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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.

Here it is.

Cool! Thanks for posting.

+1

This is not a common coin, especially in ''RAW'' form (ie uncertified). Thanks for posting.

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

PM Nickelmiester. He might be interested

slickeast wrote:PM Nickelmiester. He might be interested

Too busy playing Candy Crush!

Cool coin... sure would be sweet to find one of those in the wild!!!!

Wow thats rare!

I wonder if I have one (kidding)

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.

Very cool!

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?

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).

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.

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.

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...