Are Canadian coins really not known to most Americans?

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Are Canadian coins really not known to most Americans?

Postby JerrySpringer » Tue Jul 16, 2013 11:11 pm

Prices on Ebay for common date non-silver Canadian coins, circulated condition, are incredible starting bid amounts. Either sellers do not have a clue about the value or they count on buyers not knowing. Right now, there is a bit of arbitrage opportunity available to anyone on the border states if they are willing to to go through the machinations of coin slogging. Can't be all coin hobbyists buying these coins. I see routinely same bidders willing to pay full face value for Canadian coins. Only thing I can gather is they are accruing Ebay bucks and can spend the coins locally.
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Re: Are Canadian coins really not known to most Americans?

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Re: Are Canadian coins really not known to most Americans?

Postby Morsecode » Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:26 pm

Full face value...? How about full face plus 10%. Those are the ones I don't understand.
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Re: Are Canadian coins really not known to most Americans?

Postby JerrySpringer » Wed Jul 17, 2013 7:10 pm

Morsecode wrote:Full face value...? How about full face plus 10%. Those are the ones I don't understand.


Maybe I can trade some of my Eisenhower dollar coins for 1968 - 1986 Canadian dollars. Wonder what the Ike to Voyageur ratio is, lol.
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Re: Are Canadian coins really not known to most Americans?

Postby Engineer » Fri Jul 19, 2013 4:51 am

JerrySpringer wrote:http://www.ebay.com/itm/Canadian-Coin-Lot-8-25-Face-Value-Canadian-Starting-Below-Face-/181178336806?pt=US_Canadian_Coins&hash=item2a2f120626


I see 6.25$, but they have it listed as $8.25.
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Re: Are Canadian coins really not known to most Americans?

Postby JerrySpringer » Fri Jul 19, 2013 10:38 pm

Engineer wrote: I see 6.25$, but they have it listed as $8.25.


There are two toonie coins there, the bi-metallic ones. The are 2 dollars each.
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Re: Are Canadian coins really not known to most Americans?

Postby JerrySpringer » Sat Jul 20, 2013 9:28 pm

Gee, the seller is too lazy to tell the face value on this: (?)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Canadian-modern ... 5af358ac40

Watch it be mostly cents in the box. Great way to do a version of unsearched coin roll. Just state you have pounds of coins but don't bother to say how much of each denomination.
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Re: Are Canadian coins really not known to most Americans?

Postby Z00 » Sun Jul 21, 2013 12:12 am

Actually, $5 to $6/lb shipped is the average price of bulk world coins. And that includes non-circulating obsolete.
If that 1 bidder wins out, he gets a fair deal.
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Re: Are Canadian coins really not known to most Americans?

Postby JerrySpringer » Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:31 am

Z00 wrote:Actually, $5 to $6/lb shipped is the average price of bulk world coins. And that includes non-circulating obsolete.
If that 1 bidder wins out, he gets a fair deal.


I e-mailed the seller. Asked what was the face value of the coins. Here is his answer:

"HI I don't have the total face value just the weight. Thanks. George"

In one of his other auctions, he states the face value of the Canadian dollar coins in it. The seller is either lazy as hell or does not have the coins in his possession or is hiding something. I think he is lazy.
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Re: Are Canadian coins really not known to most Americans?

Postby JerrySpringer » Wed Jul 24, 2013 10:03 am

Huh?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Full-POUND-140- ... 27d51a642a

Cool stuffins must be the appeal.

Good news for cent collectors. Canadian cents are worth more than CTUs per ounce.
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