Canada 1951 5 cents KM-42a
This specimen was lot 20436 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), where it sold for $6,325. The catalog description[1] noted, "George VI 5 Cents 1951 High Relief, MS67 PCGS, Ex: Lafortune. A brilliant prooflike representative, this chrome-steel piece has ice-blue surfaces. It is a Superb Gem coin with amazing eye appeal. These coins were struck in steel during the Korean War, when nickel was needed for the war effort. Few of the more than 4.3 million 1951 5 Cents pieces ended up as the High Relief variety. This example is the single finest Mint State coin that PCGS has certified (7/09). Ex: Canadiana Collection." Canadian five cent pieces for George VI went through numerous changes from the original round, nickel style struck 1937-42. Issues of 1942-44 were brass, 1944-45 were chrome plated steel, then nickel, then without "IND IMP" 1948-50, then back to chrome plated steel 1951-52.
Recorded mintage: 4,313,410 plus 9,028,507 (nickel bicentennial).
Specification: chrome plated steel, 21.2 diameter, plain edge, designed by T. H. Paget and G. E. Kruger-Gray.
Catalog reference: KM 42a.
- 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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