Tag: collecting coins
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This Canada Day Reflect On The End Of Canada’s Penny
Eleven years ago, the Canadian mint circulated fresh pennies for the very last time. Back then I looked out the window at my favorite Café , I noticed one of the employees was sweeping the pavement. He had one of those stand-up dust pans in one hand, and a pole-like brush in the other. In…
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Canadian Penny May Bring $250,000 US At Auction
The legendary Pittman-Krause 1936 Canadian Dot Cent, the most famous coin in Canadian numismatics and one of just three known — and indeed one of the most famous coins in the world — is expected to bring more than $250,000 when it crosses the auction block as the feature lot in Heritage Auctions’ April 18-23 CICF World…