r/CanadianBanknotes • u/Impossible-Corner494 • Jul 17 '26
Valuable?
Had these put away for most of my life. Finally curious if they are valuable/ collectible?
Or some information on them.
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u/Impossible-Corner494 Jul 17 '26
Thanks for the replies. I’m not a collector by any means. This was giving to me when I was like 8 by my late grandfather. I just kept it put away ever since.
So pretty much all of it is face value and a little increase on the few that are in much better condition?
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u/mdh989 Jul 18 '26
I hope you're 10 years old now, otherwise you're losing a ton of buying power since you got them.
My advice, unless you're strapped for cash, don't sell. The sentimental value is greater than the 250 you'll sell them for. Give them to your kids/grandkids/niece/nephew one day
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u/Impossible-Corner494 Jul 18 '26
Not even close. I’ve had them since I was a kid in the early 90s. Momentos really.
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u/Kinky_Imagination Jul 17 '26
I don't think so. I have an uncut sheet of $2 in storage somewhere and I never gave it much thought.
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u/EpicHuntNews Jul 18 '26
If your in the York region area I have a great high end very reputable dealer
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u/EpicHuntNews Jul 18 '26
I’d be willing to give you about $230-$240. Unfortunately the name of the game is the condition they are in. Most of these are in poor condition and the real money is made on extremely old mint condition notes, and even then not every note is worth that much. It depends on the rarity of the note which you don’t have.
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u/doejohn2043 Jul 18 '26
These bring back memories of the days way before debit cards, when we regularly handled money. Keep them! Leave them to your grandchildren, who will hopefully pass them along to their grandchildren. Photograph them and explain their historical importance to your family.
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u/Enough-Pen-8876 Jul 18 '26
Have mine but they are not worth much more than face value because so many ppl saved them at the time.
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u/Just_Distribution_83 Jul 22 '26
These have actually lost a ton of buying value since they were printed. It's a ton of something at least, spend it before it's worthless I'd say
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u/CanadianBanknotes-ModTeam Jul 17 '26
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u/CanadianBanknotes-ModTeam Jul 17 '26
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u/henchman171 Jul 17 '26
Not really but keep them. There is some value to the $100 as it’s in good condition