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According to the Royal Canadian Mint, the official term for the coin is the one-cent piece, but in practice the terms penny and cent predominate. [citation needed] Penny was likely readily adopted because the previous coinage in Canada (up to 1858) was the British monetary system, where Canada used British pounds, shillings, and pence as coinage alongside U.S. decimal coins.
Year Theme Diameter (mm) Weight (g) Artist Mintage Issue price 2011 Tulip with Ladybug 35 12.6 Cosme Saffioti 20,000 $24.95 2012 Aster with Bumble Bee [9]: 35
Among numismatists, the 1921 50-cent coin is considered the rarest Canadian circulation coin and is known as The King of Canadian coins. As of 2012, a 1921 50-cent piece in MS-65 condition is valued at $250,000 to $350,000. [citation needed] Despite a mintage of 206,398 coins, there was a very low demand for 50-cent coins in the 1920s. The ...
The obverse of all Canadian coins feature the reigning monarch, currently His Majesty King Charles III. [1] The effigies of the monarchs on the coins originally were provided by the Royal Mint in London, leading to similarity between Canadian coins and coins of other Commonwealth nations. Since 1990, however, the effigy has been prepared by ...
The RCNA holds an annual convention in a different city each year. The convention includes educational seminars, both competitive and non-competitive educational display presentations, including a display by Canada's National Currency Museum ( a unit of the Bank of Canada), local tours, mint tours when available, specialty club meetings, luncheons, and an awards banquet.
The obverse of the 2007 International Polar Year $20 Numismatic Coin has the logo for the International Polar Year on the obverse of the coin. Maple Leaf; All coins with a Maple Leaf mint mark were struck in 1948 due to an emergency with coin toolage.
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Canadian fifty-cent coin; Canadian silver dollar; Canadian twenty-cent coin; Coinage of Upper Canada; D. ... This page was last edited on 1 July 2014, at 02:01 (UTC).