Canada 1965 10 cents
This specimen was lot 44215 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "CANADA. 10 Cents, 1965. Ottawa Mint. PCGS PROOF-67 Deep Cameo. An intensely well struck Proof with mirrored fields and sharp, frosty raised devices." This type was struck 1965-66 and is among the last silver dimes issued for circulation. Silver was removed from the coinage in 1968, following the USA by four years.
The schooner on the revere is Bluenose. Wikipedia comments, "Bluenose was a fishing and racing gaff rig schooner built in 1921 in Nova Scotia, Canada. A celebrated racing ship and fishing vessel, Bluenose under the command of Angus Walters, became a provincial icon for Nova Scotia and an important Canadian symbol in the 1930s, serving as a working vessel until she was wrecked in 1946. Nicknamed the "Queen of the North Atlantic", she was later commemorated by a replica, Bluenose II, built in 1963. The name Bluenose originated as a nickname for Nova Scotians from as early as the late 18th century."
Recorded mintage: 56,965,392.
Specification: 2.33 g, 0.800 fine silver, 18.03 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-61.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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