Newfoundland 1946-C 10 cents
This specimen was lot 70367 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $110. The catalog description[1] noted, "CANADA. Newfoundland. 10 Cents, 1946-C. PCGS MS-63 Secure Holder. Lovely smokey toned with a plethora of iridescent hues. An attractive example with good eye appeal. Ex: Bowers & Merena sale, September 1989, lot 4399." It is a better date of a type struck 1945-47. it has the same design as the ten cent pieces of 1939-44 but is only 0.800 fine silver. 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: 38,400 + proofs.
Specification: 2.33 g, 0.800 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-20a.
- 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.
Link to:
- 1945-C 10 cents
- 1946-C 5 cents
- Coins and currency dated 1946
- return to coins of Canada, Newfoundland