Collector’s Corner: Coloured quarters popular
By Ron Schmidt on October 29, 2022.
The last article we discussed the 25-cent piece until the year 2000. Today we will carry on to today’s date. As I mentioned in the last article there were millions of 12 different coins produced each year in 1999/2000. In 2000 the creativity and community coins had an error, and a “P” has been found on 7 coins, making these very valuable. The 2000 caribou with a “P” is another valuable coin, as only 2 have been found. In 1999 the mint started with the “p” to distinguish the platted coins. It again changed in 2006 to the mint logo instead of the “P”. In regular circulation the numbers changed dramatically to several types in each year. In 2001 there were 2 types, p and no p: 2002 – 2 types: 2003 – 2 types: 2004 – 3 types: 2005 – 4 types: 2006 – 4 types: 2007 – 6 types (with Olympic ): 2008 – 6 types (with Olympic): 2009 – 10 types (with Olympic and red “golden moments”): and in 2010 – 2 types. The poppy has made an appearance on coins 4 times 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2015. Now if you really want to collect all the quarters including the packaged coins the numbers change again. 2000 – 6 types, 2001 – 3 types, 2002 – 3 types, 2003 – 4 types, 2004 – 6 types, 2005 – 7 types, 2006 – 12 types, 2007 – 20 types+5 petro, 2008 – 18 types + 5 petro, 2009 – 17 types + 3 petro. In 2007 the Vancouver Olympic obverse was paired with Paralympics wheelchair curling reverse to create a mule. The coin was not issued for circulation, but is found In the Vancouver 2010 unc sets, which were assembled in Ottawa. In 2010 the mint came out with the “golden moments” which were men’s hockey, women’s hockey, and Cindy Klassen. With that the same coin was produced with red colour in the background. In the men’s hockey there was also a raised 2 in the date, and an engraved 2. In 2011 there were 6 Nature series (Bison, Whale, Falcon) each in colour and plain. The war of 1812 was sown on coins in 2012 & 2013 in both plain and colour also. The Artic Expedition coins were produced in plain and frosted coins. In 2015 the coloured Canadian flag and the poppy are very popular and are harder to find. In 2017 a Stanley cup, and the bicentennial quarter came out and also is a little harder to find. Most of the last 22 years there is no great value in these coins, maybe $.75 or $1.00 for colour and $.50 for plane all being in uncirculated condition. This past weekend the traveling silver gold buyers were at a local Hotel and I went to see what they offered. With this bag of coins I had they offered $70.00. In reality they should have offered me at least $180.00, which is only the silver value. Collector’s Corner is contributed by the Medicine Hat Coin & stamp Club. For questions or comments about coin or stamp collection email medhatcsc@live.com 15-14
