#1 canadian coinage since 2000 is magnetic --the pre 2000 good metal containing coins are beiing removed from circulation by the canadian govt and being replaced with crappy steel cored copper & nickle coated coins *
#2 even so canadain coins & money is now better in value than american money is "exchange rate wize" 1 US dollar will get you less than 1 dollar candain --thus the canadain dollar is stronger than the american one .
#3 -- I used to get a decent steady amount of canadain coins for "free" at several local stores that had "coin star" or other coin counting machines -- I asked the stores "machine cleaners" to save the the foreign coins that got stuck on the machines""magnets" for me (told em I collected foreign coins which is true--also always when you go by one in passing check their coin reject slots as those coin counters "reject" silver coinage"

) ---the store personel have to clean the magnets every so often or the canadain and other foreign "junk coins" (as they call em) and iron based debris that stick to the magnet will plug the coin feed tube to the counters --the magneets are there to stop iron based debris and steel based foreign coins *---thus I got "free canadian money" on a steady basis --read what I did with my "free money" below .
#4 what to do with your "free canadain money" *
there are canadain coin companys online that do bussiness with americans by mail -- save up enough canadian coinage say $100 bucks worth or so and then "mail" it to canada to them to buy american silver coins with that they have in stock in exchange (pay the return postage in canadain coinage as well along with what you buy) --that way the only real "out of pocket" cost is american postage for a flat rate box * --once you get your "free silver" coins sell a couple of them to recover your start up mailing cost of your first "shipment"and also to get your "next shipments shipping cost" covered -- you are now operating "totally" free cost wize *** ) $0 out of pocket cost -- 100% per profiet * my kinda bussiness.
#5 if one really thinks "outside the box" --- after the first shipment gets your next shipments "shipping cost" covered there are other canadian companys that do bussiness online as well as well not just "coin dealers"-- heck you could buy all sorts stuff with this "free money"--thinking that way theres no limit to what you can get for "free" this way