June 13th coin hunt update:

I hunted the rolled coins I brought home the other day.  Sadly, this bunch of rolls had no silver, but I was able to find:

$1.25 in US coins, the highlights being a nickel from 1959 and a nice shiny 1965 clad dime.
A few nice shiny Canadian nickels and dimes, including a nice 1965 and a few 1991 dimes.

A coin from the Czech Republic was all I found out of the quarter rolls…

I’ve found lots of 1968 nickel alloy dimes.  It’s surprising that there are so many of them still circulating after 57 years.  Compare their longevity to the poorly made, disposable coins that the RCM cranks out today which rust away within 1-2 years.

There’s always a chance that I could find a 1969 large date dime one day…

Enjoy!
Dean

Speaking of which, do someone in this forum have mintage number for Charles coin dated 2023-2024?

The mintages for all 2023 can be found in RCM annual report for 2023 however the mintage figures includes both charles and non-circulated 1952-2023 dated QEII coins. So very hard to know what the exact numbers are for only charles III coins. For 2024, the data is not available yet but should be very soon. 

June 12th:
Paper score!

Yesterday, I went to my favourite local bank where a lot of my silver coins come from.
I bought a load of rolled coins and as usual, I always ask for paper money.  This bank has consistently refused to sell me any mutilated notes, but this time, the teller said “we’ve had some notes forever.  I was going to ship them out, but I keep forgetting”. 

All in all, there were $66 worth of paper bills, most of them are nice crispy $1s and $2s, but to my surprise, there was one 1954 $10, $5 and a 1967 $1.

I will update once I hunt the coins.

Enjoy!
Dean

The dimes are the ones i find the most here in montreal 

in the city where I live (Toronto, ON). I noticed that there's not a lot of Charles dated 2023 dime and toonie. I only stumbled across 4 2023 dated toonie and around 10-20 2023 dated dimes in my two years of collecting Charles coins I get in my change. I wonder when the 2025 dated coins will come out into circulation but I did see an online post where someone spotted a Charles 2025 coin in their change so I'm assuming that their release is slowly coming out of circulation.

Speaking of which, do someone in this forum have mintage number for Charles coin dated 2023-2024?

I agree.  Especially since I did read articles that mention something about the Bank of Canada in the process of developing digital currency, and I believe I read that the Bank of Canada's Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers is likely working on it.

Another article suggested that digital currency was one of Pierre Poilievre's goals if he was to be elected - and maybe Mark likes his idea.

Imagine if digital currency was to become the new format down the road.  It would mean no more new serial number prefixes to look forward to.

I'd say, if digital currency becomes reality, I think the Bank of Canada will likely allow the banks branches a certain amount of time - enough time, at that - to clear out as much of the existing inventory of unreleased banknotes - it will likely not be a complete recall in one swoop.

And it could be possible that the new $20 with King Charles on it, and eventually a new $5 with Terry Fox on it, may end up having a short life - possibly as short as the Frontiers $10 note.

Now, one other possibility came to my mind.  In order to combat inflation, could it be possible that the Bank of Canada's years-long printing spree may be suspended for a while?

I believe there is only $100 HJJ, and the $20s with FLB through FLH, yet to be issued of the last printed banknotes (I suspect that range of $20s may likely be Rogers-Macklem).  I suspect that the first printing of Rogers-Macklem $100s is likely a very short run covering HJH through HJM, otherwise I would have heard tell of HJN and beyond by now.

Hello CPMF,

A GOGO mystery has been solved.  In 2012, someone on CPMF inquired if GOG 0125297 was a test note.  No images were provided to verify this note and nothing else materialized… until now.

The 2025 RCNA auction in July, conducted by TCNC of Quebec City, is offering GOG 0125297 to the highest bidder.  This note is graded Legacy VF 20 and is the lowest (affordable?) grade of these $5 test notes seen so far.

The auction lot description is using an outdated population report – this makes four GOGO’s available to collectors.  The Bank of Canada’s National Currency Collection team has confirmed another three test notes in the collection.

JBN

2023 dated King Charles quarters and nickels are very common in Toronto.  It's the 2023 dated dimes loonies and toonies that are proving to be elusive.

The dimes are the ones i find the most here in montreal 

I have a feeling King Charles coins are only being released in very tiny quantities

They might be scarce in your area but in the major cities (ex. montreal) they are quite easy to find
Yes the 2023 king charles are harder to come by but they are around. The 2024 coins are all widely available and common. Just awaiting for the RCM to release the annual report which should confirm mintage numbers for last year.

Physical cash will eventually disappear. Of course the pandemic helped to accelerate this, the trend continues that there is and less cash being used daily as we are going more and more digital. Even Canadian Tire stopped their physical currency and went digital five years ago.

I received a King Charles III toonie in my change at Sobeys in recent days (King Charles toonies were reported to be elusive in many provinces).  First King Charles coin I received that was minted in 2024.  It was the colorized one that honours indigenous persons.  I'll definitely be holding on to it, unless I spent it by mistake.

I have a feeling King Charles coins are only being released in very tiny quantities - in the same fashion as Polymer banknotes being trickled out slowly these days.