10 Cents - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait, Silver (.500), Ottawa

Features

Country	Canada
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1968-1969
Value	10 Cents 0.10 CAD = 0.08 USD
Currency	Canadian dollar (1858-date)
Composition	Silver (.500)
Weight	2.33 g
Diameter	18.034 mm
Thickness	1.16 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
References	KM# 72, Standard Catalog of World Coins by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) Schön# 61a Weltmünzkatalog by Gerhard Schön, Günter Schön (Battenberg Gietl Verlag)

Obverse

The portrait in right profile of Elizabeth II, when she was 39 years old, is surrounded with the inscription "ELIZABETH II D • G • REGINA" (Elizabeth II, Queen by the grace of God)

Lettering: ELIZABETH II D • G • REGINA

Engraver: Arnold Machin

Reverse

The Bluenose under sail, a Canadian schooner from Nova Scotia, a celebrated racing ship and a symbol of the province, is surrounded with the face value and the inscription "CANADA"

Lettering:
CANADA
1968
H
10 CENTS

Engraver: Emanuel Otto Hahn

Edge

Milled (Ottawa Mint: pointed deep "V"-reeding)

Comments

Collectors would discover if the reeding along the coin’s edge had flat bottoms like U.S. coins, it was a product of Philadelphia; if the reeding contained V-shaped bottoms, then it was struck at Ottawa. Reeding is formed on a coin at the moment of striking when the dies squeeze the planchet and force it against the reeding pattern on the collar. The different styles of reeding likely didn’t matter to the RCM if it was considered at all, since it was probably easier for Philadelphia to just use their own dime collars. As a result, the coins have the exact same diameter as a U.S. dime, 17.91 mm.

This lack of identification is said to have also made the coins theoretically illicit. According to coin expert Alan Herbert, “the Philadelphia strikes were technically illegal under Canadian law, which requires that anything imported has to show the country of origin. The Royal Mint later admitted bending the rule.”

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Year	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
1968	70,460,000		0.63	0.65	1.01	1.01	1.40	1.84		Ottawa Mint
1969	6									6 examples known

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