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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 images of the RCMP have been featured on various Canadian coins. The first coins that featured the image of the RCMP were the twenty-five cent and one dollar coins of 1973. Police Constable Paul Cederberg designed both coins. The twenty-five cent coin is unique in that there are two varieties of the coin.
The twenty-five cent coin has borne a caribou on its reverse since the current coin designs were introduced in 1937. [2] The twenty-five cent coin is the coin which is most frequently used for commemorative purposes. For the list of commemorative twenty-five cent coins issued by the Mint, see: Quarter (Canadian coin).
1881 Newfoundland Victoria Gold: Versions of this coin minted in 1881 are in short supply, boosting their value on the collectibles market. They feature a “crisp strike” in which “every ...
The Northern Lights $20 silver coin was the first RCM hologram coin to feature a hologram without a raised border and, therefore, no delineation. [4] The hologram merges with the engraved relief of the mountains. In 2006, the $30 Canadarm coin was the first Canadian coin to be completely sculpted using computer software. [5]
The toonie (also spelled twonie [1] [2] or twoonie [3] [4]), formally the Canadian two-dollar coin (French: pièce de 2 dollars canadiens, nicknamed deux piastres or deux piastres rond), was introduced on February 19, 1996, by Minister of Public Works Diane Marleau. As of 2023, it possesses the highest monetary value of any circulating Canadian ...
Technically, anything over 20 years old can be coined "vintage." But when you truly think of items worth this title, your brain doesn't go to Beanie Babies. Instead, it conjures up images of vinyl...
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.