Canada 1948 25 cents

Heritage sale 3010, lot 20444

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 20444 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), where it sold for $1,265. The catalog description^[1] noted, "George VI 25 Cents 1948, MS67 PCGS, a spectacular coin with satiny frost to the raised details and pristine surfaces. Very scarce in this superior grade." This type was struck for George VI 1948-52 and superseded a type with "ET IND IMP" in the obverse legend (KM 35). Silver was removed from the quarter in 1968.

Recorded mintage: 2,564,424 (the scarcest date).

Specification: 5.83 g, 0.800 fine silver, .150 troy oz ASW, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 44.

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]Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.

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