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25 Cents - George VI with IND:IMP:

Features

Country Canada
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1937-1947
Value 25 Cents
0.25 CAD = 0.19 USD
Currency Canadian dollar (1858-date)
Composition Silver (.800)
Weight 5.83 g
Diameter 23.62 mm
Thickness 1.61 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
References KM# 35,
Standard Catalog of World Coins
by George S. Cuhaj
(Krause Publications)
Schön# 35
Weltmünzkatalog
by Gerhard Schön, Günter Schön
(Battenberg Gietl Verlag)

Obverse

The portrait in left profile of George VI is surrounded with the inscription "GEORGIVS VI D:G:REX ET IND:IMP" (George VI, King and Emperor of India by the grace of God).

Lettering:
GEORGIVS VI D:G:REX ET IND:IMP:
HP

Engraver: Thomas Humphrey Paget

Thomas Humphrey Paget OBE was an English medal and coin designer and modeller. Paget's designs are indicated by the initials 'HP'. Paget was first approached by the Royal Mint in 1936 after the accession of King Edward VIII. Paget's recommendation had come via his earlier design for the obverse of a medal featuring the then-Prince of Wales.

Reverse

A caribou is accompanied with the face value and surrounded with the inscription "CANADA".

Lettering:
CANADA 1947
25
Cents
H

Engraver: Emanuel Otto Hahn

Emanuel Otto Hahn (30 May 1881 – 14 February 1957) was a German-born Canadian sculptor and coin designer. He taught and later married Elizabeth Wyn Wood. He co-founded and was the first president of the Sculptors' Society of Canada.

Edge

Reeded

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Year Mintage G VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1937  2,690,176 4.10 4.21 6.65 20.89 17%
1937  0.2% Double HP; mintage included
1938  3,149,245 2.22 2.74 3.88 6.57 17%
1939  3,532,495 2.25 2.65 4.41 4.41 17%
1940  9,583,650 2.30 3.04 4.04 5.55 31%
1941  6,654,672 2.51 3.46 3.97 6.85 25%
1942  6,935,871 2.65 2.81 3.18 7.39 25%
1943  13,559,575 2.52 2.77 3.31 39%
1944  7,216,237 2.29 3.25 3.17 3.17 24%
1945  5,296,495 2.46 3.06 4.04 20%
1946  2,210,810 2.44 3.27 4.17 12%
1947  1.7% Dot instead of the maple leaf (used up matrix), 1948. Qty included in regular date line
1947  4,393,938 3.68 4.16 4.44 17% Maple leaf (1948)
1947  1,524,554 2.06 11% Regular date

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