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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)

Each TPG grades Canadian differently. ICCS is much tougher on circulated Newfoundland coins. PCGS is harder on mint state. (View Post)

Bad pics from my cell phone, but a very scarce (maybe rare) variety of a Canadian cent. Not many gray collectors on this thread, I know, but we are here. An 1882-H triple die obverse minted by Heaton… (View Post)