Canadian 5 Cent Coin

This coin was in circulation and I happened upon when getting some change from a store. Its the color of a penny.

What you have is called a Tombac nickel due to what it is made of. nickel was an item needed in the war effort back in 1942. There are two types one has a beaver on it and it trends for .50 in grade very good to $2 in grade extra fine. The other type has a V on it no beaver and it trends for .30 in grade very good to .75 in grade extra fine. A trends price is an average of what a dealer sells the coin for. They pay 40 to 50 percent less.

2007-07-21 15:27:28 by leger65

On the back it has a crown then below it says 5 cents 1890 which is surrounded by some sort of vine plant. On the front it has a picture of a woman my guess is that it is queen victoria as it says on it "Victoria Dei Gratia Regina" then it says Canada below it. It is in very good shape.

The half dime that i have is not in as great of shape as it is slightly bent. The back has the words "Half dime" and these words are surrounded by plants of some sort. The front has a seated woman with what looks like a staff in her hand. It says "United States of America" and has the date 1866 on it.

I got these from my deceased Grandma along with a bunch of other coins, but these two are the oldest N. American coins aside from some silver dollars from the 1880's. I was just wondering how rare either of these two coins are? I would never sell them as they belonged to my Grandma, but i am interested in if they are rare or not. Thanks.
Oops not sure why this was put in genealogy. Must not be a coin section?

Here is a site that has the history and a photo of your half-dime: http://www.oldcoinshop.com/coinhistory/0 ... (Interestingly, the half-dime was the first denomination struck when the U.S. Mint was established in 1792! Pretty cool!)

Here is a site regarding old Canadian coins, too: http://www.allensinc.com/coins/canadian/ ... It looks like it will give you values, but value isn't always related to rarity. Ah, found a site with photos: http://coins.granetwork.com/can5pre1930. ... Not sure if it will tell you how rare they are, though.

You might try emailing someone at a coin shop or coin collecting club. I have several silver dollars that were my moms, dating back to the 1870s, but I'd never get rid of them either (well, never say "never," if we were starving maybe....lol)

2008-03-27 01:54:35 by I accept Chaos

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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

Price: $135.00 $134.95

I have four one dollar coins and one 5 cents. Need to sell them - WHERE?. Live in the USA.

Any bank can exchange the dollar bills. For the nickel - just spend it. The discount rate on canadian money isn't worth calculating it for small change.

2009-01-09 11:35:46 by KAS

i found a small coin at work one day . its a canadian 5 cent coin from 1917 and its the size of a dime, how much would somethin like that be worth ?

Your coin is silver and worth at least 50 cents in heavily circulated grade. High grade coins would be worth a few dollars.
Calling it a nickel is something of a misnomer, since it contains no nickel.
Here is a listing of all Canada 1917 5 cent silver coins presently for sale on eBay. This should give you an idea of what yours would sell for and perhaps give some of the obvious non-collectors that responded some idea of how totally off base their answers are:
http://coins.search.ebay.com/1917_Five-C ents_W0QQcatrefZC6QQcoactionZcompareQQco entrypageZsearchQQcopagenumZ1QQdfspZ32QQ fromZR2QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ32QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1 QQsabfmtsZ1QQsacatZ3387QQsbrftogZ1QQsofo cusZbs

2008-08-01 18:20:39 by mad