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In addition to my Canadian collecting, I collect these necessity tokens. I think they are kind of neat. Picked these two Algerian ones up from Stacks, as I did not have them. Both of these are quite … (View Post)

Net grading the problem coins without comment is really problematic with ICCS. They do not just do it with lower value circulated coins, but also with high value coins as well. One short story to ill… (View Post)

Grading companies each have their strengths and weaknesses. It helps to know what they are for the series you collect. I collect Canadian large cents. For my series, ICCS is more conservative from AU… (View Post)

I do not think they circulated much. I think the government and the banks used them, and other gold coins, as part of their gold reserves. Banks back then were required to maintain gold reserves for … (View Post)

Sovereigns, even Canadian ones were Imperial coins. Like the Australian mints, Ottawa minted them as one way to monetize the Canadian gold production. Before WWI, one pound sterling = $4.86 and 2/3 C… (View Post)