Canada 1938 25 cents

Heritage sale 3073, lot 32554

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 32554 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $960. The catalog description^[1] noted, "George VI 25 Cents 1938 MS65+ PCGS, Royal Canadian mint. Frosty luster pulsates throughout the centers, with a touch of vivid copper-gold tone that encircles the edges. An elite coin for the date, with our only offering of a finer graded example being the deeply toned MS66 that was a part of the Canadiana Collection." This type was struck 1937-47 and the wartime issues are common. This date is not rare but is the scarcest after the 1947 with dot variety.

Recorded mintage: 3,149,245.

Specification: 5.83 g, 0.800 fine silver, .150 troy oz ASW, 23.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 35.

Sources:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Cross, W. K., The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 47th Ed., Toronto: Charlton International, 1993
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

Link to:

• 1937 25 cents
• 1938 cent
• 1938 5 cents
• 1938 10 cents
• 1938 50 cents
• 1938 dollar
• 1939 25 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1938
• return to coins of Canada