Canadian 5 Dollar Silver Coin

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

complete collection of 1867~1967 Canadian coin sets: 1 dollar(silver),50 cents(silver),25 cents(silver),5 cents, and 1 cent

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

Silver Maple Leaf .999 silver 1 oz round
Brilliant Uncirculated
Diameter: 38 mm Thickness: 3.29 mm

assuming $1 USD = $1 CDN then When you buy a 1 oz Bullion silver coin with a $5 value in Canadian dollars how much is it actually worth at 17$/oz

Is it worth $17 only as the value of silver?
Is it worth $22 because of the $5 surplus on it

Is it worth what people are willing to pay for it and therefore buying them at $23-25 is worth it because as the price of silver goes up, there should be a surplus of value.

Thank you
Derek

This coin simultaneously has two, entirely separate values:

* The value of 1 Troy ounce of .999 fine silver, plus or minus whatever premium or discount might apply when selling it to a particular buyer.

* $5 in Canadian currency, its legal tender value in Canada.

That also happens to be its floor value; it'll always be worth that, even if (hypothetically) the price of silver were to plummet to levels last seen a decade ago.

Those two values are *either/or*, not added together. So the coin is worth about US $17 (the approximate value of a Troy ounce of silver today) - plus any premiums or minus any discounts from spot silver you might encounter when selling it - *or* 5 Canadian Dollars as legal tender when spent in Canada (also coincidentally worth about $5 US at current exchange rates).

As another example, Canada issued a set of Olympic commemorative coins in 1973-76, for the Montreal Olympics of 1976. Those .925 Sterling Silver coins are legal tender at their face values of $5 and $10 Canadian, respectively, and contain about .72 and 1.44 Troy ounces of silver respectively. Those coins have the closest correspondence between face value and silver value - among high purity American and Canadian silver coins - that I know of. They also used to be available at huge discounts to spot on eBay, but no longer :-).

Finally, as alcan52 astutely points out, you shouldn't have to pay $23-$25 (if that price doesn't include tax and/or shipping and insurance) for the Canadian $5 silver Maple Leaf bullion coins; they are widely available for prices closer to the silver spot price. In addition to Monex, I checked another dealer, Kitco, and their price was $19.14 on a day when the silver spot price was $16.89.

2008-05-30 15:26:03 by scrvr

Great gift or investment
1 oz (.999) Fine Silver Round

Most of them are American. I have a bag of part silver with copper inside (they range from 1964 and up) I also have a bigger bag of coins that range from 1926 to the 1950's and they are all pure silver. Then I also have a Canadian 1 cent peice from 1914, which I belive to be quite valuable. Here are links to a few pictures of them. Please help me out on where I could find out how much they would be worth and give me input.

Canadian 5 dollar coin 1976:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee296 /learning2breathe_11/0272.jpg
"Buffilo" 5 cent peice (american) 1937:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee296 /learning2breathe_11/0312.jpg
Canadian 1 cent peice 1914:
Front: http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee296 /learning2breathe_11/034.jpg
Back: http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee296 /learning2breathe_11/027.jpg
An old American Half dollar i think 1942:
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee296 /learning2breathe_11/029.jpg

You are one lucky man. Those all of those coins are worth a few grand now. From about 2 thousand to almost a hundred thousand. Especially your 1914 piece. If you sell those coins, get ready to be a millionare. I'm not sure where you can find the price online. You need to go to a special bank or whatever to find the value of those today.

2008-08-04 12:57:59 by TruDeL

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