1881H Victoria Canadian Silver Dime

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After work this morning I headed out to check out a few local sites before hitting the pillow. Unfortunately, out of the five sites I scouted only two have potential for a few good finds. The other three had their grounds scraped at some point and sandy soil was brought in as fill. :overreaction: When memorial cents dated in the 90's start to appear at 8 to 9 inches deep, it is time to move on. :cheesysmile:

Anyway, one of the other sites still had some of the original old soil left, so I worked the area for about an hour before heading home. From there I dug up several early date wheat cents and a 1881-H Canadian dime. Only 950,000 were minted. :happydance01:

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It looks like it is the obverse variety #2, which, while less valuable than obverse variety #1, is worth more than I spent on gas and breakfast. lol

http://www.coinsandcanada.com/coins-prices.php?coin=10-cents-1881&years=10-cents-1858-1901#11

http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=132106

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1881-H-CANADIAN-DIME-TEN-CENTS-VICTORIA-DEL-GRATIA-REGINA-/310581443646


HH!
 
Congrats on the 1881 Canadian dime, Angel! We don't find Canadian coins much at all here in Illinois, so to us they are an exotic find.

What a great piece of silver! :congrats:
 
Canada has produced no cents since last year, and now it has officially ceased circulating them as well. A similar move has been debated in the U.S. for more than 20 years, but a choice still stays in limbo.
 
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