Canada 2015 5 cents

from the Mountain Groan Collection

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale

The first example was from a type struck 2006-22. It was plucked from circulation by a tourist. The second specimen was lot 70274 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, February 2020), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CANADA. 5 Cents, 2015. NGC PROOF-70. KM-unlisted. A 5 oz gilt silver coin honoring the "beaver reverse" 5 cents."

Recorded mintage: 87,360,000 plus specimens. KM 1944: 5,682.

Specification: 3.95 g, 21.2 mm diameter, nickel-plated steel. The second specimen is 31.83 g, 0.999 fine silver with gold plating, 40 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-491, the second specimen KM 1944.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

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