25 Cent Canadian Coin

I already know what the animal is. I just want to know if anyone else knows. I pick best answer on who answer correctly first.

The Caribou!

2007-10-31 09:11:46 by Like90

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If you look at Canadian quarters..... the queens crown keeps getting smaller and smaller....

and now she doesn't even have a crown anymore in recent quarters!!

My question is..... why?

I think it has to do with style. HM prefers that currency, postage and official portraits reflect her age. So perhaps that's part of it. And is she wearing a crown or a tiara? She has different ones for different occasions.

2008-02-12 07:45:09 by french fries

Price: $3.99

the Royal Canadian Mint is making way too many coins. Most of them don't even have pictures to do with Canada on them like 1 has a picture a of Santa Clause on it, another is shaped like a playing Card, there are about 40 different olympics quarters, Hockey team symbols, about 50 different olympic dollar coins, a 20dollar coin with a picture of sharks on it, most of them are not even being circulated and have to be purchased off the Mint. My point is they are making way too many and making it imposable for a Collect to get them all, especially since they are not all being circulated. any thoughts on the subject?

take a look:

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It is frustrating for the long-time collector, but the long-time collector is not who they're going after. They are hoping to attract new collectors, and offering a huge variety of choices opens it up to a wider audience. The RCM ( and the US Mint, who is doing the same thing on a much smaller scale) isn't worried about future value as much as they are selling what they have today.

It's completely a business decision, and it's perfectly understandable. Think about it. These mints are government entities. Do they make money from the coins they produce to be used as money? Absolutely not, they lose money. They sell what they produce to banks at face value; production and distribution costs eat that up and then some. But what they produce for the collector market (and don't forget the sizable investor sub-market) is sold for substantial premiums. Wouldn't you, if you were in the business of making coins?

2010-03-01 22:27:56 by bruce the performance artist

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The 1906 Canadian 25 cent coin sells for around $8 in grade very good, $21 in grade fine & $50 or so in grade very fine. In 1906 the reverse was redone and the crown over the numbers 25 was made bigger. It extended wider than the numbers 25. There is a rare one with a small crown where the numbers stick out a little from the edges of the bottom of the crown. So far only one has been found or at least reported. It is valued at $2,000 and up.

2009-12-17 15:02:30 by questionette

Canadian 5-cent, 10-cent and 25-cent coins are magnetic and thus do not work in vending machines in the United States. Placing a Canadian coin in a U.S. vending machine is like trying to use a metal slug. Are there vending machines in Canada, and, if so, do Canadian coins work in them? If they do work, how are Canadian vending machines able to handle magnetic coins without getting jammed?

It depends on the type of coin mechanism. If you are referring to a mechanical coin mech - like the ones found on bulk candy machines then US and Canadian coins are interchangeable since they are the same size.

If you are dealing with large snack and soda machines, they use electronic coin validators which check the coins' size and weight.

2009-09-03 21:34:38 by flazatty