Canadian coins

[SilverLunker]

Just wondering if there are any benefits to saving common Canadian coins and if so why? I am always coming across canadian coins (usually from Coinstar trays) and usually just roll em up with my clad (aside from the older coins)

 

[jamesandsons]

Canadian copper cents are "worth" keeping because of their melt value. The rest probably isn't worth it as far as an investment. I keep all of them though because of the novelty - it feels like finding something amidst all of the junk clad. Some day I'll go through all my Canadian cents, nickels, and dimes, and see how close to putting sets together I am. Maybe buy some used albums on eBay or something.

 

[FormerTeller]

Canadian cents 1997 and earlier are 98% Copper. Canadian nickels 1981 and earlier are 99.9% Nickel. My understanding is that King George cents (1951 and earlier) are comparable to wheats.

personally, I never reroll foreign coins with US.

 

[Hunter612]

I sort out the pre 1997 cents and put them in a jar and put the other coins in my foreign coin jar.