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''Recorded mintage:'' 2,460,205.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 2,460,205.
  
''Specification:'' 11.66 g, .800 fine silver, .300 troy oz ASW, 29.72 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Th. Paget and G. E. Kruger-Gray.
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''Specification:'' 11.66 g, 0.800 fine silver, .300 troy oz ASW, 29.72 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Th. Paget and G. E. Kruger-Gray.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 36.
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 36.
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
 
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.  
 
* 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, 47th Ed.,'' Toronto: Charlton International, 1993.
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* Cross, W. K., ''The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 62nd Ed.,'' Toronto: Charlton International, 2008.
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3032, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014.  
 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3032, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014.  
  
 
''Link to:''
 
''Link to:''
 
* [[Canada 1939 50 cents|1939 50 cents]]
 
* [[Canada 1939 50 cents|1939 50 cents]]
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* [[Canada 1944 cent|1944 cent]]
 
* [[Canada 1944 5 cents|1944 5 cents]]
 
* [[Canada 1944 5 cents|1944 5 cents]]
 
* [[Canada 1944 25 cents|1944 25 cents]]
 
* [[Canada 1944 25 cents|1944 25 cents]]

Latest revision as of 19:36, 4 October 2025

Heritage sale 3032, part of lot 31065
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was part of lot 31065 in Heritage sale 3032 (Chicago, April 2014), which sold for $998.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "George VI and Elizabeth II Group of Large Denomination Silver, 50 Cents: 1943, 1944, 1948; Dollars: 1945, 1946, 1947 - Blunt 7, 1950 Arnprior, 1952 NWL, 1955 Arnprior; All are UNC with minimal tone." This type was struck 1937-47 with the wartime issues of 1940-45 being the most common. Silver was removed from the fifty cent piece in 1968.

Recorded mintage: 2,460,205.

Specification: 11.66 g, 0.800 fine silver, .300 troy oz ASW, 29.72 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Th. Paget and G. E. Kruger-Gray.

Catalog reference: KM 36.

Source:

  • 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3032, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014.

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