Tag: collecting coins

  • Happy Canada Day- Remembering Canada’s Penny

    Happy Canada Day- Remembering Canada’s Penny

    Twelve 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…

  • Canadian Penny May Bring $250,000 US At Auction

    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…