September 3, 2025
Canada was a young country in the late 19th century, developing the economic identity, being strongly connected with the British Empire. Of all the coins that were produced in the time, the 1887 Canadian quarter is a special...
August 27, 2025
Victorian silver coins first issued in 1870 marked the birth of Canadian identity. These coins bore the image of Queen Victoria which was a representation of the fact that Canada was still a province of the British Empire although gaining...
August 5, 2025
It all begins with a small feeling of desire-perhaps, a 1967 Centennial coin that turns up in a drawer, or a sparkling silver Maple Leaf lying about at a trade show. However, it becomes the rabbit hole in no time and you know of mint errors...
July 24, 2025
It is a sunny Saturday afternoon. You end up opening an old wooden box that you inherited after your grandfather. There are several dozen coins inside, some shiny and some old. You do not know what they are but one of the neighbors...