by Know Common Cents » Sat Apr 30, 2016 9:58 am
Still making at least one trip per year into the wilds of Ontario. My sources for purchasing loose CDN coins and obsolete currency never seem to dry up (fortunately), so I'm able to repatriate hundreds of dollars back to their country of origin.
All $1 and $2 banknotes I turn in face certain doom. They're bundled up and sent to Ottawa for destruction. Of course I save nearly everything in at least XF-AU condition, but most are damaged, heavily creased, written upon and the like. Same fate for the pennies, too. I keep all the copper, though, as you may have guessed.
Fun stuff and profitable, too. I do keep a supply of spendable, current Canadian currency for a quick getaway, but, even at current exchange rates, I'm able to make a profit of several hundred US dollars per trip.
"I don't know what I'm doin' but I'm sure havin' fun" Herman Munster
I've recently adopted the Groucho Marx philosophy for dealing with politics and other life challenges, "Whatever it is, I'm against it!" (Horse Feathers 1932)