Canada 1938 dollar

Heritage sale 3030, lot 23275

Courtesy of Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 23275 in Heritage sale 3030 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $22,325. The catalog description^[1] noted, "George VI Specimen Dollar 1938, Specimen 65 PCGS, very lightly toned with full mint bloom, the bust details are superb with a delicate satiny finish. Very rare date in Specimen. PCGS: 3 in this grade with 1 higher. From The MacLeod Collection of Canada Specimen, Proof, and Prooflike Dollars." The SCWC lists this type for 1937, 1938, 1945-47 with the 1937 being the only common date.

Recorded mintage: 90,304.

Specification: 0.800 fine silver, .600 troy oz ASW, designed by T. H. Paget.

Catalog reference: KM 37.

Source:

• 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, 62nd Ed., Toronto: Charlton International, 2008.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3030, featuring the RLM Collection, the Isaac Rudman Collection, the Hans Cook Collection and the Collection of Donald E. Bently, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

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