Canadian Cents/Nickels

[ThePt78Gamer]

Hello all Ill attempt to keep this brief. When it comes to Canadian cents I keep 1959 and older as well as the 1967 centennial with the bird on it, and regarding Canadian nickels I keep 1981 and older. (For the nickel bullion) My question is, are there any special dates to watch out for regarding these denominations? I have a bunch of the older cents that I've sortof just thrown into a jar with the rest of the foreign stuff I've come across

 

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[port ewen ace]

1996 and older cents are 98%. coinsandcanada.com lists all errors, etc. with grading values. nickels not worth the time unless you take them to Canada for the 4 cents they are worth.

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Hi ThePt78Gamer,
for small Canadian cent the only ones I would look for are 1922, 23, 24, and 1925. (GEO V crowned portrait) Be warned they will be hard to come by, I don't even clean my dug small cents anymore, chances of getting one of the Keys is quite small.

Nickels, good idea keeping the 1981 and older, as I have seen them be worth 3X face, depends on the current spot price of nickle of course. Key dates are 1925, and to a much lesser extent 1926.

 

[Liu21]

1996 CA nickel, has an error. The error is the 6 on the date, nearly touches the D in Canada.

 

[enamel7]

1996 CA nickel, has an error. The error is the 6 on the date, nearly touches the D in Canada. View attachment 1247753

Technically that isn't an error, it is a variety.

 

[Liu21]

Technically that isn't an error, it is a variety.

i stand corrected.