmother's brother, a few of years ago.

I now have time to sort through them. He lived in Cape Breton Nova Scotia, and was a serious collector.

My family believes that all the good stuff was swindled/stolen. i.e Gold and silver Maples. My grandmother is certain that he held

nearly 75 oz. of gold Maples, and privy marked silver Maples worth a premium.

As a child I can remember looking at albums filled with Canadian gold, and silver.

They didn't get all the silver, I believe the 1960, 61, and 62 quarters are silver, close to 200 of them.

Any value in Canadian cents? 1930's, 40's, 50's, up to the mid 80's, thousands of them.

There are also tons of dimes that sound like silver when they hit the table. What are the years of silver coinage? Are they 90%?

So here are some pics, any help would be great. Can anyone recommend Canadian pricing guides? Does Whitman publish a guide similar to

the Redbook?

Thank you in advance for any help you can give.

Scott















25 of these in the RCM bubble packaging, looks like a reverse proof.

Bjorn

Well, first some of those coins are actually from Great Britain and Newfoundland; Newfoundland became part of Canada in 1949 but was its own colony beforehand. All dimes, quarters and half dollars were 92.5% silver, a fineness usually called sterling, until 1920, when they switched to 80% silver. In 1968 they switched to copper-nickel, with issues in 50% silver for some denominations during that year. The large cents often have nice premiums, and a number of dates in the 1920s can fetch quite a bit as well. I believe there are some rarer varieties of dimes and quarters up into the 1950s and a number of half dollars and dollars in the late 1940s fetch high prices (the WWII era stuff tends to go cheap, being quite common). Newfoundland coins tend to bring pretty strong prices in my opinion.

For a guide book to the Canadian stuff, I think Charlton is a good resource, although its prices tend to be a bit high.

morgansforever

I'm aware that some of the coinage is from GB, and NewFoundland, but the bulk is Canadian.

Are the ealy 60's quarters silver?

Does the Charlton book cover GB stuff too?

Scott

docday2003

<< <i>I'm aware that some of the coinage is from GB, and NewFoundland, but the bulk is Canadian.

Are the ealy 60's quarters silver? YES

Does the Charlton book cover GB stuff too? NO

Scott >>

morgansforever

docday2003, what are you trying to say?

If you have info, I would like to hear it.

Regards,
Scott

coinkat

Canadian silver 1920 and earlier is .925. From 1921 through part of 1968, it is .800 and silver content was reduced in 1968 to .500 and then cupro thereafter.

That should help. With later Canadian, its all condition and the PLs are fairly available so don't be fooled buy dollars that look like the 1964 that you pictured... it is likely from a set.

ColinCMR

the accumulations of circs might interest variety hunters

morgansforever

justanothercoinaddict, thanks for the info. The coinoisseur site is a good start.

Regards,
Scott

JoesMaName

J&M (Click Catalog button at upper right) is a great site for Canadian coin pricing and info
Just remember the listed prices are their Sell prices.

Values of Coins of the UK by Tony Clayton is a great site for UK coin prices.

Also regarding the missing gold and silver your uncle may have had a safety deposit box. Have you called around to the banks in your uncle's area?

Or he may have had a stash in some wall or under a floorboard in his house...

BillyKingsley

Wow, you are very lucky to have that collection. I wish I had some relatives that would give me stuff like that!

wybrit

I can't "speak" for the Canadian coins, but it does look like you have some nice pieces there. You won't need a catalogue for the British coins you showed, however. They're not worth much of anything, I'm afraid. Decimal tuppences are still legal tender. The other pieces are basically worth base metal melt. The 1910 penny might be worth $1.