Comments on "Canadian coinage since 1937"

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Parent topic:  Canadian coinage since 1937.


The parent topic (above) gives an overview of the coinage of Canada since 1937. Please post any comments, questions or corrections here.

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In the UK, the 1953 series was seen as objectionable. The UK mint made sure there were clear shoulder straps on the appropriate parts of the portrait in later years. Although the Canadian mint used the same portrait, they did not see fit to make the same change.

I suppose Canadians at times have reason to wear summer clothes. You know you are in trouble when the coldest of your colonies has more sunshine than you.

Peter

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I dislike the design 1939 commemorative dollar. I am ready to believe it gives a realistic idea of the parliament buiding. However, I think of the central tower as a spectacular affront against the golden rule. Rules are there to be broken, of course, but in mine eyes this is exaggerated. If we can flatter portraits, why can't we picture a building from a flattering angle?

It wasn't until I read this thread that I realised that the chimney on the 5 cents 1951 suffers from the same defect in the same degree. So now, I am wondering if there is a connection between parliament and nickel making or if it's something in Canadian food or the Northern light that makes them see things in a skewed and disharmonious way 

Peter

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Fitting such wide buildings onto a circular coin is inherently difficult. See the South African example above.

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Why, I wonder, was the 5 cents coin suddenly made round again from 1963 onward, after it had been 12-sided for so long? Does anybody know?

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The Centennial set was issued in 1967. Was it the first circulation set of special designs to be issued as a one-off? There have probably been many since, around the world. I believe there were other sets (not in Canada) where the legend only was changed to commemorate independence or some other event.

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There are various points that I need to address with regard to the late 1960s and the decade of the 1970s. I am expecting some help with these in the near future, but I shall mention them here, in case any of the members know the answers.

1] Why was a new sharper reverse design of the 10 cents coin issued from 1969 onwards? Or did this in fact occur earlier?

2] In the 1970s there were apparently small dates and large dates and small portraits and large portraits. I cannot see any differences. Could anybody point me to some images that point out the differences?

If necessary I can repost parts of the main topic to include such information.

For now I wish to press on with the topic. Are there any important points that I have missed so far?

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1] Why was a new sharper reverse design of the 10 cents coin issued from 1969 onwards? Or did this in fact occur earlier?

I always thought that this was a side effect of abandoning silver. Silver is a softer metal than Cu-Ni, so it requires less pressure. Cu-Ni coins can be struck with more pressure, resulting in a sharper strike when the coin is not worn. You can see a similar effect on other denominations, though it might be less on larger coins.

Peter

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I never thought of that. It does make perfect sense.

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The quarters and loonies with the 1867-1992 legend but otherwise similar to the regular circulation set were very rare or only available in BU/proof sets, the 50cents didn't circulate anyways while the others could mostly be found in circulation especially the nickel and dime, even today

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When di the P first appear on circulation coins? And why was P chosen for the Ottawa branch? Which are the other branches, and which letters are used to denote them?

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Also, the circulation commemoratives produced in 1999 and 2000 - how many were there, and was there more than one set?

I'm not sure I want to illustrate these, unless somebody can point me to some images that show all or most of them within one or two images.

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When di the P first appear on circulation coins? And why was P chosen for the Ottawa branch? Which are the other branches, and which letters are used to denote them?

The P denotes Plated. By the 1970's all circulation coins have been minted in Winnipeg. Ottawa only produces collector coins now

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Also, the circulation commemoratives produced in 1999 and 2000 - how many were there, and was there more than one set?

I'm not sure I want to illustrate these, unless somebody can point me to some images that show all or most of them within one or two images.

there are 12 commemoratives for each year. I don't know what you mean by more than one set

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12 commemoratives for each year. So, 12 for 1999 and 12 for 2000. I saw those as two separate sets - which is one way of looking at them. 

But they are both millennium-related, then, so they belong to the same theme.

I'll have to decide what to write about these, if anything. They do not stand out design-wise, for me at least, as strongly as the 1992 set did.