Newfoundland 1909 50 cents
This specimen is a common date of a type struck in London and Birmingham for the colony of Newfoundland 1904 and 1907-09. Canada debased her silver dimes from .925 to .800 in 1920 but Newfoundland did not follow suit until 1945. Newfoundland was admitted into the Dominion of Canada in 1949 and her separate coinage ceased. As a class, Newfoundland coinage is scarcer than equivalent Canadian coinage (see KM 12) but collector demand for it is lower so it is often cheaper. This specimen was lot 22112 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $998.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "CANADA. Newfoundland. 50 Cents, 1909. PCGS MS-63. Nice even toning. Ex: Pittman Collection."
Recorded mintage: 200,000.
Specification: 11.78 g, 0.925 fine silver, .350 troy oz ASW, 32 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 11.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.
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