Canada 1986 5 cents

Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 31237

This specimen was lot 31237 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CANADA. Mint Error -- Struck over Mexico 20 Pesos -- 5 Cents, 1986. Winnipeg Mint. PCGS MS-62. A very intriguing and no doubt EXEPTIONALLY RARE mint error, this type, struck upon a 5 Pesos host coin (KM-508) of Mexico. Indeed, one can even make out traces of said host. Given the fact that Canada was not striking coins for Mexico, this Potosi-based host coin would appear to be the product of mint sport." The host coin was not a five pesos but a twenty pesos. The normal copper-nickel five cents was struck in this style 1982-89 at Ottawa and Winnipeg. All dates are common.

Recorded mintage: 156,104,000 plus 176,224 proofs.

Specification: 4.54 g, copper-nickel, 21.2 mm diameter, plain edge, designed by Thomas Shingles and George Kruger Gray.

Catalog reference: KM-60.2a.

Source:

• Cross, W. K., The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 55th Ed., Toronto: Charlton International, 2001.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

Link to:

• 1985 5 cents
• Mexico 1985 20 pesos host coin
• 1986 50 cents
• 1986 dollar, centennial of the transcontinental railroad
• 1986 10 dollars, Maple Leaf, ¼ oz gold
• 1986 50 dollars, Maple Leaf, 1 oz gold
• 1986 100 dollars, maple leaves
• Coins and currency dated 1986