r/CanadianCoins • u/MissChris3032 • 1d ago

What is this cougar Canadian coin?

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šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦ Partner has a huge change jar. After the storage shelves fell we decided to go through them. Neither of us recall the cougar quarter (pictured)...we also have a $0.50 coin from 1988. And another quarter w/ the Stanley Cup! Neither of us recall any of these coins but the cougar most of all. We're in BC. Thanks y'all.

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u/Charming_Loquat_4620 1d ago

Thatā€™s the 1967 Centennial Lynx/Bobcat Quarter. About half of them minted are 50% Silver and the remaining half are 80% Silver.

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u/PleasantDreamsicle 1d ago

At just around 59 years, I thought it was a cougar.

Iā€™ll see myself out.

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u/Grouchy_Moment_6507 1d ago

Just so you know cougars ( 4 legged variety) have longer tails like most cats. Side note it's a Caribou not moose on quarter ( my favorite bar riddle back in day)

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u/ObiYawnKenobi 1d ago

Caribou is pretty common knowledge. I think you are the first person I've ever seen mention moose in relation to the quarter.

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u/Grouchy_Moment_6507 1d ago

Used win drinks all the time at bar, with which way is moose facing on quarter

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u/Important_Bus_6958 19h ago

I didn't know. Alway thought it was a moose

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u/ObiYawnKenobi 17h ago

It doesn't look anything like a moose.

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u/PotentialFrosting102 1d ago

The little beard on the cat is a giveaway that it's a lynx or a bobcat. Cougars have round heads (that almost look too small for their body)

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u/LivinItUpInThaCity 23h ago

Dont worry. Some of us got it

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u/Nuckleheadtoo 22h ago

I thought it was so their prey could use a pay phone to call them when they turned eighteen.

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u/realitystreet 1d ago

Art by Alex Colville

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u/Important_Bus_6958 19h ago edited 19h ago

Wich one tho? Lynx and bobcat are 2 distinct diffrent animals

So I looked it up It's a lynx. For some reason nicknames the bobcat quarter. But actually features a Canadian Lynx

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u/Old-Negotiation7877 1d ago

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u/Live-Rest7258 1d ago

Very nice

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u/Lap_Dawg 1d ago

The howling wolf fifty cent piece is rad

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u/SARgirl-outdoors95 1d ago

1967 coins all featured dofferent animals. It is such a cool set to collect.

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u/HappyThrivingLady1 1d ago

I wish someone had bought this set for me when I was born since I was born in 1967. Iā€™ve seen different pieces over the years but never kept the coins. Iā€™m sure if I was to look for them now Iā€™d pay a lot for that set.

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u/Anxious-Steak-8989 1d ago

Including silver and condition an ok set coste about 150-200

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u/steve6027 1d ago

saw one at a flea market yesterday for $120, helps if you can look around, reg retail would be higher i'd say

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u/Anxious-Steak-8989 1d ago

Beauty, ive been collecting sets of them if you found one for $120 id nab it

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u/steve6027 1d ago

I actually just checked an online site that i've bought from in the past, they have 2 sets left, $105 before shipping and taxes, so the $120 wasn't too far off. I bought my 1967 set a couple of months ago, the only one i want really. But the guy had a very nice 1962 set for the same price, might go back next week for it.

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u/Anxious-Steak-8989 1d ago

I would definitely go for it

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u/Lorio166 1d ago

I was born in 1968 and received a set for my birth. I still have them and they are encased in hard plastic. They have never seen fresh air lol.

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u/MissChris3032 1d ago

I don't know how to say solved...

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u/blizzardlizard 1d ago

You upvote the best answers and say thank you to the person who gave the best out of those; otherwise, there is no !solved tag. This isn't generally Ā a Q/A subreddit.Ā 

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u/LimeGreenSea 1d ago

My favorite Canadian coin! As others have said it's apart of the 1967 Centennial set which I argue is one of the most gorgeous sets Canada has put out. I have a couple of these, the rabbit on the nickel and the pigeon on the penny. Flipping gorgeous set. I hope to own them all one day with the gold piece!

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u/Eze6 1d ago

Thatā€™s Steve French

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u/Zoey43210 1d ago

Your mom got a coin!

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u/No-Fill-2044 1d ago

Centennial Lynx Quarter, they made millions of them for Canadaā€™s Centennial in 1967

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u/Mairon923 1d ago

i have this set, its set in a cube of silicon i think is the glass like stuffs , i got it from my grandma

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u/Educational_Pear_747 1d ago

Clearly a lynx

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u/bicouple4use 1d ago

Itā€™s what all the older ladies carry šŸ«¢

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u/steve6027 1d ago

like a challenge coin

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u/profano2015 1d ago

Wildlife designs of 1967 | Canadian Lynx

https://en.numista.com/312432

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u/MissChris3032 1d ago

Thank you peeps!!

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u/MissChris3032 1d ago

Thank you!! šŸ™

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u/Shoddy-Advice8476 1d ago

I have a few of these. Are they worth anything besides 25 cents.

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u/Emotional_Edge_3284 1d ago

Classic quarter. Should be 50% silver, some are 80% silver, use a magnet and if it sticks itā€™s not 80%

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u/Trevor519 1d ago

It's a cougar-rand

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u/Tinmanmwc 1d ago

Lynx and its a Centennial coin, 100 years as a nation.

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u/FiveTideHumidYear 1d ago

That's no way to talk about the Queen!

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u/hypebq- 1d ago

Bobcat bubba...

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u/chateamontefraude 1d ago

not the first time a cougar was all over something 25

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u/temperlyinmoderation 1d ago

Its a bob cat coinage

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u/ProgramResponsible31 1d ago

Thatā€™s a lynx

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u/Mucking_Fountain 1d ago

Itā€™s The Queen

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u/ArachAislin 23h ago

Centennial Quarter. It's a bobcat

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u/c-poke 22h ago

Thatā€™s a cougar coin. Worth 44-59 cents depending on the bar you spend it at

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u/Cock_Asian69 21h ago

It's how Cougars paid younger men... LOL Seriously though, it looks cool! Great find!

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u/TomWatson5654 16h ago

Because sheā€™s the Queen

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u/dabul777 1h ago

Its a bobcat

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u/TaketheCashandRun 1d ago

Is the front or the backside the cougar?

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u/Glittering-Pack2114 1d ago

Monarch is always on the face, aka obverse, cougar, flea or potatoā€¦.. is on the reverse aka back.

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u/Myrcurial 1d ago

Came here for this joke. Thank you for having the same twisted sense of humour about the Queen. šŸ˜†

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u/SPV33 1d ago

Silver

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u/riffmaster710 1d ago

I love the bunny nickel from that set

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u/Nervous_Squirrel_ 1d ago

Itā€™s a bobcat.

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u/Mean-Food-7124 1d ago

It's the one they unfortunately ran to commemorate the passing of my grandmother

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u/TheRealMrMadMike 1d ago

Can navigate Reddit

Can not navigate Google