@TomB said:
I adore many of the medallic, coinage and token issues of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island. However, I don't own many pieces. We must have some cool things from members of this board. It might be nice to share images with one another.
To start, here is some circulated coinage I picked up at bullion a few years ago...
I'm 3 1/2 years late to this party, but I must say that's the nicest group of coins purchased at melt value from the Great White North!
Following @TomB's display of choice Canadian "bullion" coins, here are some inexpensive Canadian dollars and a Newfoundland half off of eBay.
A seller there a few years back was auctioning decent lots of 10 halves or 10 dollars that would close for about twice bullion value at that time (usually for about $20 to $22 for each dollar on average). They would add a better date or two to each lot like a 1938 or 1946 dollar to make them interesting. They were great lots for filling an album, if Dansco made such an album. I regret not purchasing more of those lots considering the high price of silver these days.
I like the '46 (my birth year) dollar. I even inlayed one into the top of one of the canoe paddles that I made a few years ago. They are all done with just a spoke shave and a 2" piece of cherry. I even made a couple canes and walking sticks that way, but my '46 paddle with the dollar inlaid is my special one.
@Barberian said:
Following @TomB's display of choice Canadian "bullion" coins, here are some inexpensive Canadian dollars and a Newfoundland half off of eBay.
A seller there a few years back auctioning decent lots of 10 halves or 10 dollars that would close for about twice bullion value at that time (usually for about $20 to $22 for each dollar on average). They would add a better date or two to each lot like a 1938 or 1946 dollar to make them interesting. They were great lots for filling an album, if Dansco made such an album. I regret not purchasing more of those lots considering the high price of silver these days.
Dansco does make a Canadian dollar album! Just hard to find and expensive when you do!
@Barberian said:
Following @TomB's display of choice Canadian "bullion" coins, here are some inexpensive Canadian dollars and a Newfoundland half off of eBay.
A seller there a few years back auctioning decent lots of 10 halves or 10 dollars that would close for about twice bullion value at that time (usually for about $20 to $22 for each dollar on average). They would add a better date or two to each lot like a 1938 or 1946 dollar to make them interesting. They were great lots for filling an album, if Dansco made such an album. I regret not purchasing more of those lots considering the high price of silver these days.
Dansco does make a Canadian dollar album! Just hard to find and expensive when you do!
Do they make Canadian dollars and halves albums with unlabeled slots? I'd love to fill 4 or 5-page albums with nice Canadian silver dollars or silver halves.
I just love photos of coins like @TomB's collection of really nice, original "bullion" coins. They remind me of those special moments over 60 years ago as a child when my grandparents would pull out a small jewelry box with perhaps some cufflinks and tie clasp, and a dozen or so old coins they had saved from circulation or dug up in their garden through the years. I can still remember the conversations, the smell of their homes and texture of their furnishings. What was the story behind that large Brazilian counterstamped copper? Or the 1782 Mexican 1 real with a hole in it? Coins and photos of coins such as TomB's above evoke such strong memories of those special moments for me.
@Barberian said:
Following @TomB's display of choice Canadian "bullion" coins, here are some inexpensive Canadian dollars and a Newfoundland half off of eBay.
A seller there a few years back auctioning decent lots of 10 halves or 10 dollars that would close for about twice bullion value at that time (usually for about $20 to $22 for each dollar on average). They would add a better date or two to each lot like a 1938 or 1946 dollar to make them interesting. They were great lots for filling an album, if Dansco made such an album. I regret not purchasing more of those lots considering the high price of silver these days.
Dansco does make a Canadian dollar album! Just hard to find and expensive when you do!
Do they make Canadian dollars and halves albums with unlabeled slots? I'd love to fill 4 or 5-page albums with nice Canadian silver dollars or silver halves.
I just love photos of coins like @TomB's collection of really nice, original "bullion" coins. They remind me of those special moments over 60 years ago as a child when my grandparents would pull out a small jewelry box with perhaps some cufflinks and tie clasp, and a dozen or so old coins they had saved from circulation or dug up in their garden through the years. I can still remember the conversations, the smell of their homes and texture of their furnishings. What was the story behind that large Brazilian counterstamped copper? Or the 1782 Mexican 1 real with a hole in it? Coins and photos of coins such as TomB's above evoke such strong memories of those special moments for me.
The album I have is just the dollar one. I suppose you could make your own dansco with a blank half dollar album. I have done the same thing with Canada quarters and dimes.
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I'm 3 1/2 years late to this party, but I must say that's the nicest group of coins purchased at melt value from the Great White North!
I agree!
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Following @TomB's display of choice Canadian "bullion" coins, here are some inexpensive Canadian dollars and a Newfoundland half off of eBay.
A seller there a few years back was auctioning decent lots of 10 halves or 10 dollars that would close for about twice bullion value at that time (usually for about $20 to $22 for each dollar on average). They would add a better date or two to each lot like a 1938 or 1946 dollar to make them interesting. They were great lots for filling an album, if Dansco made such an album. I regret not purchasing more of those lots considering the high price of silver these days.
I like the '46 (my birth year) dollar. I even inlayed one into the top of one of the canoe paddles that I made a few years ago. They are all done with just a spoke shave and a 2" piece of cherry. I even made a couple canes and walking sticks that way, but my '46 paddle with the dollar inlaid is my special one.
Dansco does make a Canadian dollar album! Just hard to find and expensive when you do!
Do they make Canadian dollars and halves albums with unlabeled slots? I'd love to fill 4 or 5-page albums with nice Canadian silver dollars or silver halves.
I just love photos of coins like @TomB's collection of really nice, original "bullion" coins. They remind me of those special moments over 60 years ago as a child when my grandparents would pull out a small jewelry box with perhaps some cufflinks and tie clasp, and a dozen or so old coins they had saved from circulation or dug up in their garden through the years. I can still remember the conversations, the smell of their homes and texture of their furnishings. What was the story behind that large Brazilian counterstamped copper? Or the 1782 Mexican 1 real with a hole in it? Coins and photos of coins such as TomB's above evoke such strong memories of those special moments for me.
The album I have is just the dollar one. I suppose you could make your own dansco with a blank half dollar album. I have done the same thing with Canada quarters and dimes.