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Do Canadian coins have a mintmark similar to US coins? If so, where and what are they? |
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Canada
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In short, no, with a few exceptions.
There was a "W" in 1998, 2000 and 2003 on PL sets made in Winnipeg, otherwise all circulation coins come from Winnipeg, so no need for a mint mark.
In the past we had some dimes made in Philadelphia (1968) and before the Canadian mint opened in 1908, some coins were produced at the Heaton Mint in the UK, coins were marked with an "H".
Not sure, but I may be missing others.
Edited by purelywasted
09/27/2015 11:06 pm
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Canada
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purelywasted got is right. There was also a "P" mintmark when the Mint began producing plated coins, starting 1999 and 2000. They removed it halfway in 2006 and replaced it with the Royal Canadian Mint logo. 1968 Canadian dimes minted in Philly aren't mintmarked, like their Canadian-minted counterpart. |
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"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Canada
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The coin for newfoundland and the gold sovereign struck in canada for england have a C mintmark.
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Canada
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As well as older coins struck the Heaton Mint in Birmingham, England.
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So the modern (1960's-current) don't have mintmarks?
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After 1907 up to 2000, there are no mint marks (1948 is the exception, with coins struck in 1948 using 1947 dies, with a Maple Leaf punch). From 2000 to 2006, the 'P' was used to signify plated steel planchets were used. After 2006, the RCM used a mintmark that was akin to their old logo on all coins (an M inside a circle, located below the effigy), with exceptions to the Olympic 25c and other NCLT. Other mint marks include 'A' and 'B' with the 2005 palladium test coinage and W and WP marks on some proof-like sets to signify they were made in Winnipeg. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Is it embarrassing to admit that I never noticed the M in the old Mint logo?
I'm not admitting to that, but wouldn't that be embarrassing?!
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Posted 09/27/2015 11:09 pm
