Canada: Diamond Jubilee of Confederation

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In 1927, the Diamond Jubilee of Canadian confederation, the Royal Canadian Mint arranged a competition for a new set of coins to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee. The contest rules were sent out in May 1927. All qualified Canadian artists were invited to take part. The main artistic requirement was to refer, either symbolically or in the inscription, to Confederation or its anniversary. Any design changes were to be on the reverses only, and the 50c denomination was not included. A prize of $500 was offered for each design accepted by the Finance Department.

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Canada: 1927 1 cent sketch.

Submissions had to be received by the middle of June, one month after the contest began.

The number of submissions was low and their quality was not very high.

No design was judged worthy of the $500 prize for the 10c piece.


Gustav Hahn won the prize for the one cent design.

It featured a sprig of maple leaves.

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Canada: 1927 5 cents and 25 cents sketch.

J.A.H. MacDonald won the prize for the 5c and 25c designs.

Unfortunately, the winning designs were not announced until two months after the main celebrations on Dominion Day.

They never went further than the sketch stage.

Source: "Striking Impressions", 1983, by James A Haxby.