UPDATE It's a treasure hunt!!!!!!!!!

[henrysmedford]

I called a coin shop in a town that was a hour and a half from here are asked if the had any Canadian one and five cent coins and found they had a $148 FV and said he would sell the lot for face. I was going to that City on the weekend and wanted to pick them up but the coin shop was closed weekends. So I had a coworker pick them up for me. The owner of the coin shop said the the were from the twenties to date. So far looks like most are older coins. I am first sort the nickels first by George V, George IV, Young Queen ,Ect. Then I will sort the cents the same way and then sort all by date and tune them all. I am doing this a work at lunch time as we have a new puppy at home . So far I have found the small amount I have look at over forty 1970 that are AU and had a mintage low of 5,726,010 and three King George V. It going to be fun. The break down was $54.11 in cents and $93.55 in nickels.


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I will post my finds in Red.
One Cent
Mintages
1920-1929
1920 - 22,246,170 10
1921 - 7,601,627 4
1922 - 1,243,635
1923 - 1,019,022
1924 - 1,593,195
1925 - 1,000,622
1926 - 2,143,372
1927 - 3,553,928 9
1928 - 9,144,860 12
1929 - 12,159,840 15

1930-1939
1930 - 2,538,613 2
1931 - 3,842,776 6
1932 - 21,316,190 14
1933 - 12,079,310 11
1934 - 7,042,358 4

1935 - 7,526,400 9
1936 - 8,768,769 6
1937 - 10,090,231 11
1938 - 18,365,608 32
1939 - 21,600,319 33

1940-1949
1940 - 85,740,532 63
1941 - 56,336,011 69
1942 - 76,113,708 68
1943 - 89,111,969 99
1944 - 44,131,216 44
1945 - 77,268,591 57
1946 - 56,662,071 65
1947 - 74,949,349 33 Maple Leaf 98
1948 - 25,767,779 21
1949 - 33,128,933 48

1950-1959
1950 - 60,444,992 55
1951 - 80,430,379 112
1952 - 67,631,736 72
1953 - 67,806,016 85
1954 - 22,181,760 42
1955 - 56,403,193 69
1956 - 78,685,535 102
1957 - 100,601,792 120
1958 - 59,385,679 63
1959 - 83,615,343 7

1960-1969
1960 - 75,772,775 82
1961 - 139,598,404 123
1962 - 227,244,069 210
1963 - 279,076,334 182
1964 - 484,655,322 230
1965 - 304,441,082 1
1966 - 183,644,388
1967 - 345,140,645 152
1968 - 329,695,772
1969 - 335,240,929

1970-1979
1970 - 344,145,010 1
1971 - 298,228,936
1972 - 451,304,591
1973 - 457,058,489
1974 - 692,058,489
1975 - 642,618,000
1976 - 701,122,890 1
1977 - 453,050,666
1978 - 911,170,647
1979 - 753,942,953

1980-1989
1980 - 911,800,000
1981 - 1,209,468,500 2
1982 - 876,036,898 1
1983 - 975,510,000 4
1984 - 838,225,000 1
1985 - 771,772,500
1986 - 788,285,000
1987 - 774,549,000
1988 - 482,676,752
1989 - 1,066,628,200

1990-1999
1990 - 218,035,000 24
1991 - 831,001,000 36
1992 - 673,512,000 38
1993 - 808,585,000 38
1994 - 639,516,000 31
1995 - 624,983,000 17
1996 - 445,746,000 14
1997 - 549,868,000 14
1998 - 999,578,000 15
1999 - 1,089,625,000 25

2000 - present
2000 - 902,506,000 12
2001 - 928,434,000 17
2002 - 830,040,000 14 zinc 1 steel
2003 - 748,123,000 2 crowned zinc 7 crowded steel 9 uncrowned steel
2004 - 842,486,000 10 zinc
2005 - 767,425,000 16 zinc
2006 - 1,261,883,000 26 no logo zinc 2 RCM steel
2007 - 846,420,000 10 steel
2008 - 787,625,000 66 steel
2009 - 455,680,000 7 steel
2010 - 486,200,000 1 zinc
2011 - 662,750,000 1 zinc
Five Cent
Mintages
1920-1929
1920 - 10,649,851
1921 - 2,582,495
1922 - 4,763,186 6
1923 - 2,475,201 2
1924 - 3,066,658 1
1925 - 200,050
1926 - 933,577
1927 - 5,285,627 4
1928 - 4,588,725 2
1929 - 5,562,262 5

1930-1939
1930 - 3,685,991 4
1931 - 5,100,830 2
1932 - 3,198,566 3
1933 - 2,597,867 3
1934 - 3,827,303 5
1935 - 3,900,000 4
1936 - 4,400,450 1
1937 - 4,593,263 4
1938 - 3,898,974 3
1939 - 5,661,123 8

1940-1949
1940 - 13,820,197 12
1941 - 8,681,785 6
1942 - 10,243,778 (2 Tomac) (9 nickel)
1943 - 24,760,256 10
1944 - 11,532,784 14
1945 - 18,893,216 11
1946 - 6,952,684
1947 - 17,198,848 2 Maple Leaf 11
1948 - 1,810,789 2
1949 - 13,736,276 12

1950-1959
1950 - 11,950,520 17
1951 - 12,642,641 8
1952 - 10,891,148 8
1953 - 16,635,552 20
1954 - 6,998,662 8
1955 - 5,355,028 8
1956 - 9,399,854 12
1957 - 7,387,703 10
1958 - 7,607,521 19
1959 - 11,552,523 8

1960-1969
1960 - 37,157,433 34
1961 - 47,889,051 37
1962 - 46,307,305 47
1963 - 43,970,320 116
1964 - 78,075,068 97
1965 - 84,876,018 79
1966 - 27,976,648 26
1967 - 36,876,574 45
1968 - 99,253,330 137
1969 - 27,830,229 18

1970-1979
1970 - 5,726,010 205
1971 - 27,312,609 40
1972 - 62,417,387 40
1973 - 53,507,435 44
1974 - 94,704,645 59
1975 - 138,882,000 93
1976 - 55,140,213 44
1977 - 89,120,791 34
1978 - 137,079,273 47
1979 - 186,295,825 64

1980-1989
1980 - 134,878,000 32
1981 - 99,107,900 13
1982 - 105,539,898 15
1983 - 72,596,000 6
1984 - 84,088,000 7
1985 - 126,618,000 21
1986 - 156,104,000 32
1987 - 106,299,000 11
1988 - 75,025,000 11
1989 - 141,435,538 26

1990-1999
1990 - 42,537,000 5
1991 - 10,931,000 2
1992 - 53,732,000 5
1993 - 86,877,000 10
1994 - 99,352,000 7
1995 - 78,780,000 7
1996 - 36,686,000 3
1997 - 27,354,000 1
1998 - 156,873,000 11
1999 - 124,861,000

2000 - 2009
2000 - 108,514,000
2001 - 166,686,000
2002 - 135,960,000
2003 - 101,793,000
2004 - 123,925,000
2005 - 148,082,000
2006 - 184,874,000
2007 - 221,472,000
2008 - 278,530,000
2009 - 266,448,000

2010 - present
2010 - 126,800,000
2011 - 230,328,000

[Engineer]

You're getting as lucky as Franklin these days! Good job.

[uthminsta]

Hey, if you find a spare 1925 nickel, I'd love one!!!!!
Or a 23 or 25 cent... you could make a few quick bucks on those!

[Engineer]

Hey, if you find a spare 1925 nickel, I'd love one!!!!!
Or a 23 or 25 cent... you could make a few quick bucks on those!

I'll bid a silver dollar higher than uthminsta for the '25 nickel.

[NHsorter]

I went to a coin shop last night that is usually closed when I drive by. I asked about Canadian coinage and they said they save it and spend it on their yearly trip to Quebec. I told them I am in it for metal value and that the pennies and nickels are worth more than face value and they should sell them to me instead of giving them away at FV. I was smiling and jovial the whole time, but this grumpy old couple just growled and told me no. I asked if they had any french coins made of nickel or anything like that. They basically told me to get lost. I got the super-evil-eye from both of them. Don't know what their problem is. "We are coin dealers, not metal dealers" they said. Bunch of old grumps! I was tempted to give them a piece of my mind about how to treat customers but I just said thanks and left.

Nice score Joe. Sounds like you have some good shops around there.

[henrysmedford]

updated totals.

[henrysmedford]

Hey, if you find a spare 1925 nickel, I'd love one!!!!!
Or a 23 or 25 cent... you could make a few quick bucks on those!

I'll bid a silver dollar higher than uthminsta for the '25 nickel.

I pulled all the King George V nickels and no 1925.

[uthminsta]

1964...checking all these for extra water lines right?
1970 - 5,726,010 129 I'm missing this one too!
I'm gonna send you a PM...

[Engineer]

HenrysMedford was nice enough to send me one of those 1970s.

[uthminsta]

Five Cent
Mintages
1925 - 200,050
1926 - 933,577
1948 - 1,810,789

I hadn't noticed... the 48 really has the third lowest mintage in the nickel series...? Yep, I just checked it in my own book. Its value doesn't reflect that at all! Curious.

[beauanderos]

Great score, have fun with that.

[henrysmedford]

Five Cent
Mintages
1925 - 200,050
1926 - 933,577
1948 - 1,810,789

I hadn't noticed... the 48 really has the third lowest mintage in the nickel series...? Yep, I just checked it in my own book. Its value doesn't reflect that at all! Curious.

Only one 1948 in the lot.

The low 1948 mintage was because--
1947 Maple Leaf
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


The 1947 Maple Leaf refers to a set of Canadian coins dated 1947 which bear a tiny maple leaf following the date to denote that they were actually minted in 1948.[1]

Prior to 1948, the obverse legend surrounding the bust of George VI on Canadian coins read "GEORGIVS VI D:G:REX ET IND:IMP" ("George VI By the Grace of God, King and Emperor of India"). With India gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, the legend had to be modified for the 1948 coins to remove "ET IND:IMP", and as the Royal Canadian Mint waited for the modified matrices and punches from the Royal Mint in London, demand for new coinage rose. To satisfy this demand, the RCM struck coins using the 1947 dies with the leaf added to signify the incorrect date. Normal 1948 coins were minted and issued once the modified matrices and punches arrived.

[henrysmedford]

Hey, if you find a spare 1925 nickel, I'd love one!!!!!
Or a 23 or 25 cent... you could make a few quick bucks on those!

No 1923,1925 but I found out you can use the Ryedale sorter to pull the King George coins.

[MikeJ]

Very Nice, Good luck to you!!

[henrysmedford]

Lunch time sorting fun!

Untitled by henrysmedford, on Flickr

[henrysmedford]

Done sorting the nickels and posted totals.

[Tourney64]

That is awesome!

[henrysmedford]

Got the young Queens sorted.

[cooyon]

My weekly LCS visit for Canadians paid off again...out of 20 cents at face, 3 were George Vs...1929, 1931, and 1933...that makes a total of 60 George V cents at or below face this year...only 7 nickels this time, but the first two I picked up were 1937 Dots...some interesting stuff coming out of the cigar boxes down here in the lower Susquehanna Valley!

[henrysmedford]

My weekly LCS visit for Canadians paid off again...out of 20 cents at face, 3 were George Vs...1929, 1931, and 1933...that makes a total of 60 George V cents at or below face this year...only 7 nickels this time, but the first two I picked up were 1937 Dots...some interesting stuff coming out of the cigar boxes down here in the lower Susquehanna Valley!

We are having a drawing for some. You should enter. see http://realcent.org/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=24968

[cooyon]

This week's trip to my LCS for Canadians was a good one, forty cents at face included a 1920, and ten nickels at face included a 1936, and also an uncirculated steel 1953 shoulder fold obverse near maple leaf reverse. The 1953 is the nicest I've seen, and is at least MS-60. Keeps me going back!

[68Camaro]

I'm sure I've seen this somewhere here, but what is the 1998 cent alloy, and was 1997 a mixed year with copper cents as well as the zinc alloy that followed? I want to think I've got some 1997s that passed the Ryedale comparitor.

[cooyon]

This week's trip to the LCS for Canadians was good, out of 36 cents at face there were 2 George Vs (1929, 1936), out of 4 nickels at face one was a 1970. Keeps me going back for more.

[mtalbot_ca]

This week's trip to the LCS for Canadians was good, out of 36 cents at face there were 2 George Vs (1929, 1936), out of 4 nickels at face one was a 1970. Keeps me going back for more.

I wish canadian LCS' would be as generous as the ones in the states.