The discussion of Stephen Harpers government splitting up Canada and Quebec is still extremely hot. I thought I would take a moment to dig into my personal rare and old coin collection to find my oldest canadian coin - The 1812 Canadian Half Penny Coin .
The oldest one I found is the
I'm not sure if this is Canada's Oldest Coin but it certainly has to be pretty close to it.
I found a better picture of the 1812 half penny token canadian coin on this site.
(I have a new respect for all of the www.ebay.ca marketers as they have to take a ton of photos of small objects such as Canadian coins).
This coin, as small as it is, and as worn as is, is steeped in Canadian history, and in Canadian money history. This coin date back to well before Canadian Confederation in 1867. The year Canada became a country.
This coin dates back to the Canadian Settlers, Canadian Fur Traders, coureur de bois, and the roots of Canadian culture. That's why I value them so much.
When I first purchased this coin, I was overwhelmed with the steep Canadian history that they represented.
This coin dates back 150 years before credit cards were introduced into Canadian culture. And on and on.
Here's what I know about history and culture: It takes hundreds of years to develop and grow. The relationships we have built amongst the peoples and provinces of Canada have taken more than 200 years to build.
Will breaking up Canada and Quebec take another 200 years to rebuild the culture and history? That's pretty expensive relative to the rich and wonderful Canadian history all of the provinces and Territories share and enjoy.
Dear Quebecois and Stephen Harper, let's stay together as a country.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
This coin dates back to Canadian Invasion of 1812 where according to wikipedia:
UPDATE: January 7, 2007
I was in a coin shop today and was asking about the earliest "Canadian Coins". The coin shop owner mentioned that the earliest Canadian coins that are considered "Canadian" were from 1858.
The word Canada has to appear on the coin for it to be considered Canadian.
This coin shown above was used as currency on the geography which is now called Canada, but it's not considered as a Canadian Coin.
I'm curious to know if anybody has pictures of other coins from Canada from 1858 or is the penny the only coin from that time period?
The oldest one I found is the
I'm not sure if this is Canada's Oldest Coin but it certainly has to be pretty close to it.I found a better picture of the 1812 half penny token canadian coin on this site.
(I have a new respect for all of the www.ebay.ca marketers as they have to take a ton of photos of small objects such as Canadian coins).
This coin, as small as it is, and as worn as is, is steeped in Canadian history, and in Canadian money history. This coin date back to well before Canadian Confederation in 1867. The year Canada became a country.
This coin dates back to the Canadian Settlers, Canadian Fur Traders, coureur de bois, and the roots of Canadian culture. That's why I value them so much.
When I first purchased this coin, I was overwhelmed with the steep Canadian history that they represented.
This coin dates back 150 years before credit cards were introduced into Canadian culture. And on and on.
Here's what I know about history and culture: It takes hundreds of years to develop and grow. The relationships we have built amongst the peoples and provinces of Canada have taken more than 200 years to build.
Will breaking up Canada and Quebec take another 200 years to rebuild the culture and history? That's pretty expensive relative to the rich and wonderful Canadian history all of the provinces and Territories share and enjoy.
Dear Quebecois and Stephen Harper, let's stay together as a country.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
This coin dates back to Canadian Invasion of 1812 where according to wikipedia:
The War of 1812 was fought between the United States of America and Great Britain and its Canadian colonies from 1812 to 1815 on land and sea. The Americans declared war on Britain on June 18, 1812, for a combination of reasons--a psychological[citation needed] desire to assert full independence, the desire to expand into Canadian territory (later known as Manifest destiny), outrage at the impressment (seizure) of thousands of American sailors, frustration at British restraints on neutral trade while Britain warred with France, and anger at British support for Indian attacks on the frontier.
Tags: rare old canadian coins.
UPDATE: After writing this post, I decided to research a little about what is the oldest Canadian coin? I searched around, but I couldn't seem to find any older coins than the 1812 Half Penny.
If there are any coin collectors reading, I would appreciate feed back as to which are the rarist and oldest canadian coins in Canada.
1812 seems to take you back pretty far in Canadian history.
I found these dates that the provinces joined Confederation
| Province or Territory | Joined Confederation |
| Alberta | 1905 |
| British Columbia | 1871 |
| Manitoba | 1870 |
| New Brunswick | 1867 |
| Newfoundland | 1949 |
| Northwest Territories | 1870 |
| Nova Scotia | 1867 |
| Nunavut | 1999 |
| Ontario | 1867 |
| Prince Edward Island | 1873 |
| Quebec | 1867 |
| Saskatchewan | 1905 |
| Yukon | 1898 |
UPDATE: January 7, 2007
I was in a coin shop today and was asking about the earliest "Canadian Coins". The coin shop owner mentioned that the earliest Canadian coins that are considered "Canadian" were from 1858.
The word Canada has to appear on the coin for it to be considered Canadian.
This coin shown above was used as currency on the geography which is now called Canada, but it's not considered as a Canadian Coin.
I'm curious to know if anybody has pictures of other coins from Canada from 1858 or is the penny the only coin from that time period?
