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When I first started this blog I just finished a U.S. type set and started working on a "Family Heritage" type set. Well that set was completed a few months back and I was contemplating on starting a 20th Century Canadian type set.
Now glad to report I'm fully engaged! I'm only 3 coins away from completing one cent coins with major varieties and ready to move onto 5 cent coins.
Being 20th century issues I thought this would be quick, easy, and cheap. Turns out I was wrong. Yes it's been somewhat affordable but far from easy. The most difficult thing I discovered was getting decent quality modern coins (from 1950 on).
Most dealers don't stock individual common modern "foreign" coins as the cost to store versus sale value/demand just is not worth their time and since U.S. banks don't have Canadian coinage I couldn't even roll hunt. The only outlet was the internet and I probably overpaid but it was worth the convenience. Even on-line it was tough but with a little persistence something eventually popped up. This really shocked me as I thought the challenge would be early coinage (1901 to 1940) and silver dollars.
Oh well, another lesson learned
BU One Cent Coins I Still Need:
- 1 from 1980-1981
- 1 from 1997 to 2000
- 1 1999 "P" issue
