Canada 1948 50 cents
This specimen was lot 26331 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it sold for $558.13. The catalog description[1] noted, "George VI 50 Cents 1948, MS64 ICCS, brilliant in the centers with a light touch of color around the edges, a low-mintage date and scarce at this level. From The Nikita Collection." This type was struck 1948-52. This varied from the prior type by deleted "ET IND IMP" from the obverse legend. This date is the last scarce date in the series; most of the production in 1948 was of 1947 dated coins bearing the maple leaf privy mark. Silver was removed from the fifty cent piece in 1968.
Recorded mintage: 37,784.
Specification: 11.66 g, 0.800 fine silver, .300 troy oz ASW, reeded edge, 29.72 mm diameter, designed by G. E. Kruger-Gray.
Catalog reference: KM 45.
- 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 3024, featuring the Kairos and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collections, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
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