Newfoundland 1941-C 5 cents
This specimen was lot 70371 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $60. The catalog description[1] noted, "CANADA. Newfoundland. 5 Cents, 1941-C. PCGS MS-64 Secure Holder. Lovely smooth satiny surfaces with a nice cartwheel effect. Light toning, more evident on the reverse. An attractive example sure to please." This specimen is a common date of a type struck in Ottawa, Canada, for the colony of Newfoundland 1938-47. Canada switched to small cents in 1920 but Newfoundland did not follow suit until 1938. 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 but collector demand for it is lower so it is often cheaper.
Recorded mintage: 621,641.
Specification: 1.17 g, 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-19.
- 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 May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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- 1941-C cent
- 1941-C 10 cents
- 1942-C 5 cents
- Coins and currency dated 1941
- return to coins of Canada, Newfoundland