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Canada 5 cents - George V 1917

Canada · 1917 · 5 cents
Circulating coinUncommon
€5.28estimate
5,521,373coins minted
€1.56silver value · 1.05 g fine at today’s price
N416 KM22 SCHöN20
RZReference number RZRZ-GBT9A
Circulating coin

Series of silver 5 cents of George V (1912-1919)

The coin's story

This tiny 5 cents coin in 925 thousandths silver, weighing 1.167 g, belongs to the series struck from 1912 to 1919 in the name of King George V. The King's crowned portrait was engraved by Edgar Bertram MacKennal, and the reverse by William Henry James Blakemore. The reverse shows the value and the word CANADA between two crossed maple sprigs, under St Edward's Crown. The 1917 date, struck during the First World War, has 5,521,373 pieces at the Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa, opened in 1908.

    ObverseThe Portrait of the King

    GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: REX ET IND:IMP:
    Design
    Effigy of King George V.
    Legend
    GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: REX ET IND:IMP: (George V, by the grace of God, King and Emperor of India).

    EMEngraved by Edgar Bertram MacKennal

    ReverseThe Maple Sprigs

    5CENTSCANADA1917
    Design
    The value between two crossed maple sprigs, under St Edward's Crown.
    Denomination
    5 CENTS.
    Legend
    CANADA.
    Date
    1917.

    WBEngraved by William Henry James Blakemore

    Specifications

    • Denomination5 cents
    • Year1917
    • Mintage5,521,373
    • MintMonnaie royale canadienne, Ottawa
    • MaterialSilver 0.925
    • ShapeRound
    • Diameter15.5 mm
    • Thickness0.8 mm
    • Weight1.13 g
    • EdgeThe edge is reeded
    • ScriptsLatin

    Actual size

    5 cents 15.5 mm 2 € 25.75 mm 1 € 23.25 mm

    Actual size compared with the 2 € and 1 € coins. Thickness: 0.8 mm.

    Composition

    Silver92.5 % Copper7.5 %

    Reference catalogues

    N416Numista KM22Krause (Standard Catalog of World Coins) SCHöN20Schön

    Same country, same period at the scale of real diameters

    5 cents1917 · 15.5 mm 50 cents1919 · 30 mm

    By the same engraver: Edgar Bertram MacKennal 6 coins

    1911Jersey 1⁄12 shilling 1911 - George V 1915United Kingdom 1 Penny 1915 1919Canada 50 cents 1919 C - Newfoundland 1927United Kingdom 1 Penny 1927 1929United Kingdom 1 Penny 1929

    Canada in the collection All 19 coins →

    18741981

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