2000 Canadian Coin

Canadian coins made after 2000 have a small p below the head of Queen Elizabeth, except for recent ones (post-2007), that have what looks like a fleur-de-lis below the head. Coins made before 2000 don't seem to have anything below the head.
The RCM (not surprisingly) has no information on it. None. They're too busy trying to sell me gold plated nickels with birds on them.

It is my understanding that the 'P' stands for "Plated". The coin blanks are plated steel. You should be able to verify this by checking your coins with a magnet.
The other mark you refer to is a newly adopted mint mark (the Royal Canadian Mint web site probably has that information). A link to the mint web site is provided below:

http://www.mint.ca/royalcanadianmintpubl ic/index.aspx?requestedPath=/en-CA/Home/ default.htm

ADDED LATER: Unfortunately, I know what you mean about the RCM web site. They are trying to sell an incredible amount of non-circulating legal tender junk.

Added later still:
The following was lifted from the Canadian Coin News FAQs web site. It thoroughly answers your question.

What does that P stand for?
In 1999 the Mint began converting the circulating coins below $1 to plated steel planchets produced in their new plating facility. The new coins have a slight difference in weight and the vending industry requested a mark to make it easier for them to calibrate coin-operated machines. The P mint mark was chosen. In some years both P and no P mark coins have been made. In 2006 the Mint announced that the p mark would be discontinued and all circulating coins would have a new mint mark, regardless of metallic content. Which leads to....

What is that funny mark that looks sort of like an M in a circle?
That is a new mint mark, based on a simplified RCM logo inside a circle. Starting late in 2006 it will be put on all circulating Canadian coins.

Why are only some 1-cent and 5-cent coins attracted to a magnet?
As explained earlier, there has been a change in the metallic content of Canadian coins. Prior to using plated steel, the 5-cent coins were made of a non-ferrous cupro-nickel alloy and the cents were plated zinc cores. Some 1-cent coins are still being produced on zinc cores, depending on which is cheaper at the time.

http://www.canadiancoinnews.com/coinfaq. html

2007-05-11 10:12:53 by thezeus18

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i went to the drug store and when i took my change out of my; purse, i noticed what i thought was a quarter wasn't. i thought it was a canadian coin, you know, like we get their pennies, but then i looked at it and asked the clerk, she took it and looked at it and said it was a susan b. anthony coin, and that they were valuable. she said she had two and suggested i keep it. if not, she said she would take it and put a dollar in the register. i kept it. i'm not stupid. i understand they are rare. are there any coin collectors on this site that could give me an estimate of its value?

sorry, not rare, still in common circulation, and unlikely to become rare in any near future. Currently in fact, in NYC, the MTA disburses Susan B. Anthony dollars as change in the Metrocard mchines

2006-07-12 12:13:08 by mary s

I have a canadian coin, that is the size of a quarter, has canada in the shape of maple leaves on one side, and the emblem of the royal canadian mint, repeated endlessly, with "2000" in the center, on the other side. I belevie this is an incredibly valuable and rare quarter, though i do not know how much it is worth. It is very rare, and an error coin, due to the fact that it is missing the queen of Britain's head. I'm a coin collector, and the best answer obviously receives 10 x-tra points. Thank you very much

It sounds like a multiple wrong planchet strike.
Check here: http://www.coinscan.com/err/error.html

2009-03-30 19:36:47 by the atomic bomb

when i took the last tissue from my box of puffs, i noticed something metal in the bottom of the box. when i took it out, it was this coin marked "2000 canadian dollar". its pretty large also. what the heck is this?
nevermind no idea how it got in there but its my moms collector coin. too bad i thought it was some 1 time prize or something :(

about 82 US cents. It is a pretty lucky find. I'm not sure how it got in there...

2009-02-07 15:37:44 by jinnwarior

I have a bunch of older US coins(and one canadian set) that I'm looking to sell. Does anyone know of any websites, books, or any other sources that give good descriptions of the value of coins? Here's a compressed list of what I'm trying to sell:

1981 to 1998 Proof/Prestige/Premier sets
1987 Royal Canadian Proof Set
Kennedy Half Dollars from 1964 to 1985
Silver Dollars 2000, 2001
Quarters 1976
Pennies 1863 to 1986

Any help would be appreciated.

To get an accurate value of the coins you wish to sell, you must know what grades, (for the pennies), they are. An 1863 penny can be worth $5 to $5000 depending on the grade. After that is done, you can check out books from the library, (you can check out the "Redbook" by Yeoman, it is the most important price guide), or simply go to a coin show and see what the asking prices are. If you do not want to go to this work, simply get bids from a few coin dealers as to what they will pay you for them. One caveat about price guides. They are never up to date completely, especially when it comes to bullion items, and they are retail prices, so expect for a dealer to offer you less.

Another good alternative is to sell them on Ebay. Yes, sometimes coins go too cheap, but most times they sell for what they are worth, and sometimes for more.

2006-08-19 11:57:58 by imetagirlwhohatedtheworld