CANADA'S COINAGE OF THE YEAR 1858 .....1858 SIGNALLED THE EMERGENCE OF CANADA'S OWN REGULAR CIRCULATING  COINAGE.PREVIOUSLY, THERE HAD BEEN TOKENS, AND THE COINAGE OF MANY OTHER COUNTRIES ( CHIEFLY UNITED STATES , SPANISH, AND OF COURSE BRITISH & FRENCH COINS ) BUT , FROM 1858 ONWARD, CANADA FINALLY HAD HER OWN BEAUTIFUL COINAGE!! LETS START WITH THE LARGE CENT , 421,000 WERE MINTED , A GREAT START  TO A BEAUTIFUL SERIES .THIS SUPER COLLECTABLE BEAUTY TRENDS BETWEEN 80.00-150.00 IN GRADES VG-8 TO VF-20 , BUT EVEN IN LOWER GRADES , IS  STILL VERY MUCH A DESIRABLE COIN . NEXT, IS THE 1858  FIVE CENTS, THE TOTAL MINTAGE WAS 1,460,389. I REALLY LOVE THESE MORE THAN ANY OTHER FIVE CENT SILVERS , I HAVE ENCOUNTERED MANY OF THESE BENT OR DAMAGED OR HAVING BEEN "HOLED " FOR THE SAKE OF MAKING JEWELRY OUT OF THEM, AND STILL ,THEY RE SO COLLECTABLE , THERE ARE TWO VARIETIES THE STANDARD "SMALL DATE" AND THE RARE LARGE OVER SMALL DATE. THE LATTER TRENDS 150.00 IN VG-8, ( IF YOU CAN FIND ONE !!!) NEXT , IS THE TEN CENTS, TOTAL MINTAGE ,1,216,402. ALSO TWO VARIETIES , THE REGULAR STRIKE, AND THE OVERDATE "8"OVER "5" , THE OVERDATE IS A VERY RARE COIN THE BEGINNING TREND ( AGAIN, IF YOU CAN FIND ONE ) IS OVER 1,000.00 !!!!!! IN VG-8 ..LASTLY THE BEAUTIFUL AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE , THE  TWENTY CENT PIECE, MINTAGE 730,392 ORIGINALLY INTRODUCED TO APPROXIMATE THE BRITISH SHILLING , THIS COIN WAS OFTEN CONFUSED WITH  THE LATER TWENTY -FIVE CENT COINS ( AS WELL AS U.S . QUARTERS  ) A VERY SIMILAR PROBLEM WAS  ENCOUNTERED IN THE U.S. IN THE 1870'S WITH THE U.S TWENTY CENT COIN .  AS A RESULT, THE CANADA TWENTY CENT PIECE WAS A ONE YEAR TYPE, AFTER CANADA BECAME UNIFIED ,( 1867)  THE MINT BEGAN TO STRIKE TWENTY FIVE CENT COINS , BUT NOT UNTIL 1870.THE MOST NOTABLE PROBLEM WHEN TRYING TO OBTAIN THIS COIN IS FINDING A FULLY STRUCK EXAMPLE, VERY OFTEN, THE REVERSE IS WEAKLY STRUCK ,EVEN IN HIGHER GRADES , MOST OFTEN ,THE DATE AND THE "TWENTY CENTS" WOULD WEAR UNEVENLY WHEN IN CIRCULATION. ( IT TOOK ME ALMOST FOUR YEARS TO FIND A FULLY STRUCK EXAMPLE FOR MY COLLECTION ) THE LOW TREND ON AN ENTIRE SET OF 1858 COINS IN FINE-12 TO VF-20 IS 350.00!!BUT I BELIEVE IT TO BE MONEY WELL SPENT, BECAUSE THESE COINS WILL ONLY INCREASE IN VALUE , AS THEY ARE SOUGHT BY COLLECTORS WORLD WIDE ..THANK YOU

DANNY ANABLE___"CANADA COINNUT " JULY ,2006