Jan 26th:  snow day coin hunt.

I found a load of coins that I had bought and forgot about so I searched them.
Unfortunately, it was mainly a bust, but I did find three 12 sided nickels some US coins, a coin from Malaysia, and a 5 pence coin from the UK.

Enjoy!
Dean

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Jan 24th finds:
Back on the silver!

I stopped by one of my favourite banks today and I asked for pennies of paper money.  The teller gave me $1.20 in pennies but had no paper money.

As usual, I bought some rolled coins but when she brought the dime rolls out, they were machine wrapped crimped rolls, but in brown paper.  I thought that they might be ARP rolls but I took them anyway

I was expecting nothing as I opened up the dimes but soon, I saw US coins and older nickel alloy dimes popping out.  Aside from one Australian 5 cent coin, there was a fair bit of US coins, some 1968 and 1969 dated dimes and best of all, two silver dimes dated 1965 and 1967!

The quarters were almost a bust had it not been for one nice 1992 Provincial quarter from Manitoba and a couple of 1969s.  The nickels gave up a 1940 US coin and a handful of nickel alloy Canadian nickels and US spenders.

If you search enough coins, you’re bound to find something eventually.

Enjoy!
Dean

Jan 23rd finds:
Finally…some paper money.

I went to one of my banks after work and the teller had a few paper notes for me to pick through.  There really wasn’t anything special…but it’s a shame that this journey $10 has roller marks from the bank machine. 

I bought some coins as well, and for the most part, they were a bust.
The most exciting finds from the coins were two twelve sided nickels, dated 1949 and 1962, but that’s it.

Enjoy!
Dean

I have for sale a 1937 Osborne/Towers $5 PMG graded VF-35 EPQ
IMO this is a little over graded and should be VF-25 to VF-30.
Price is $550 which includes tracked shipping anywhere in Canada.
Payment by E-Transfer. Message if interested.

Thanks for looking!

I did check out a page on the Bank of Canada's website about the longevity of Polymer $5 bills, and it said that it lasts approximately eight years before they get replaced.  I do remember seeing new $5 bills in 2015 and 2017 respectively, and in 2023 and 2025 - when they were due to be replaced - I ended up seeing no new $5 bills, but I did see a vast number of new $10 bills - in the prefixes of FFL and FFM (in 2023) and FFN last summer (different ranges for each prefix).  I do not recall there being any new $5 bills available in my province in 2018 nor 2019, but I do recall seeing several new $5s as early as spring or summer 2020, so it looks probable that the next chance for Newfoundland to possibly see new $5 bills in that province will likely not be until 2028.

Jan 22nd finds:
I bought $250 worth of dimes and quarters today.  There was no silver, but I did find a fair number of US coins, a German mark from 1978, a ten cent coin from Barbados and a few nice vintage Caribou quarters in nice condition dated 1971, 1990, 1987 and an arctic expedition quarter as well.

I don’t see many 1987 quarters out there…

I love pennies…especially US pennies, but not when I find one in a roll of dimes…😡

Hopefully, I’ll find silver again soon…

Enjoy!
Dean

On the last day of the year for 2025, I went to my favourite bank branch in the Ottawa Valley to see if anything came in.  Well, the friendly bank teller told me that there was a deposit in the morning consisting of a number of Journey $20 banknotes.  I took them all, as I am on the search for replacement notes all the time.  Unfortunately, no replacement notes were found but I did find one with a bank stamp which is documented in the other Forum thread for banknotes with a story.  It is always exciting to get paper instead of plastic, there is something about paper which makes money more real!!

Enjoy the pictures, Whitenite

During my search for old banknotes during the Christmas season, one bank branch gave a number of paper banknotes and I took them home.  Once home, I noticed that one of the Journey $20 banknotes had a bank stamp of 07259-219.  By doing an online search, the Financial Institution was identified as ATB FINANCIAL, Edmonton Oliver Village Branch at 11366 104 Avenue NW, Edmonton Alberta.  It is shame that bank stamp was incomplete as it would be interesting to find out when it was stamped.  Anyways, the note was found in the Ottawa Valley so it has travelled a distance.  The banknote has a prefix of AZT and it was issued in 2005.

People travel, banknotes travel!!

Enjoy the pictures, Whitenite

For example, A for $1, B for $2, C for $5, D for $10, E for $20, H for $50, J for $100 and lastly K for the $1000 banknote as this was the standard for starting a new series of banknotes for the 1937. 1954 issues and for the multicoloured series.  The letters F, G and I were skipped and became dormant.  Does anyone know how the Bank of Canada decided this?

This type of sequencing continued but became slightly modified with the introduction of 3 letter prefixes during the multicoloured series.  Even with the polymer series, there is a continuation of this concept where for example, the second letter of the prefix for the $50 and $100 banknotes still use the letters H and J, respectively.

Thanks whitenite for this! Very interesting!

I love the $5 Birds myself!

B
Cheers, B