Canadian 5 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

After a try outa town to Peterborough at the drained lake we returned close to home at the old Kinmopunt fairgraouds again lol...as usual it ...

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

1914 canadian 5 dollar coin = ? $ today

There are online services that will pay for insured shipping and give free appraisals.

You will get a much better valuation at CollectorLoans.com where they specialize in making non-recourse loans against collectible coins. If you never want to pay back the loan, they just keep your coin. If the value of the coin increases, you can buy it back at the loan amount.

2009-08-13 17:13:48 by Rzey

Call it Qwerty, because of today's world. With advances in technology and such. Qwerty is one of the nicknames of the keyboard that North Americans use.
A 5 dollar coin!
do you agree that it should be called Qwerty?

Canadian dollars are so cool! I think the $5 coin should be called Qwerty because, Quintie is boring, and the loonie, toonie pattern needs to be broken. The 'ie' endings are so old fashioned.

2007-11-17 18:58:27 by Yoko (from Team Galaxy) fan

Excluding uncommon pieces like silver dollars, 50 cent pieces (both of which I'm not sure of for Canadian currency) their money mimics ours.

I can't imagine that completely by chance they also chose to use 1, 5, 10, and 25 cent pieces each with the same size, thickness, and color as American currency.

it doesnt mimic yours, i have currency from both places
and no, we dont want to be like you, sorry to burst your bubble

2008-03-30 09:06:32 by SciFiGuy