It depends on whether you live in Canada or the US. If, living in the US from a US dealer, you pay nothing .. likewise if you live in Canada from a US dealer, there is normally no tax from the dealer's standpoint. However, if you live in Canada and buy from a US dealer, then Revenue Canada will get ...

You were wise to make your first purchase a book rather than a coin. I would suggest that the first 3 purchases be books rather than coins, especially if you are looking at MS-65 stuff. The next thing you need to do, if high-grade coins are to be your specialty, is to learn how to grade and how each...

I would suggest that you buy a Canadian coin guide first, either Charlton's Vol 1 or the Whitman Haxby guide or the Wiley/Haxby guide.... all published annually. Then go over the denomination sections in question so you have a general idea as to which coins sell at a good premium over the rest. Just...

Since the largest coins that I collect are large cents, I prefer the cardboard/mylar 1 1/2 X 1 1/2 stapler type holders rather than 2X2's. There is still enough room to write what you want (small) and you get 30 coins to the page album rather than 20. You can sell on Ebay (or kijiji), but it takes d...

Which price guide?

Most of what I see as green is on the Obverse at the end of the hair ribbon and the "I" in Victoria. Even if it's not green (in hand), it appears to be environmental damage of some sort.

XF-45 "corroded or with environmental damage" in the remarks, depending upon the TPG. If any of that green is the hard kind, then there will be pits or corrosion underneath. From a "wear" state, there is almost none and most on the Reverse .. a nice XF coin.

Here in Burlington, we have had the $20 bills for about a month

There are a great many errors that are worth a very healthy premium, but they are not things that you will pick up from pocket change or collection boxes. Brokages, "caps", major off-centers and major clips are all worth a pretty penny, but die cracks, chips, small cuds or extra metal, wha...

First, I suggest that you put this post (thread start) on a couple other coin sites to maximize the exposure that it gets. I certainly would try "canadiancoppercoins" m as well as the appropriate subforum in Coin Community Forum m . The collector named "vertigris" on this site sh...

From the resolution and clarity of the photos, I don't think that anyone can give you any grading help on your eclectic collection. The Canadian ones look to be quite nice, but it's hard to tell. I suggest that you pick up the latest Charlton or Haxby annual coin guide .. both have grading parameter...

PMD means it didn't come out of the mint like that. It has dings or was tampered with. Without seeing it in hand, it's worth a dollar (from the blurry pic only)

It looks like PMD (post-mint damage). There looks to be some more under and to the right of the 4 as well.

I hand-carve canoe paddles with a spoke shave (different sizes) and then insert a coin (usually a silver dollar from the birth year). However, I have a request from someone to have an owl put in the handle ... I carve the paddles incognito and give them to people as gifts (each takes about 40 hours ...

Please send me a PM or email. Someone has some of your answers, but he's not a member here. I live right up the road from you in Burlington.