Weekly World Coin Post: CANADA

"Ohhhhhh, CANADA!"

You would think it's "aboot" time I got around to a post on my northern neighbors, but hey, if I was THAT predictable it wouldn't be any fun. So yeah, the currency of Little US, haha. The Canadian dollar has always been overshadowed by the US, but recently, it's really not that far off. In the image you'll see $2.38 CAD, which is equivalent to @2.18 USD, so we're pretty close these days.

I've been to Canada twice, once in Vancouver, BC... and the other in Gagetown, New Brunswick. I enjoyed the Western side much better. Anyhow, in my travels I never did manage to score any of the "Loonies" or "Twoonies", their $1 and $2 coins. I've dug a a few pieces of Canuck coinage, as you can see some of the ones in the pics have digger marks across their face.

For more info on the Canadian Dollar, click HERE.

BOTH IMAGES, TOP ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT:

1940 1 Cent Brozne 19.10mm | George VI
1977 1 Cent Brozne 19.10mm | Elizabeth II
1978 1 Cent Brozne 19.10mm
1968 10 Cents Nickel 18.03mm
1968 10 Cents Nickel 18.03mm
1968 10 Cents Nickel 18.03mm
1969 10 Cents Nickel 18.03mm
1971 10 Cents Nickel 18.03mm
1972 10 Cents Nickel 18.03mm

BOTH IMAGES, MIDDLE ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT"

1991 10 Cents Nickel 18.03mm
1940 5 Cents Nickel 21.2mm
1951 5 Cents Nickel 21.2mm | Nickel Bicentennial**
1960 5 Cents Nickel 21.2mm
1960 5 Cents Nickel 21.2mm
1966 5 Cents Nickel 21.2mm
1968 5 Cents Nickel 21.2mm
1969 5 Cents Nickel 21.2mm

BOTH IMAGES, BOTTOM ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT:

1969 5 Cents Nickel 21.2mm
1969 25 Cents Nickel 23.8mm
1971 25 Cents Nickel 23.8mm
1972 25 Cents Nickel 23.8mm
1972 25 Cents Nickel 23.8mm
1972 25 Cents Nickel 23.8mm

** In 1951, a special commemorative five-cent piece was struck to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the metal's initial discovery. Due to the onset of the Korean War, production of this commemorative was halted to preserve nickel for the war effort, resulting in a second non-commemorative 1951 "nickel" made of plated steel.

Guess I spoke too soon about not having my World Coin reference material. Just so happens that Google Books had the pages from the Krauss Catalog of World Coins that I needed to do this post, woohoo!