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Currency - Coin - Canada - 5 Cent

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Currency - Coin - Canada - 5 Cent
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Coin - Canada - 5 Cent - 1938 - AU

KM # 33

SPECIFICATIONS~

Composition: 100% Nickel

Weight: 4.54 g

Diameter: 21.21 mm

Edge Description: Smooth



DESIGN~

Obverse: Head left

Obverse Designer: T.H. Paget

Obverse Description:

The portrait in left profile of Edward VI is surrounded with the inscriptions: “CANADA” and “GEORGIVS VID:G:REX ET IND:IMP:” (George V, by the grace of God, the King and Emperor of India)

Reverse: Beaver on rock divides denomination and date

Reverse Designer: G.E. Kruger-Gray

Reverse Description:

A beaver, over the inscription “CANADA”, is surrounded with the facial value, flanked on both sides by a maple leaf.



NOTES~

Ruler: George VI

Mint: Canadian Royal Mint



General Information:

This is a popular series for all serious collectors.

Five cent coins were made of nickel from 1921 to 1942. However, nickel's importance in the production of war materials demanded the development of another metal for coinage.