Silver Currency with early QEII Portraits

[Arganto]

Hello TSF,

I really like the Mary Gillick and Arnold Machin effigys and I really like old silver currency. As our domestic coinage stopped containing silver way before she sat on the throne looking elsewhere in the commonwealth is required. Thanks to @DuncanWylieWilson I recently added a 1967 Canadian Dollar to the collection. I've since added a '64 and '65 as they're great. They are currently well priced without having to look hard (often close to spot price or at a modest premium even when in lovely condition), are large and heavy enough to appreciate like a crown and have enough variation over the years to encourage collecting. They are .800 silver, a good balance between handling like silver and being hard wearing (these were mostly circulated coins I believe; something else I like as they're not just commemoratives).

Just thought that worth sharing for those who haven't looked into these coins but appreciate the early QEII effigy's on silver.

[TheShinyStuff]

Lovely coins and a great idea for collecting. Look forward to seeing your collection expand. These are the portraits I grew up with, so particularly fond of them, especially the Gillick.

[Stuntman]

That 1867-1967 Dollar looks fantastic.  Well done!

[AgD]

There is also this one which they call the death dollar.

Thought I would post as I was going through the collection.

[kimchi]

27 minutes ago, AgD said:

There is also this one which they call the death dollar.

Gosh, why?

[AgD]

5 hours ago, kimchi said:

Gosh, why?

Not really sure on the story behind the name. Never really researched it but I'm going to have to now lol 

[Rll1288]

No.. I am intrigued now and find myself looking to get a few... 🙂

[AgD]

Taken from e-numista.

Comments

The reverse shows the design of a Northwest Coast First Nations totem pole with mountains in the background. An apocryphal but widely circulated story holds that the top element in the pole is Raven, used by some First Nations to symbolize death. As a result, it was rumored that those First Nations disliked the dollars, causing them to be called "DEATH DOLLARS." However, the figure with upright ears, a distinct nose, long claws, and what may be a tongue sticking out is not Raven, but more likely Bear, beneath her her cub. This motif appears on many totem poles. Further, neither Bear nor Raven is associated with death; the former is a common clan-owned crest, the latter is a celebrated Trickster and Creator figure central to hundreds of stories of the peoples of the Northwest Coast.

[Arganto]

I think that's the next one I'm going to get; they have some rad looking coins in that lineage. There's something about the chunky things that's very appealing.

[AgD]

55 minutes ago, Liam84 said:

I think that's the next one I'm going to get; they have some rad looking coins in that lineage. There's something about the chunky things that's very appealing.

They are nice, good to hold and a good silver content too.