Canada 2002 Question

I was hoping that you could answer a question I have regarding the Canadian Quarter. I have purchased a Gardmaster album and there is for 2002 three spots for the quarter. 2002P. 2002P Jubilee, and 2002P Canada Day. I have two, which two is the problem I am facing, I have been all over the internet and can not figure out what is going on. Do you by chance have pictures of the three above coins so that I can determine which one I am missing? One that I have is the normal caribou with the 1952-2002 date and a large portrait of the Queen, the other one that I have has a smaller portrait and the Canadian Leaf on the back dated again 1952-2002.

Same thing in the 50 Cent piece.

What am I missing?

 

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Jim,you are missing the Canada Day one,as the coins with '1952-2002' are the Queen's Golden Jubilee ones.

Aidan.

 

The general 2002P quarter had date on caribou side like other quarters.

On 2002P Jubliee issue, the daouble date 1952-2002 was on queen's portrait side. No date on Caribou side.

And the 2002P Canada Day has Canadian leaf design on reverese instead of usual caribou design. The double date on this is also on queen's side.

So, looks like you are missing the common 2002P quarter with single date 2002 on caribou side.

Regards
Ballabh Garg

 

After consulting current editions of both the Charlton Standard Catalog of Canadian Coins and the 21st Century volume of the Krause Standard Catalog of World Coins I totally agree. Both the Jubilee coin and the Canada Day coin carried the double date in 2002.

 

Roy,I didn't think that the Canada Day 25c. coin had the double date.I have got a couple of the coins with the usual design,but the date is on the obverse instead - a 1c. & a 5c.

Aidan.

 

I don't collect Canadian coins, but I have always been led to believe that the Charlton Standard Catalog of Canadian Coins was authoritative.

Page 134, 60th Anniversary Edition, 2006:

 

Thanks all. Roy I have the one listed that you are referring to. I have the same book. : ) For some reason there are three holes in the Gardmaster album and I can only find the two listed in the book or on the net. I have been told there is a 2002P in this thread. Nobody has heard of it though. (Nobody being the Canadian dealer I buy from) The did tell me that there is a colored 2002P like the one you have scanned in. Maybe thats the mystery third coin?

 

the 2 circulating 25c in 2002 are the 1952-2002P Caribou, and 1952-2002P Canada Day (Maple Leaf).
Then theres the variety of NBUs like specimen, proof, p-l, sterling silver, colorized Canada Day, but no other ones for circulation. I'm not to sure which one is supposed to go in the album, is for circulation coins?

 

I checked my Canadian coins.I do have the 2002 P Canada Day 25c.I got it late last year unaware of what it was commemorating.

Aidan.

 

I just recently found some in my change

 

ok, thought a picture is worth a thousand words here. I have included the quarter and the halves. Both have me confused. I thought if I could figure out one the other would be obvious.

 

http://www.coins4me.com/canadian_royal_mint/2002_canadian_colored_quarter_coin.htm



Here is a site that lists ALL canadian quarters

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_(Canadian_coin)

 

Here's the correct link; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_(Canadian_coin) .

Aidan.

 

hmmm...thats the page I copied the link from Aidan..wonder why it turned out different

 

All Circulation Canadian coins from 2002 have the commerative dual date. I can only imagine that Grandmaster must of thought that Canada would realease a regular version and a Golden Jubilee dual dated version seperatley, like they have been doing recently with other commeratives, instead they were the same coin. As for the fifty cent piece, the one you have (Golden Jubilee version) is the only one that was released for circulation. The regular version was released but in only proof-like sets and were not intended for circulation. Both version still have the dual date.

 

Is it just me or is the 135th year of National Pride a bit trivial? Seems to be a lot of this type recently. But I guess on the pro side it gives people to collect year/types a lot to collect. (like the 12 Olympic coins that are now starting to be issued)

 

The 2002 coins are to commerate the Golden Jubilee of the Queens accession to the throne.

 

The 1952-2002 date is to commerate the Jubilee, the maple leaf image on one of the quarters is to commerate the "135th year of National Pride".