Current Melt Value Of Coins - How Much Is Your Coin Worth? Here it is for Canadian coins: http://www.coinflation.com/canada/
I guess it's a good practice to collect pre 1982 US pennies, but they're getting scarce. Nickels are getting to be worth saving. Some how I can't imagine a Canadian Penny Jar. It's just plain wrong. Maybe they keep pennies in a salted cod box, or a former cheese box, or something. It's just awkward. I know the economy must be bad, I betcha there's a whole lot of folks down here who have cashed out their penny jars.
The standard Canadian "penny" jar is a 2 GALLON Canadian Club "texas micky" Bottle. Or at least here in the west anyway
wee save our coins. years ago, I got hubby a coin machine that rolls them and sorts them. we just keep jars all over then use the machine and tuck the coins away. some day they will be useful.