Question for Canadian Coin Hunters

[$ilver$urfer]

Dear Friends from the Great White North!

I'm wondering if it would be worth my while to go to Canada for a day trip and attempt to purchase some circulated boxes of pennies and nickels. My question to you is how difficult is it to acquire full boxes of circulated pennies and nickels from banks up there? Do they ask for accounts or are they happy to get rid of rolled change like many banks here in the US? Thanks for any advice you can provide!

HH,

$ilver$urfer

 

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[$ilver$urfer]

Can't I get some love from our Canadian friends? I've been a member for over 2 years and have contributed well over 1100 posts to this forum but stopped posting regularly this past spring when my wife and I had our first child (not much time anymore). Thanks in advance!

HH,

$ilver$urfer

 

[silvershooter]

I'm not from Canada but if I were thinking of doing this I would be after dimes and quarters.

 

[sagittarius98]

I'm not from Canada but if I were thinking of doing this I would be after dimes and quarters.

Canada; dimes and quarters=culled by the government
cents=melted down (try to ask for uncirculated rolls in Canada, a 2012 cent can sell for even $1.50 on eBay).

 

[silvershooter]

Canada; dimes and quarters=culled by the government
cents=melted down (try to ask for uncirculated rolls in Canada, a 2012 cent can sell for even $1.50 on eBay.

Did not know that, thanks for educating me

 

[CoinFetcher]

Chase bank in the USA now takes canadian coins. about half of them will sell you all they have. I have gotten about 10 silvers, and lots of 5 c nickle bullion, and neat old cents.

again, that's CHASE BANK selling canadian.

 

[$ilver$urfer]

Thanks for the heads up with Chase, I'll be sure to ask them for any and all Canadian coin. Any Canadian coin hunters on here want to offer any advice regarding my original questions?

Thanks so much and HH!

$ilver$urfer

 

[That Canadian Guy]

I wouldn't say it is very difficult to get coins from banks. Most are happy to help weather or not you have an account so I should imagine things work similarly to the USA. But, like the USA, you have a chance of encountering a difficult teller who will try to turn you away or pull the "fee" card on you. Just some advice is that RBC generally has poor customer service if you don't have an account, I would say 4 out of 5 average RBCs will try to turn away non account holders.
But all this brings up a whole new problem. Yesterday was the first snowfall (in my part of the country) which means it is winter time in Canada once again, and when it snow in Canada, it snows! Forget driving a car, your best bet would be to rent a dog sled for the day when you get here.
Also what part of the country are you planning on visiting?
Good luck if you choose to brave the elements for some coins.

 

[FormerTeller]

Can't I get some love from our Canadian friends? I've been a member for over 2 years and have contributed well over 1100 posts to this forum but stopped posting regularly this past spring when my wife and I had our first child (not much time anymore)

Not as much love around here as there used to be...

 

[GarouLady]

they are melting canadian money. ::gasps and puts a hand over her chest:: OMG!! Noooo. My beautiful canooks. But thanks for the heads up about the chase banks. There is a branch right across the road from my work and its in the same building as my LCS. and I am taking my mom into town to do some shopping. I plan on making a stop at my credit union, to dump some dimes, deposit into my account, head over to the new LCS that has the ASEs for 35 bucks. hopefully with silver going down maybe i will get a really good deal on them. ::crosses her fingers with a grin::

Hugs and Smiles,
Garoulady

 

[Wilmingtonsilver]

they are melting canadian money. ::gasps and puts a hand over her chest:: OMG!! Noooo. My beautiful canooks. But thanks for the heads up about the chase banks. There is a branch right across the road from my work and its in the same building as my LCS. and I am taking my mom into town to do some shopping. I plan on making a stop at my credit union, to dump some dimes, deposit into my account, head over to the new LCS that has the ASEs for 35 bucks. hopefully with silver going down maybe i will get a really good deal on them. ::crosses her fingers with a grin::

Hugs and Smiles,
Garoulady

I am willing to bet that is an LCS is in the same building as a bank, then the bank will have nothing for a CRHer. It would be easy for an LCS to walk next door every morning to clear out the teller trays if they wanted.

 

[$ilver$urfer]

I wouldn't say it is very difficult to get coins from banks. Most are happy to help weather or not you have an account so I should imagine things work similarly to the USA. But, like the USA, you have a chance of encountering a difficult teller who will try to turn you away or pull the "fee" card on you. Just some advice is that RBC generally has poor customer service if you don't have an account, I would say 4 out of 5 average RBCs will try to turn away non account holders.
But all this brings up a whole new problem. Yesterday was the first snowfall (in my part of the country) which means it is winter time in Canada once again, and when it snow in Canada, it snows! Forget driving a car, your best bet would be to rent a dog sled for the day when you get here.
Also what part of the country are you planning on visiting?
Good luck if you choose to brave the elements for some coins.

I would be entering from NY going through the Buffalo area, any banks you'd recommend stopping at besides RBC?

Thanks and HH!

$ilver$urfer

 

[That Canadian Guy]

I would be entering from NY going through the Buffalo area, any banks you'd recommend stopping at besides RBC?

Thanks and HH!

$ilver$urfer

I would say BMO (Bank of Montreal), TD Canada Trust and Scotia Bank are the top three banks you want to go to. It also wouldn't hurt to try a CIBC and maybe a Credit Union or two.

Good luck and don't forget your winter parka!

 

[lovewiibrew]

IMO, if I had the opportunity to jump over to Canada for coins, I would buy as many nickels as possible. I'm obsessed with the pre-82 99.9% pure Ni coins. I hate paying so much over spot for them on ebay.