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Kritzkrieg Kop posted:What are some cool Canadian coins? All I know are the sterile new coins with boring designs that they sell at the post office marked up to 500%. Our circulation coins were rather function-over-form until they started overproducing "commemorative" stuff. The most interesting stuff is all in the banknotes. Like the four dollar and 25 dollar bills. The prices of those are a little prohibitive for people just starting out, but you can get a respectable enough looking 25 cent bill (a.k.a. the shinplaster) on ebay for $30 or less. As for the coins, most Canadians don't know that until 1920 the penny was pretty much the same size as a modern-day quarter. It's neat to have a couple of those around, a couple bucks gets you something that will amuse your friends for a minute or two. Generally, the most interesting looking stuff is the pre-confederation coins. Otherwise, there's not much to look at other than the 1967 centennial set, the victory nickel, the '76 RCMP quarter and the 1992 provinces quaters for the 125th. It was pretty much all downhill after this thing:  Yes, everyone, this is a real Canadian circulation coin.
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Pro-PRC Laowai posted:Never seen them anywhere else, no official history about it either. That's a nifty thing, and it seems there is a place you can start digging for some info. It was among some other products mentioned by the Postal Regulatory Commission back in 2002. Here's the full thing: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2002-12-03/html/02-30539.htm and a snippet below (emphasis mine). Postal Regulatory Commission posted:SUMMARY: A petition has been filed seeking review of the jurisdictional It seems to be a rather remarkable coincidence between your username and the very website you should probably snoop around on: https://www.prc.gov
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