Canadian 20 Dollar Gold Coin

A friend of mine just showed me her 1oz. Gold Maple 9999 Fine Gold and it says "50 DOLLARS" on it, but she says she bought it for $1000.

And on her 1oz SILVER Maple 9999 Fine Silver it says "5 DOLLARS", but she bought it for around $20.

What is the Royal Canadian Mint not telling us?

So that people would be more likely to accept it when trading with people. But it in no way reflects the content value of the coin.

2009-09-23 13:50:57 by huh?

www.freewebs.com www.forthecause.us tvnewslies.org OTTAWA - Got change for a million? Canada does: the world#39;s biggest pure gold coin at 220 ...

* (6) wheat pennies. Years are 1944, 1946, 1953, 1955, 1956 , and 1956.
* (1) 1974 canadian penny
* (2) Indian head pennies. Years are 1898 and 1905.
* (1) William Henry Harrison Presidential Dollar
* (1) "20 Centavos" 1955 mexican Coin.
* (1) "$100" 1984 Mexican Gold Coin
* (1) 1999 Euro
* (1) "Mob of Roo's" 1994 Australian Gold Coin (NOT THE PROOF)
* (1) 1991 "5 Pence" Coin
* (1) 1997 "$2" Gold Mexican Coin
* (1) 1970 "1 Fr."
* (1) 2005 "1 VI JIAO"
* (1) Canadian "25 cent" coin
* (1) 1994 "10 cent" Mexican Silver Coin
* (1) 1993 "N$1" Mexican Silver/Gold coin
* (1) 1776-1976 Silver Dollar
I relize details are vauge... they are all in perfect condition. I also relize I need to get them appraised in person. but I really dont know where to go.

I do not believe any of your coins are gold or silver, but they are made of aluminum-bronze, brass, and cupro-nickel metals. Most of them are not very old or rare thus not worth a whole lot, but they might increase in value over time. You have a great start to a world coin collection.

US Lincoln "wheat" Cents are worth less than a nickel each
1974 Canadian Cent face value
US Indian Head Cents worth less than $4 if you can not read the full LIBERTY on the headband
2009 US WH Harrison Presidential Dollar face value
1955 Mexican 20 Centavos if it matches the coin in the first link AND is pristine (better than the one in the photo) it MIGHT be worth a few bucks. There is another variety worth less.
1984 Mexican 100 Pesos is made of brass no longer legal tender; probably worth less than $1US as a collectible.
1999 Euro from several countries
1994 Australian Mob of Roos $1 coin is aluminum-bronze
1991 British 5 Pence
1997 Mexican 2 Pesos
1970 1 Franc could be from several countries including France, Switzerland, Belgium, several African nations
2005 Chinese 1 Yi Jiao
xxxx Canadian 25 Cents is hard to value without a year
1994 Mexican 10 Centavos
1993 Mexican 1 Peso
1976 US Eisenhower Dollar might be silver or proof which would be worth up to $10US otherwise face value

EDIT: Check the last link for a coin dealer search engine. Look for a dealer who specializes in World Coins.

2010-01-14 15:21:33 by country girl

Queen Elizabeth the Second One Dollar 1960 and 10 cents 1971 also 50 cents 1965, Repvbliove Franaise 5 francs - 1947, Republique Francaise 20 Francs - 1960, Repvblic Taliana L 20 - 1958, Elizabeth II Dei Gratia Regina F D is One Penny 1961 is copper I believe and one that is 1961 looks gold. Queen Elizabeth II tiny penny from 1994. A 1960 Peso from Mexico, A Limampung Sentimos 50 cents 1971. I have two tiny, silver Canadian coins, one says Georgivsv Delgra Rexetind:IMP year 1917 the other Edward VS the seventh 5 cents 1902. The Hashemite Kingdom of the Jordan 5 cents 1949, A coin that looks egiptian with 1907-then odd writing, Isang Sentimo 1cent 1989 is silver, 1959 10 cents says Basiacion the e- something writing? Has Enta on the back?

The 1902 silver % cents from Canada sells for $2-$5, the 1917 Canada 5 cents sells for $1.50-$3. The 1949 coin from Jordan is 5 Fils not cents and sells for .50 cents. I would need to see the 1907 so-called Egyptian coin the writing is Arabic. There are more than one country that use Sentimo and being from 1989 it sure is not silver but silver looking. the rest are common coins or ones not old enough to have collector values yet. The 1965 5 Francs is silver .835 and has .3221 oz. of actual silver in it. It sells for around $5. i can find no listing for a 1947 20 Francs from France, it maybe from one of it's colonies, I need more info on what is exactly on both sides. None of your coins are gold. Hope this helps some.

2007-12-11 23:21:07 by April M