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Canada 10 cents - Elizabeth II 1953

Canada · 1953 · 10 cents
Common
€2.35minimum price
17,706,395coins minted
€3.21silver value · 1.86 g fine at today’s price
N386 KM51 SCHöN51
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The coin's story

Obverse: Bust to the right of 27-year-old Queen Elizabeth II wearing a laurel wreath. Reverse: The Bluenose boat, a legendary racing schooner, is surrounded by the date, face value and the inscription "CANADA".

    Obverse

    ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA

    Bust to the right of Queen Elizabeth II, aged 27, wearing a laurel wreath.

    MGEngraved by Mary Gillick

    Reverse

    CANADA195310 CENTSH

    The Bluenose boat, a legendary racing schooner, is surrounded by the date, face value and the inscription "CANADA".

    EHEngraved by Emanuel Otto Hahn

    Specifications

    • Denomination10 cents
    • Year1953
    • Mintage17,706,395
    • MaterialSilver 0.800
    • ShapeRound
    • Diameter18.03 mm
    • Thickness1.22 mm
    • Weight2.33 g
    • EdgeReeded
    • ScriptsLatin

    Actual size

    10 cents 18.03 mm 2 € 25.75 mm 1 € 23.25 mm

    Actual size compared with the 2 € and 1 € coins. Thickness: 1.22 mm.

    Composition

    Silver80 % Copper20 %

    Reference catalogues

    N386Numista KM51Krause (Standard Catalog of World Coins) SCHöN51Schön

    Same country, same period at the scale of real diameters

    10 cents1953 · 18.03 mm 10 cents1955 · 18.03 mm 1 dollar1958 · 36.06 mm

    By the same engraver: Mary Gillick 5 coins

    1953Royaume-Uni ½ Penny 1953 1954Royaume-Uni ½ Penny 1954 1955Canada 10 cents - Elizabeth II 1955 1959Canada 50 cents - Elizabeth II 1963

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