Speaking of 2017 polar bears... I just found one in a roll.  It went back to the bank.

I was surprised to see a wide range of dares spanning the entire lifespan of the toonie, from 1996-2021.

I picked out some coins with less than 20 million minted:

1997, 2001, 2013 and 2014.

I also found a regular polar bear reverse 2020 toonie.  I can’t find any mintage numbers for 2020.

Are any of these coins worth keeping?

Dean

I have been searching rolls of toonies since March.  I've returned all of the above - none of them are rare.

The ones to look out for include:

• 2017 Coloured Northern Lights
• 2018 Coloured Armistice
• 2012 pre-security
• Anything not produced specifically for circulation (ie: 2017 polar bear, proof and specimen coins, 1999 polar bear, etc.)

Also beware of counterfeits!  The "walrus" toonies that hit the news last week are really only found near the ON/QC border.  I don't expect them to spread much and I don't think terribly many have been released.  However, the much bigger issue is the "Camel Toe" toonies.  They're much, much closer to the real thing and there are millions of them in circulation in the GTA and the rest of southern Ontario (coast-to-coast actually, but in lower concentrations).  Check out CamelToeToonies.ca for more information.

Hi,
I picked up a roll of toonies today and I decided to search it.
I was surprised to see a wide range of dares spanning the entire lifespan of the toonie, from 1996-2021.

I picked out some coins with less than 20 million minted:

1997, 2001, 2013 and 2014.

I also found a regular polar bear reverse 2020 toonie.  I can’t find any mintage numbers for 2020.

Are any of these coins worth keeping?

Dean

Great one, haven't seen the FEJ mismatched before.

Interesting story. Will be looking forward to seeing some of your other "First day cover" notes.

I once got a 2004 BER $10 that was AU or thereabouts with a "Where's Willy" stamp.  I remember being pretty annoyed as the note was in great shape & I didn't have 2004 BER note. I put it back into the wild too, since I was not fond of ink stamps on banknotes- though yours should be interesting.

WOW! Those are incredible. I remember seeing a $50 with that many numbers mismatched but not the 2 lowest denominations. Here's mine:

Hello CPMF,

Here is a $10 Canadian Journey series note with an interesting story.  A clever fellow working at the Bank of Canada received an invitation to the official release of the first Canadian Journey Series bank notes in Ottawa on January 17 2001.  Many staff attended to celebrate the launch and exchanged cash for some brand new bank notes.  He obtained a few new $10 notes and took them to the bank’s mail office to get date stamped to celebrate the day.

I’m not a stamp guy however I think this might be the closest we paper money people get to a first day cover!

I have a few more and plan to share them on their release days.

Cheers,
“Just Bank Notes”

Second fire in less than a week.  It's ALL gone. Collection gone Cat's dead.  828 Shaw fire in Toronto. One in critical condition. Thanks all.  Will be back but dont know when.

Very Nice!
I haven’t seen that serial number prefix in a $5 mismatched serial number note before.

I like having someone else appreciate these notes Archey. I’ll be waiting for your next find.