Newfoundland 1944-C 5 cents
This specimen was lot 53933 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "CANADA. Newfoundland. 5 Cents, 1944-C. Ottawa Mint. George VI. PCGS MS-63." This specimen is a common date of a type struck in Ottawa, Canada, for the colony of Newfoundland 1944-47 (earlier dates were 0.925 fine silver). 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: 286,504.
Specification: 1.16 g, 0.800 fine silver, 15.67 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 19a.
- 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, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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