I finally found a Canadian coin with King Charles on heads.

[onomatopoeia]

I finally found a Canadian coin with King Charles on the heads side. It's a nickel, with a 2023 date. It looks to have been newly minted. I don't recall if I saw any 2023 coins with Queen Elizabeth on the face.

I've asked the bank several times if they have any, and the answer has always been either "No", or "They come and go". I think bank tellers don't even have change drawers anymore, and the only time they deal with coins is with rolls, or when little old ladies pay their utility bills with exact change.

As per tradition, his portrait faces to the left, because Queen Elizabeth's faced to the right. It switches with each Monarch; it's not a gender thing.

 

[woodee]

After reading the post I went through my change and found a 2023 Loonie with Charles 3 on the back. He is facing to the left.
This is the first one I have found.

 

[onomatopoeia]

After reading the post I went through my change and found a 2023 Loonie with Charles 3 on the back. He is facing to the left.
This is the first one I have found.

Apparently the coins with King Charles were produced/ released in November/ December, 2023 by the Canadian Mint, but mostly just for coin collectors. There don't seem to be many circulating yet.

 

[JeanGary Diablo]

After reading the post I went through my change and found a 2023 Loonie with Charles 3 on the back. He is facing to the left.
This is the first one I have found.

I only learned recently that the direction the Monarch's head is facing on coins alternates between Monarchs.

 

[onomatopoeia]

I only learned recently that the direction the Monarch's head is facing on coins alternates between Monarchs.

Other than a few nickels and coppers, there haven't been many Canadian coins with George V circulating since the 1970's. It's coming up on thirty years since pennies were legal tender, (last minted in 1996), and pre-1968 dimes and quarters have long since been hoarded or melted for the Silver content. The value of silver skyrocketed in 1979 when American hostages were being held in Iran.

Many Canadian millennials have never possessed a coin with silver content, and some Canadian Gen Alphas, (born after 2012), have never possessed a coin.

 

[JeanGary Diablo]

Other than a few nickels and coppers, there haven't been many Canadian coins with George V circulating since the 1970's. It's coming up on thirty years since pennies were legal tender, (last minted in 1996), and pre-1968 dimes and quarters have long since been hoarded or melted for the Silver content. The value of silver skyrocketed in 1979 when American hostages were being held in Iran.

Many Canadian millennials have never possessed a coin with silver content, and some Canadian Gen Alphas, (born after 2012), have never possessed a coin.

I have a 1964 quarter somewhere that I got in 2007. These are pretty rare, but a coin collector told me I wouldn't get much for it and should just keep it. When you flip it, the coin actual has a distinct sound it makes, due to the high silver content.

 

[onomatopoeia]

I have a 1964 quarter somewhere that I got in 2007. These are pretty rare, but a coin collector told me I wouldn't get much for it and should just keep it. When you flip it, the coin actual has a distinct sound it makes, due to the high silver content.

Piiiiiiinnnnnnngggggg.

 

[JeanGary Diablo]

Piiiiiiinnnnnnngggggg.

That's exactly it!!

 

[NotADcotor]

I have an 1882 20 cent Newfoundland coin.
My paternal had a few move but some scumsuckers who I hope die from torture broke in the house about 25 years ago so I never got to inherit them.
My father found a Newfie coin at McDs in his change shortly after. Yeah, fucking cunts.

 

[versitile1]

I have a 1964 quarter somewhere that I got in 2007. These are pretty rare, but a coin collector told me I wouldn't get much for it and should just keep it. When you flip it, the coin actual has a distinct sound it makes, due to the high silver content.

I think pre 1968 quarters and dimes have a higher silver content. 1968 they switched to 50% silver content for half the year and 0 silver after that. You would have to check which years have the most silver content. Also, silver is not magnetic, so that's one way of checking if your coins are silver or not.

 

[onomatopoeia]

I have a 1964 quarter somewhere that I got in 2007. These are pretty rare, but a coin collector told me I wouldn't get much for it and should just keep it. When you flip it, the coin actual has a distinct sound it makes, due to the high silver content.

1964 Canadian Quarters were 80% Silver and 20% Copper. Their mass was 5.83 grams, so a 1964 Canadian Quarter contained 4.664 grams of silver.

Silver values are listed in US Dollars per Troy Ounce. A Troy Ounce is 31.1034768 grams. The 1964 Quarter contains 15% of a Troy Ounce.

A Troy Ounce of Silver is currently worth $43.44 US, and .15 of a Troy Ounce about $6.50 US.

The cost of smelting one Quarter to separate the Silver from the Copper would be more than $6.50 US. If you had 1,000 of them, it might be worth your while to pay to have that done, but having only one, with 40+ years of circulation, it's really only valuable for making the Piiiiiiinnnnnnngggggg sound when you flip it.

 

[onomatopoeia]

That's exactly it!!

Piiiiiiinnnnnnngggggg isn't a real word. it's onomatopoeic

 

[Insidious Von]

1964 Canadian Quarters were 80% Silver and 20% Copper. Their mass was 5.83 grams, so a 1964 Canadian Quarter contained 4.664 grams of silver.

Silver values are listed in US Dollars per Troy Ounce. A Troy Ounce is 31.1034768 grams. The 1964 Quarter contains 15% of a Troy Ounce.

A Troy Ounce of Silver is currently worth $43.44 US, and .15 of a Troy Ounce about $6.50 US.

The cost of smelting one Quarter to separate the Silver from the Copper would be more than $6.50 US. If you had 1,000 of them, it might be worth your while to pay to have that done, but having only one, with 40+ years of circulation, it's really only valuable for making the Piiiiiiinnnnnnngggggg sound when you flip it.

That's electrifying information Ono!

Forget Charles III, if they are going to mint coins, they should showcase the TRUE British King:

 

[versitile1]

1964 Canadian Quarters were 80% Silver and 20% Copper. Their mass was 5.83 grams, so a 1964 Canadian Quarter contained 4.664 grams of silver.

Silver values are listed in US Dollars per Troy Ounce. A Troy Ounce is 31.1034768 grams. The 1964 Quarter contains 15% of a Troy Ounce.

A Troy Ounce of Silver is currently worth $43.44 US, and .15 of a Troy Ounce about $6.50 US.

The cost of smelting one Quarter to separate the Silver from the Copper would be more than $6.50 US. If you had 1,000 of them, it might be worth your while to pay to have that done, but having only one, with 40+ years of circulation, it's really only valuable for making the Piiiiiiinnnnnnngggggg sound when you flip it.

Those silver and gold places will pay "melt" value on silver coins but unless you have 1000s like you said, not really worth it. Plus, you might have a valuable coin mixed in.

 

[JeanGary Diablo]

Piiiiiiinnnnnnngggggg isn't a real word. it's onomatopoeic

Username checks out.

 

[shakenbake]

I think pre 1968 quarters and dimes have a higher silver content. 1968 they switched to 50% silver content for half the year and 0 silver after that. You would have to check which years have the most silver content. Also, silver is not magnetic, so that's one way of checking if your coins are silver or not.

You can check to see which coin is attracted to a magnet. Silver coins are not attracted.

 

[Ceiling Cat]

A newspaper editor yells at a reporter when he brought an unworthy story to him. The editor told the reporter that dog bites man is not news, if a man bites dog that is news.

Finding a coin with the King's head on it if not noteworthy, if you found the King giving head, that would be another story!

Those silver and gold places will pay "melt" value on silver coins but unless you have 1000s like you said, not really worth it. Plus, you might have a valuable coin mixed in.

Dooms day preppers will buy your silver. If the world would come to a Mad Max apocalyptic world, would it not be easier to walk around with a handful of silver to exchange for a loaf of bread or a pound of meat rather then to hand over an ounce wafer of gold?

 

[versitile1]

You can check to see which coin is attracted to a magnet. Silver coins are not attracted.

Yes. I stated that in the last line of my post.

 

[Ceiling Cat]

Yes. I stated that in the last line of my post.

You can also tell by the sound it makes if you bounce it off a hard surface like a marble or granite countertop in the kitchen. My Granddad hoarded a couple of buckets worth of silver dimes and quarters when Canada switched over to nickel. A coin guy told me that the ones that are worn out and the letters on the coin faded are not worth much in collectors value.

 

[versitile1]

A newspaper editor yells at a reporter when he brought an unworthy story to him. The editor told the reporter that dog bites man is not news, if a man bites dog that is news.

Finding a coin with the King's head on it if not noteworthy, if you found the King giving head, that would be another story!



Dooms day preppers will buy your silver. If the world would come to a Mad Max apocalyptic world, would it not be easier to walk around with a handful of silver to exchange for a loaf of bread or a pound of meat rather then to hand over an ounce wafer of gold?

Yeah cool, good for them.