I agree F12

Buy the best coin you can afford,and hope some future investor has deeper pockets.That's the way it works until you put in a lot of time and effort.

Has anyone seen any bobsleigh quarters dated 2009.All I have seen are 2008.2009's are rumoured to exist,are they fact or fiction?Many ebay sellers are offering 2008's as mules,because they are being issued in '09,trying to squeeze extra money out of something quite common.

This week there are only 60 Victoria 25 cents listed on ebay.Is demand(price) down due to current economic conditions,or is the supply side weakining?

Great video.Thanks for sharing the link.

Here's another one.Guess the scarcity and desirability of this variety hasn't been established by the market yet,as prices seem to rise and fall.[/url] http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0318437308

Oopshttp://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190292482986&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm38%26_nkw%3D190292482986%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

Here's one:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190292482986&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm38%26_nkw%3D190292482986%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

Doesn't add up ,I'll have to hire someone to take notes for me.however one sale one way or the other wont make much difference to the conclusion

While I've got my ebay search notes out. I found this thread interesting and on Oct 18 I searched for the 25 most recent sales of Victoria 25 cents listed by US sellers.21 were repatriated,4 stayed in the US,and 1 went to Germany.

I did a search last year and found that about 60% of Canadian coins on ebay were Elizabethan.I didn't realize how many were 2000 and up until your posting here.WOW!

http://www.coinsandcanada.com/index.php ... _die_crack Is this the die crack ?

Interseting coin,great pictures,thank you for sharing.

Nice one,thanks for sharing.

I'm not a 5 cent collector but I see two different portraits.In the first portrait the vertical band of hair to the left of the ear appears to run behind the horizontal band of hair.In the second one the vertical band appears to flow into the horizontal band at the top.