sandy3075 Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 I've noticed that we do not yet have a thread on Newfoundalnd, that's a shame. I'll start one and everyone is welcome to post their coins. Start with the recent addion, not a great condition but still nice fine 1894 20 cents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Very nice coin. Good idea Newfoundland has been overlooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shilling1887 Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 its amazing that they never chaged the queens head to the vieled head by then ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 I believe only Britain went through the changes in Victorian coin portraits. Most, if not all of the colonies just used a form of the 'young' portrait, or a more elaborate type including dress used on Indian coinage (similar to the 'gothic' florin obverse). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 I only have one Newfoundland piece, a 1944C cent: However, I was up at my Friendly Neighborhood Coin Shop yesterday, and they have a lot of the Newfoundland issues, so I may expand that a little. It's not a bug that's really bit me in a meaningful way yet, but it's nibbled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiho Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 A friend of mine at work has almost a complete collection of Newfoundland coinage, even a few of the rare ones. The half dollars and the $2 gold coins are my favorites. Here is one of his with some incredible toning... And here's one of mine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 A friend of mine at work has almost a complete collection of Newfoundland coinage, even a few of the rare ones. The half dollars and the $2 gold coins are my favorites. Here is one of his with some incredible toning... Love the dual valuation on the $2 gold. It never occurred to me until now that the large Canadian/Newfoundland cents were the same size as British halfpence, so the 2:1 rate makes perfect sense. Or at least makes counting easy if you have a mix of both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Love the dual valuation on the $2 gold. It never occurred to me until now that the large Canadian/Newfoundland cents were the same size as British halfpence, so the 2:1 rate makes perfect sense. Or at least makes counting easy if you have a mix of both. IIRC, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland Victorian 1c just used 1/2d obverse dies with little / no modifications. Same for the NB/NS half cent / UK farthing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 I should add that there were some technicalities. The Canadian dollar was officially $4.86 2/3, which made 1d = 2 1/36c and 1/2d = 1 1/72c I also think that the NS dollar was converted to Canadian at about 93c (or some other discount <10%), so while coins between the colonies were pretty much interchangable, the notes had premiums or discounts to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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