How much should I pay for these silver and other coins?

I love to collect Canadian coins!!!
I've managed to collect quite a lot of them over the past couple of years finally...
Although I still do not have any of my coin books totally filled yet and I am still trying to collect as many common ones as possible...I still have a long ways to go it seems.

Normally, I am not really that into silver coins...However I figured since I do try to collect all coins Canada, someday perhaps maybe I will buy a few nickels or quarters for my collection just for kicks basically...
So far, I have collected a couple here and there lucky for me, but nothing serious.

I wanted to ask everyone this...

If I were to pay or trade for a few Canadian Silver dimes or quarters, say like some of the more common years, like 40's, 50's, 60's...what is a fair price for them? I don't intend to spend a lot of time or money on them, but I think it would be kinda cool to get a few. Especially dimes.

Also, I really would love to get another Canadian Dollar from the 70's and 80's like the 1 Dollar - Elizabeth II small 2nd portrait...Are they no longer in circulation? Are they kinda like Ike Dollar's here in the states?
If I were to trade or buy one of these, what is fair? Those coins are really funny and big!!!

I don't think I will ever get any Canadian silver dollars or silver fifty cent pieces for my other books, but it would be cool to get more of the regular ones!

Does anyone have any Canadian Provinces, Newfoundland coins?

Hey!

I can't really speak to what one should pay for Canadian silver coinage, but there is a site that's a good start called http://www.coinsandcanada.com/ . It'll give you the book value of things as well as a lot of other information.

As for dollar coins...from 1935-1987 we had the Voyageur Dollar. Up to 1968 they were 0.800 silver. After that they were made of nickel.


Although they're technically legal to use they are never seen in daily use and haven't been for years. I expect the younger generations wouldn't even recognise it if they got it in change. And you're absolutely right, those are huge coins, they certainly make a difference in your pocket. In 1987 it was decided to make the dollar coins smaller and to change the colour to bronze but the dies were lost on the way to the mint so in a hurry they switched to a design with a loon on it and it was called the Loonie.


The loonie has been used ever since, and is commonly seen in pocket change. We also regularly have commemorative loonies, almost every year since the loonie was released, and often minted along with the regular loonies.

Like I said I can't really comment on what you should pay for any of these coins, but I do know that a local shop owner routinely sells the nickel Voyageurs at face value, and I've seen them on eBay for the same price, so it shouldn't be too hard to get one if you're interested. That includes the nickel commemoratives.

I've also seen the old silver dollars go for fairly cheap at a nice grade, so if you look around you might find a good deal. And both the old dollars and 50 cent pieces are regularly available for sale, I wouldn't call them scarce by any stretch, unless you're looking for a few certain years.

Yes, I have Newfoundland coins. Newfoundland coins are awesome. I also have a P.E.I. one cent piece. I'm hesitant to get started on those because once I do I tend to get on a roll , what would you like to know about them? Ask away, I love to get on rolls!

that's awesome information!
i think i would like to find a voyageurs dollar more than any of the silver coins actually.
especially if you can still get them for face value.
every time i get an allowance i wish to spend some on canadian coins!
someone last year sent me a voyageurs dollar in the mail for a surprise!
it is so cool because i've never seen one before ::end sentence::
one time my father in law tried to take me to a local coin shop ::end sentence::
but i could not go in because there was 2 steps that went up into the store ::end sentence::
but my father in law went in very quickly and got me a few canadian coins anyways!
i got a 1989 loonie and a nickels and few pennies for my coin books!!!
i love to collect coins from canada because i love canada!
someday, i am going to get the brand new coins
oh ya and last week at the grocery store we got a 1984 quarter back in our change instead of an american one!!! the lady must have not realized it! those are cool because they have a caribou :: but i used to think it was a moose!
are they're any coins with a moose on them?::!

Sadly there are no circulation coins with moose on them. There is one quarter that was just a special edition (a mint first! ) and then a small series of bullion coins.

In real life moose are much much bigger than caribou. And boy are they fast!


Oh and also there's a great site for a shop in Newfoundland that has checklists.
https://eastcoastcoins.ca/learn-coin-value/coin-checklists
The only thing is that he has the dollar coin list labelled "silver dollars" but the silver dollars stopped in 1968. Otherwise the lists are pretty good.

i'd like to have a moose come over to my house and hang out here!!!
hahaha

They're pretty awesome. I've seen lots of moose, they're pretty prominent in Newfoundland, even though they've only been on the island for a little over 100 years. They're very tall and really fast and they know their own strength.

I saw one once, it was standing in the road teasing traffic. It knew the cars couldn't come near and it was playing and taunting the drivers.

I don't think it has been mentioned in the forum but Canada issued the world's first glow in the dark circulating coins ($2 toonie) to celebrate country's 150th birthday July 1.

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/news/2017/06/21/canada-glow-in-the-dark-toonie

Will

i know!
i want the new 2017 canadian coins soooooooooooooo bad!!!
i want them like 5 times!!!

I've yet to see one of the coloured coins. I think people are snapping them up as fast as they're put out. They also said that there were fewer of those released than any of the others.