10 Cents - Elizabeth II 2nd portrait; Ottawa mint

Features

Location	Canada
Issuing entity	Royal Canadian Mint
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Year	1968
Value	10 Cents 0.10 CAD = USD 0.07
Currency	Canadian dollar (1858-date)
Composition	Nickel
Weight	2.07 g
Diameter	17.82 mm
Thickness	1.21 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 9201
References	KM# 72a, Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14^th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes. Schön# 61b.2 Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Bust of Queen Elizabeth II, as at 37 years of age, wearing tiara, facing right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ELIZABETH II D•G•REGINA

Unabridged legend: ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA

Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the grace of God

Designer: 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"

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CANADA
1968
10 CENTS
H

Engraver: Emanuel Otto Hahn

Edge

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

Mint

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

Comments

NOTE: Ottawa Mint reeding is less wide and has more reeds, reed-tops are less flat and more pointed.

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
Undetermined
1968		87 412 930	$ 0.08	$ 0.08	$ 0.13	$ 0.22	$ 0.26	$ 0.54	$ 0.70			99 V-shaped reeds

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