My LCS has a rare 1921 Canadian five-cent coin for sale.

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My LCS has a rare 1921 Canadian five-cent coin for sale.

Postby henrysmedford » Fri Aug 23, 2013 7:16 pm

We got to hold it.

From -- http://www.2-clicks-coins.com/article/rare-canadian-coins.html
Apart from silver dollars, Canada also used to mint silver coins of five-cent denomination. They were sometimes called “fish scales” for their thinness. In 1921, the last silver five-cent coins were struck before they were replaced with nickel cents in 1922.

Most of the 1921 Canadian five-cent coins were melted down during the change in coinage and only about 400 specimens are left, to date, making the 1921 Canadian five-cent one of the rarest Canadian coins.


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Postby blackrabbit » Fri Aug 23, 2013 8:00 pm

Cool! Thanks for posting.
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Postby spacemanX » Fri Aug 23, 2013 8:04 pm

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Postby mtalbot_ca » Fri Aug 23, 2013 9:57 pm

This is not a common coin, especially in ''RAW'' form (ie uncertified). Thanks for posting.
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Postby uthminsta » Fri Aug 23, 2013 11:34 pm

Amazing. My car is worth less than that. Well, at least in one understanding of the meaning of "worth."
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Postby slickeast » Sat Aug 24, 2013 1:19 am

PM Nickelmiester. He might be interested
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Postby Nickelmeister » Sat Aug 24, 2013 10:10 pm

slickeast wrote:PM Nickelmiester. He might be interested


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Postby Numis Pam » Thu Aug 29, 2013 1:17 am

Cool coin... sure would be sweet to find one of those in the wild!!!! :D
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Postby carssman » Fri May 09, 2014 10:55 am

Wow thats rare!

I wonder if I have one (kidding)
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Postby cooyon » Wed Sep 28, 2016 1:47 pm

I found one of these today at my LCS, in a tube of about 50 coins. I was trying to fill some holes in my LOC album, had pulled out 8 others I needed then saw the 1921...it triggered something in my memory. My friend and fellow club-member works there, he was checking the price guide for each one I pulled out. He said the price guide for a VG is $2,700, this one is much lower grade, maybe a Good.
He will take it to the next Baltimore show to get it certified/graded if possible. Needless to say, I didn't get to buy it on the cheap like the other coins.

I never imagined I would ever see a 1921, let alone find one in a tube of common dates. Amazing! Goes to show that there are still some treasures out in the wild waiting to be stumbled upon.
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Postby Saabman » Wed Sep 28, 2016 2:25 pm

Very cool!
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Postby henrysmedford » Wed Sep 28, 2016 2:26 pm

cooyon wrote:I found one of these today at my LCS, in a tube of about 50 coins. I was trying to fill some holes in my LOC album, had pulled out 8 others I needed then saw the 1921...it triggered something in my memory. My friend and fellow club-member works there, he was checking the price guide for each one I pulled out. He said the price guide for a VG is $2,700, this one is much lower grade, maybe a Good.
He will take it to the next Baltimore show to get it certified/graded if possible. Needless to say, I didn't get to buy it on the cheap like the other coins.

I never imagined I would ever see a 1921, let alone find one in a tube of common dates. Amazing! Goes to show that there are still some treasures out in the wild waiting to be stumbled upon.

So you puled a 5 cent silver coin out of a tube of 50 cent coins?
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Postby cooyon » Wed Sep 28, 2016 2:34 pm

henrysmedford wrote:
cooyon wrote:I found one of these today at my LCS, in a tube of about 50 coins. I was trying to fill some holes in my LOC album, had pulled out 8 others I needed then saw the 1921...it triggered something in my memory. My friend and fellow club-member works there, he was checking the price guide for each one I pulled out. He said the price guide for a VG is $2,700, this one is much lower grade, maybe a Good.
He will take it to the next Baltimore show to get it certified/graded if possible. Needless to say, I didn't get to buy it on the cheap like the other coins.

I never imagined I would ever see a 1921, let alone find one in a tube of common dates. Amazing! Goes to show that there are still some treasures out in the wild waiting to be stumbled upon.

So you puled a 5 cent silver coin out of a tube of 50 cent coins?


No, the LCS had a tube of about 50 silver half-dimes that I searched, (just a regular plastic dime tube).
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Postby Doctor Steuss » Wed Sep 28, 2016 2:51 pm

uthminsta wrote:Amazing. My car is worth less than that. Well, at least in one understanding of the meaning of "worth."

I'll buy your car for $10 over melt. You pay for shipping.

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Postby wolvesdad » Wed Sep 28, 2016 7:28 pm

cooyon wrote:I found one of these today at my LCS, in a tube of about 50 coins. I was trying to fill some holes in my LOC album, had pulled out 8 others I needed then saw the 1921...it triggered something in my memory. My friend and fellow club-member works there, he was checking the price guide for each one I pulled out. He said the price guide for a VG is $2,700, this one is much lower grade, maybe a Good.
He will take it to the next Baltimore show to get it certified/graded if possible. Needless to say, I didn't get to buy it on the cheap like the other coins.

I never imagined I would ever see a 1921, let alone find one in a tube of common dates. Amazing! Goes to show that there are still some treasures out in the wild waiting to be stumbled upon.


Hopefully he paid you a 'finders' fee of $100 or more. He probably bought that tube of half times for less than $100.
If you hadn't been sorting those, who knows how long he would've sat on it, or ended up selling it in a bulk lot.
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Postby Recyclersteve » Wed Sep 28, 2016 11:13 pm

wolvesdad wrote:
cooyon wrote:I found one of these today at my LCS, in a tube of about 50 coins. I was trying to fill some holes in my LOC album, had pulled out 8 others I needed then saw the 1921...it triggered something in my memory. My friend and fellow club-member works there, he was checking the price guide for each one I pulled out. He said the price guide for a VG is $2,700, this one is much lower grade, maybe a Good.
He will take it to the next Baltimore show to get it certified/graded if possible. Needless to say, I didn't get to buy it on the cheap like the other coins.

I never imagined I would ever see a 1921, let alone find one in a tube of common dates. Amazing! Goes to show that there are still some treasures out in the wild waiting to be stumbled upon.


Hopefully he paid you a 'finders' fee of $100 or more. He probably bought that tube of half times for less than $100.
If you hadn't been sorting those, who knows how long he would've sat on it, or ended up selling it in a bulk lot.


Good point. He at least owes you a nice meal...
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