Canadian Tire Money Appears To Be Selling For $39 At Salvation Army & Honestly WTF (PHOTO)

"As far as I can tell, it's not collectable at all."

A Salvation Army store.

A Salvation Army store.

Senior Writer

Some Canadian Tire money actually goes for big bucks these days, but a recent find on Reddit showing 15 cents worth of the currency appearing to sell for $39.99 at Salvation Army has people scratching their heads.

On the Reddit forum r/ThriftGrift, a user uploaded a picture of the item which is dated February 17, 2024, and inexplicably filed under the category of "Housewares."

"15c worth of Canadian Tire money..." wrote the person who uploaded the post. "As far as I can tell, it's not collectable at all."

In the comments, many ragged on the alleged deal.

"I have a stack of these bad boys, turns out I’m a millionaire and didn’t even know it," wrote one person.

"Once saw a 20 peso note at the thrift that they were selling for $14.99 as Rare foreign currency," said another of a similar find.

Someone mentioned that the store likely looked up the prices of what some of the rare Canadian Tire bills sell for online and used that information to assign a price to the 15 cents.

"The ones that sell for $1000+ are the rare 100th anniversary $100 bills that were hidden in different locations for one week only in September 2022," shared one user. "There were only 95 of them ever printed and I don’t know if they were all claimed or not. There are some other rare ones (mainly from the first series I think) that sell for ≈$100. Even the ones in this picture are collectable, but they’re worth ≈$1, not $40."

It all comes down to what it's personally worth to you, it seems!

This article's cover image was used for illustrative purposes only.

  • Senior Writer

    Sarah Rohoman (she/her) was a Senior Writer with Narcity Media. She has worked at BuzzFeed Canada, Yahoo Canada, and CBC Radio in news, lifestyle, ecommerce, and social media. She has an MA in Journalism from Western University and a BA from McGill. She loves libraries, alpacas, and all things witchy.

18 rare Canadian coins you might have in your change that could be worth money someday

These coins are "more exclusive" than regular loonies and toonies.

You can get up to $717 from Canada's grocery benefit top-up payment this week

Check your bank account or your mailbox for money soon!

7 VIA Rail summer getaways from Toronto that cost less than a tank of gas round-trip

You can explore the province without stopping at the pumps.