Topher

The correct link should be:

http://www.encasedcollectorsinternational.org/

I remember the last time I was in Toronto those TTT tokens were something like $2.50 each or something, and they are just tiny aluminium tokens.

Yep, smaller than a dime. I didn't realize they were worth that much! I never take the transit as it would be a bus and three trains for me to get to work, and my drive is less than an hour and the gas still costs me less than the transit tickets would!

On Saturday the kids found two cents and a dime (all CDN, of course) along with a Toronto Transit Token. I had to buy that token off of them, and they're starting to realize that I just HAVE to have anything odd or different. The asking price keeps going up!! Those little capitalists! LOL

Yeah, we have found the floor under the machine is a good place to check too Looks funny when you are crawling around on the floor fishing pennies out.

That's what kids are for. Mine are small enough to crawl behind the machine and check for coins that rolled away.

3 US cents, one British penny, and a German 2 Pfennig. Of course, it was my 6-year old daughter that checked it and got to keep them. I encourage my kids to check the Coinstar every time we go to the grocery store.

He is in Canada, the 1968 25¢ coins were .500 fine, and then nickel later in the year. Whilst I still get Georgian coins, ie cents in change from time to time, I have never gotten silver Canadians.

Not all of the 1968s were .500 silver, but it is pretty rare to find one that is anymore. Nice find.

http://www.coinscan.com/err/error.html

Not a ton of things, but a handful to get you started.

http://www.ashrap.com/

Click on Varieties to get a few more, and there there's:

http://www.pcfleet.com/book/en/details.htm

I'm just waiting for the fifth edition to come out. It was supposed to be available last month, but I haven't heard anything yet.

I do know if I take coins to the bank and put them in their coin machine that it does reject 10¢ and 25¢, the 1980's twelve sided cents and the older magnetic 5¢.

If those are the pure nickel ones (pre-1982), then they are worth just over $0.14 each in melt value as of this morning. I once knew a dealer up here paying $0.10 each for them, but have now changed their tune to "call us to discuss" pricing.

CoinStars here reject all Canadian coins. Do CoinStars in Canada reject all U.S. coinage?

I'm not sure. I'm pretty sure they take the US coinage, as it can't differentiate them from the Canadian. I know that Canadian quarters are lighter than the US ones, which is why they probably get rejected down south. I'm not sure about the other coins, as I'd have to check the weight differences more closely.

Kids hit up the machine every week when grocery shopping. This week they got two CDN cents, a Euro 1 cent coin, and a 1 Paise from India.

After 11 years I have finally in this last year realised I am nothing to her Majesty. It is just easier that way, she is right, even if... well forget about it.

I see you have learned the "path of least resistance". Very good, grasshopper.

Got an Idaho quarter here in Toronto. It's great, I don't even have to travel to the US to put together a set! LOL

Every time I go to the grocery store, I send my kids to the Coinstar machine. They usually find more coins under the machine than in it! Today they hit the jackpot, which is probably why they didn't take the coins out until I came up and said it was okay. Aside from the 3 pennies that my son "cashed in" through the machine they found:

4 Quarters

9 Dimes

1 Nickel

34 Pennies

1 British two pence

1 British one pence

1 Mexican 10c

3 Lincoln cents

Nothing overly exciting there except the sheer amount of them. Brought them home counted them up and split them up between the two of them. My son is ready to go back again.

1943

 

C.P

Worth anywhere from $0.15-$0.50, more likely the lower end of that range.

Good start to a weekend search.! I dont collect (or know anything about) Canadian cents but these are interesting, as is the Lincoln.! are they worth anything?

 

C.P

 

The Centennial penny isn't worth anything extra, unless you count its copper content. What year is the George VI?

I really like the design of these. I'm going to have to start collecting them at some point.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Canadian dime was never made of cupro-nickel. It was pure nickel until 2001 when it went to nickel-plated steel. That being said, though, I agree with ccg. It appears to have been hit with acid to remove the outer layer.

These are very common, and I get them in change all the time, although they should not be copper coloured. Please post a pic and one of the "experts" will be by to tell you what they think you have.

Searching my usual box of nickels last night and found a 1927 George V! Didn't find a single George VI, but the George V was there. My son was right there when I dumped them out of the roll, and we were both pretty amazed to find that one!

Thanks for bringing this up to the top, Banivechi. I never saw this! I'm in!

Got a 1944 US wheatie in my change from the cinnamon bun place this afternoon. I swear, I find more wheat cents in general circulation in Canada (been here less than 5 years) than I ever found in the US. (Been there, um, a lot longer.)

>Consider this, the smallest US coins, the cent and dime, are struck at 40 tons. Silver dollar or silver round size is around 140 tons.

 

Hmmmm.... maybe I'll have to stick with gold. Thats pretty soft, right?

How about Aluminum (or Aluminium, depending on which version of English you speak!)

20 rolls of pennies:

The usual lincolns and early QEII's, plus:

1926D wheat

1944 wheat

1947ML Geo VI

1951 GEO VI

1963 QEII AU/BU? Beautiful coin!

Not too bad for such a small batch, I'd say.

Oh, yeah. My favorite teller saved 2 rolls of US quarters and gave them to me for $20 CDN. I got there just as she was getting ready to call me. I wished her a happy Mother's Day on my way out. She's looking out for me!

You can take all!

You heard it first here, folks. I have BigCanadianM's permission to handle all of the Coinstar fishing expeditions in Canada. I hereby stake my claim.

But they do have Coinstars in Canada and in the UK!

 

http://ce.coinstarinc.ca/ce/html/a-home

 

Coinstar is how the Canadian government is removing all the old nickel coinage from circulation to be sold as scrap!

Alright BigCanadianM, looks like we have some regular rounds to do.

Let's discuss where we draw the territorial lines!