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

Features

Issuer	Canada
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-date)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1968-1969
Value	10 Cents 0.10 CAD = USD 0.08
Currency	Canadian dollar (1858-date)
Composition	Silver (.500)
Weight	2.33 g
Diameter	18.034 mm
Thickness	1.16 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 383 Numista type number (https://numista.com)
References	KM# 72, Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA. And 5 more volumes. Schön# 61a Gerhard Schön; 2018. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (46. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

The portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right from when she was 39 years old, surrounded with the inscription "ELIZABETH II D • G • REGINA"

Script: Latin

Lettering: ELIZABETH II D • G • REGINA

Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the Grace of God

Engraver: Arnold Machin

Reverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CANADA
1968
H
10 CENTS

Engraver: Emanuel Otto Hahn

Edge

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

Mint

Royal Canadian Mint, Ottawa, Canada (1908-date)

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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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
Undetermined
1968	70 460 000	$ 0.69	$ 0.69	$ 0.69	$ 1.04	$ 1.25	$ 1.74	$ 1.74	98%	V-shaped reeds
1969	6								3%	6 examples known

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