Prototype Sketches for Canada's Coins of the 1930s

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Canada, 1 cent sketch.

From the book "Striking Impressions: The Royal Canadian Mint and Canadian Coinage", by James A Haxby.

Notice how a couple of the denominations are different from those on the final designs.


NOTE: The 1 cent, 50 cent and 50 cent designs were by English designer George Kruger-Gray.

The 10 and 25 cent designs were by Emmanuel Hahn.

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5 cents.

These designs show the Big Dipper constellation in the sky.

It does not appear on the issued designs.

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10 cents.

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25 cents.

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25 cents.

This design shows the Big Dipper constellation in the sky.

It does not appear on the issued design.

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50 cents.

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Images copyright of the Royal Canadian Mint.

Artist Emanuel Hahn also designed two other alternatives for the 25 cents coin.

They featured a polar bear and a Canada goose. His designs are seen above.

It is interesting that he abbreviated 'cents' to 'cts.' on one of those designs.

In 2018 the Royal Canadian Mint issued a special set of collector coins.

It was based on Hahn's unadopted designs.

See: Coin Lore: The Coins That Never Were.